Procurement Assurance Co-Ordinator

Location: Birmingham (2 days per week in office)

Rate: £350-£400 per day (inside IR35)

Contract Length: 3-6 months

The Role

We are seeking an organised, confident, and detail-driven Procurement Assurance Co-Ordinator to manage the Procurement Assurance process within my client's commercial procurement team. This is a fast-paced, high-profile role at the heart of procurement governance and decision-making. You will ensure robust assurance, transparency, and accountability across procurement activity, while providing high-quality secretariat support to senior meetings and boards.You will work closely with senior stakeholders, manage multiple competing priorities, and play a key role in continuously improving governance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management of the Procurement Assurance function, ensuring governance processes are robust, transparent, and consistently applied.
• Process and manage multiple daily procurement assurance requests efficiently and accurately.
• Maintain governance registers, policies, and decision records, ensuring timely reviews, approvals, and audit-ready documentation
• Provide end-to-end secretariat support for procurement governance meetings, including agendas, papers, minutes, decision reports, and action tracking
• Produce clear and accurate Decision Reports within 24 hours of meetings
• Act as a key link between the Assurance Team and CPS Operations, ensuring clear and effective communication.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and promote consistent understanding of governance requirements
• Identify and drive continuous improvement, including opportunities for automation and process streamlining
• Provide governance and secretariat support to other senior boards and working groups as required

About You

You will bring:

• Experience in governance and/or assurance, or secretariat support within a complex organisation
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines
• Strong written communication skills, including producing high-quality minutes and decision records
• High levels of attention to detail, integrity, and discretion
• Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and influencing ways of working
• A proactive, improvement-focused mindset

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping and assuring procurement governance within a critical service area. You'll gain exposure to senior decision-making forums, work on high-profile activity, and have real scope to improve how governance operates in practice.

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