# Category Support Officer (Health Procurement Liverpool) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/category-support-officer-health-procurement-liverpool/aaf27a27-b920-4e66-95a7-53b0f96a234b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/category-support-officer-health-procurement-liverpool/aaf27a27-b920-4e66-95a7-53b0f96a234b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Walton Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Procurement officer - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T14:21:55.128Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/The_Walton_Centre_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8334552 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8334552?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Category Support Officer will work as part of the Procurement Team to ensure that the purchase of all goods and services are undertaken in the most efficient and effective manner across Health Procurement Liverpool (HPL), whilst adhering to the Trust(s) standing financial instructions and corporate governance procedures. The main responsibility will be to manage concurrent projects to ensure the Trust(s) meet annual Cost Improvement Programmes, whilst abiding by relevant Procurement legislation. The Category Support Officer will be responsible for supporting the Category Lead and Senior Members of the team in the delivery of the HPL Procurement Strategy and national procurement agendas. The post holder will be required to support the Strategic Procurement Team in the identification and delivery of Procurement schemes as well as individually leading and delivering a number of projects, which will demonstrate and deliver value for money and innovation whilst meeting the needs of all organisation(s) ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be required to provide sound Procurement advice in-line with Trust(s) standing financial instructions and Public Contract Regulations 2015 and Procurement Act 2023 to both internal Procurement team members and staff across the HPL organisations whilst engaging, building and maintaining strategic working relationships with both internal/external colleagues and suppliers. The post holder will work closely with business and clinical colleagues across all HPL organisations to undertake procurement activity which will deliver innovation, meets local, national and regional green agendas whilst delivering value and quality to patient care. The post holder will also be expected to work alongside and in tandem with the operational procurement teams (P2P and Supply Chain) to ensure the delivery of a professional, joined up and efficient procurement service. The Category Support Officer will be responsible for involvement in all aspects of purchasing from quotations up to and including above threshold procurement exercises as per the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Committed to delivering positive outcomes - Ability to share skills and knowledge with colleagues ### Skills & Attributes **Essential** - Sound Data Analysis skills - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - Excellent organisational skills to ensure deadlines are prioritised and met - Excellent Key Board Skills and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office tools in particular Word and Excel - Ability to build meaningful business relationship both internally across the organisation and externally with suppliers ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Relevant experience in an NHS public sector procurement environment - Fully conversant with the application of EU/UK procurement legislation/tendering processes & procedures - Experience of category management, stakeholder & supplier management - Previous experience of co ordinating high value/complex tender exercises - Delivery of demanding savings targets through Procurement activities - Experienced in using a range of computer packages /applications - Experienced in the use of E Procurement systems **Desirable** - Public sector Procurement experience - Understanding of the current / future NHS agenda in Procurement - Project management experience ### Category Support Officer **Essential** - Qualified or part qualified MCIPS (Level 4/Diploma upwards), actively working towards or equivalent experience - A good standard of general education incl. GCSE Maths and English or equivalent **Desirable** - MCIPS qualified - Evidence of continued professional development ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 383.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657951) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.