Current Vacancies at L&Q

In 2013 L&Q will be celebrating 50 years of achievement and setting out ambitious plans for our next 50 years. We continue to be dedicated to fulfilling our social mission to create places where people want to live and maintaining our financial strength.

L&Q manages over 68,000 homes across the capital and the South East, regenerating communities throughout the region and are set to become London’s largest developer of new homes. For eight years running we have been included in the “great places to work” and this year has seen our best result to date, achieving 17th place.

Procurement Specialist (Building Maintenance)

2 x permanent positions

1 x contract approx. 12 months

• ECU Allowance is paid in accordance with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.

As part of L&Q’s approach to meet the Government’s new challenges and demands on the social housing sector, we have a new Procurement Team within the Asset Management Department and are currently looking to recruit three enthusiastic, hard working Procurement Specialists to join us.

You will be an essential part of a team which is responsible for procuring large scale building related contracts for L&Q and ensuring we obtain the best value from our contracts. It is essential that you have excellent written and oral communication skills, as part of your role will be to liaise with other teams to produce complex tender and contract documents including key performance indicators, to ensure that the contracts are delivered to our high expectations. You will also review existing contracts to identify potential savings and efficiencies.

You will be required to manage the end-to-end procurement process, so will need a good level of experience in Public Sector and construction contract procurement. You should also possess a good understanding of European procurement legislation, leaseholder consultation and Health and Safety legislation.

Access to our full suite of benefits including 26 days holiday per year, annual bonus subject to group performance, excellent Pension scheme and real investment in your personal & career development. Other benefits include, Benenden Healthcare, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.

In line with our promise to encourage more women into senior roles at L&Q whilst all applications will be judged on merit, we would encourage applications from females as women are underrepresented at senior levels within L&Q.

Interviews will be held on 12th June 2013

Please note that we do not issue separate person specifications. All the information you need is included in the role profile, the criteria that is required for the post is set out in the advert.

Due to a high number of applications we will be unable to reschedule the advertised interview date. However if the panel do not recruit on the day and you meet the shortlist we will arrange to interview you at a later date.

Early applications are encouraged as we are experiencing a high volume of applicants for all posts, we will review numbers of applicants on a daily basis and once we have received sufficient forms we reserve the right to close the advertisement. As soon as the advert is closed, no further applications will be accepted.

If you have not heard from us within 10 days of the job closing please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Application Information

Please apply for this role using the on-line application form. You will find the form attached, as a link, to this job advertisement. If you take the option to register with us you can save your details and do not have to complete the form in one sitting.

If you are unable to use the on-line process please call 0844 406 9000 and ask for Human Resources (9-5pm Monday-Friday), quoting the reference and closing date and we will send you an application pack. Alternatively you can email us direct on

Please note that we do not issue separate person specifications all the information you need is included in the role profile, the criteria that is required for the post is set out in the advert.

If you have not heard from us within 10 days of the job closing please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

If the post you are applying for requires a DBS disclosure check please read details below.

For posts that require a DBS Check, the successful candidate will need to apply for a Disclosure check to enable them to work within the Team. For Further Information about the disclosure scheme please visit www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk Please note you will not be able to start employment with L&Q until the disclosure has been received and is satisfactory.

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