Assistant Director Procurement | Full-Time and Part-Time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency

Australian Capital Territory; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Employee Assistance Program

Onsite physiotherapists

Onsite facilities

Job summary

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking an Assistant Director of Procurement on a temporary basis with full-time and part-time options, offering flexible working conditions and competitive pay within a tertiary hospital environment.

The role focuses on leading high-value procurement initiatives, ensuring CHS compliance with procurement frameworks, and providing expert guidance to stakeholders while maintaining strong professional relationships across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement roles with demonstrated leadership.
• Strong understanding of procurement legislation and government frameworks.
• Ability to interpret policy directions and implement procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex procurement initiatives across multiple projects and deliver expert procurement guidance to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business units to develop procurement documentation and drive project outcomes.
• Foster professional relationships through effective stakeholder management and communication.
• Champion procurement best practices and ensure service delivery across Supply Chain and Procurement functions.
• Undertake additional responsibilities associated with the position.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Stakeholder management

Policy interpretation

Governance knowledge

Job description

Assistant Director Procurement
Full-Time and Part-Time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role:

The Procurement and Supply Team is seeking an Assistant Director of Procurement to join the team on a temporary basis.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to contribute to complex and high-value procurement activities within a dynamic and collaborative team environment.

As the Assistant Director, you will be responsible for leading complex procurement initiatives across multiple projects and delivering expert procurement guidance to key stakeholders, ensuring compliance with CHS procurement protocols and relevant legislation. You will collaborate with business units to develop and maintain comprehensive procurement documentation, drive successful project outcomes, and foster strong professional relationships through your advanced stakeholder management and communication skills.

In this role, you will champion procurement best practices, demonstrate exceptional service delivery across all Supply Chain and Procurement functions, and undertake any additional responsibilities associated with the position.

The successful candidate will possess well-developed leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, along with comprehensive knowledge of procurement legislation and government procurement frameworks. You will have the ability to interpret and implement policy and procedural directions and bring previous experience working in procurement or a similar role.

We encourage applications from candidates with clinical experience, contract management experience, facilities management experience or other transferrable skills.

This position is being recruited on a full-time basis. A merit pool will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future full-time or part-time vacancies that arise over the next 12 months. Please note Selection may be based on written application and referee reports only.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency. Part-time hours will be considered for future vacancies from this process and the salary noted above will be paid pro-rata.

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website .

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal .

Note

This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.