Buyer

The Greater Victoria School District #61 is looking to hire a This is a full time, continuing position working 35 hours per week.The Greater Victoria School District provides public educational services to over 20,000 students in the Greater Victoria Area, encompassing six municipalities. To provide this service, the district has a current operating budget of $260 million and employs approximately 3,500 staff; which includes, teachers, principals and vice-principals, support staff, psychologists, speech and language pathologists and exempt managerial staff.Reporting to the Secretary-Treasurer, the Buyer deals with both routine and nonroutine purchasing requests in order to meet District purchasing requirements in accordance with District Purchasing Policy and Procedures. The Buyer procures a variety of specific goods, using different competitive bid methods such as Requests for Quotation, Requests for Proposal, Tenders, and recommending single source supply. The Buyer interprets and an...