Contract Officer

Salary £34,000 per annum

Location St Austell, Cornwall (Head office)

The Vacancy

The Vacancy

Join Ocean Housing as a Contract Officer!

Location: Stennack House, St Austell
Hours: 37 per week (Mon-Fri)
Salary: £34,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent

Are you passionate about delivering value for money, improving services, and building strong supplier relationships? At Ocean Housing, we’re looking for a proactive and driven Contracts Officer to play a key role in strengthening our procurement and contract management practices—helping us deliver high-quality, cost-effective services to our customers and communities.

🧭 Your Role:

As a Contracts Officer, you’ll act as a vital link between internal teams and our supply partners—ensuring contracts deliver maximum value, performance, and quality. You’ll contribute to improving our procurement processes, maintaining accurate supply chain information, and supporting contract governance to keep us audit-ready.

You’ll support the Strategic Procurement Manager and take a hands-on role in contract management activities, supplier performance, and service improvement initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

Building strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholder to support delivery of the procurement strategy and company plan
Monitoring supplier performance, managing risk, and driving continuous improvement projects
Implementing a robust contract management framework to deliver value for money and strong performance outcomes
Supporting procurement activities, including sourcing, negotiation and contracting
Maintaining accurate contract data in our procurement systems
Supporting audit, compliance, and governance processes

🎯 What You’ll Bring:

We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is passionate about delivering high-quality services.

Essential experience & knowledge:

Experience of procurement and contract management in a structured or strategic setting
Strong customer focus with experience building effective stakeholder relationships
Understanding of financial management and value for money principles
Experience using IT systems and databases to support service delivery
Knowledge of data protection principles (GDPR)

Skills & attributes:

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Strong attention to detail with a methodical approach
Problem-solving mindset with the ability to suggest improvements
Ability to manage competing priorities and work flexibly
A collaborative team player who is adaptable and open to change
Professional, confident and resilient, with strong interpersonal skills

Qualifications:

A Level (or equivalent Level 3 qualification) essential
(Desirable) Procurement qualification such as CIPS Level 4

📅 Key Dates:

Closing Date: Wednesday 10th of June 2026 at Midnight
Interview Date: Thursday 18th of June 2026 (Face to face at Stennack House, St Austell)

We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications—so apply soon!

The Company

Ocean Housing Ltd is a not for profit, charitable registered provider of social and affordable housing, with a stock of over 4,700 properties throughout Cornwall. We are part of the Cornwall Homechoice ‘Choice Based Lettings’ scheme.

At Ocean we believe affordable housing is not just about the buildings, but about the people who turn them into homes. We provide a wide range of services to our residents, helping them to make the most of their homes and the communities they live in.

Mission Statement

“To be an innovative provider of quality homes and services, with residents and staff at the heart of Ocean, and Ocean at the heart of the community.”

At Ocean our vision is to be the employer of choice for Cornwall. We want to create a work environment where everyone feels like they belong, can bring their best, authentic selves to work every day and are provided with the support they need to do a great job.

Our purpose is to create a modern, dynamic and agile work environment, fit for the 21st Century and one of which all of our colleagues feel included and proud to be a part of. An environment which enables colleagues to provide quality, affordable homes and services for the people of Cornwall. We believe work is what you do, not where you go and therefore colleagues deliver their work where it best suits the need, whether that be in the office, home or around a local area or site using local facilities. Colleagues are agile and work or have meetings in any place to suit the need and task.

Benefits

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Healthcare Benefits

Occupational Sick Pay Scheme

Pension which includes Death in Service Benefit

Family friendly

Committed to Training and Developing our Employees

Cycle to Work

Values

Honest, Enthusiastic and Always Positive

Passionate about Customer Service