• Starting salary £21,500 plus potential 10% bonus (salary is based on performance related pay)
• Monday to Friday, flexible working Hybrid working - Gateshead based, currently working 1 day per week.
• 25 days holiday p.a. plus bank holidays and you can also buy up to 5 days, paid back over 12 months (Pro-rata), when you reach 2 years’ service this will rise to 26 days, then 1 day with each year of service up to 5 years
• Holiday buying scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Birthday off
• Electrical vehicle salary sacrifice scheme with 1+ year of service
• Part time applications will be considered

Bloom Procurement Services enables brilliant outcomes today to build a better tomorrow, achieved through our professional services marketplace for the Public Sector. So far, we have helped our public sector clients deliver a range of projects including initiatives that tackle challenges such as child obesity, homelessness, and county lines drug-trafficking. We want to continue with the successful delivery and support of these projects, we are therefore looking to recruit a Project Assistant (known as Project Delivery Assistant) to join our growing team.

As a growing business with meaning and purpose that offers flexibility and moves with change rather than resisting it, we offer an environment that is supportive and caring. If you're looking for a place where you feel welcome, valued, and you want to grow personally and professionally, then we could be the perfect place for you.

Reporting to the Project Delivery Team Leader, some accountabilities of the Project Assistant include:

• Organising, holding, and running project kick off meetings with project stakeholders.
• Proactive risk management of projects with a focus on schedule, costs, and quality.
• Working with our procurement business team to address and resolve project issues that arise post contract.
• Relationship management and stakeholder engagement with supplier stakeholders
• Supporting the monthly service delivery revenue process and activities.

To be considered for the position of Project Assistant we are looking for candidates to be able to demonstrate the following skill set and qualities:

• Excellent planning and organising skills and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working in a customer facing role.
• Effective communication skills – oral and written Relationship building skills.-
• Experience of the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
• Call centre experience highly desirable
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We are an equal opportunities employer; a member of the Armed Forces Covenant and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.

If you’re interested in joining Bloom, apply today.

Bloom offers a dynamic supply chain providing the public sector with a marketplace to buy and manage services. We ensure delivery of quality outcomes from our pre-approved and ever-growing network of suppliers and consultants. Our fully compliant open access marketplace is outcomes based meaning the public sector only pays for what is delivered.

We can provide a compliant managed procurement service covering specification development, supplier identification & onboarding, commercial management, and lessons learned upon successful delivery of outcomes.

We make it easier for public sector buyers to deliver on their social value goals through our marketplace and believe in the need to demonstrate innovation and showcase the skills of the SME community including social value that can be generated through every project.