Contract Support Officer
TasNetworks
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Job summary
TasNetworks is seeking a Contract Support Officer to join the Corporate Category Team in Hobart. You will provide practical, customer-focused administration across the category lifecycle, ensuring strategies, processes and supplier relationships deliver value and remain compliant.
You will support procurement activities, maintain contract records, monitor milestones and assist with invoices and reports, contributing to a compliant, efficient contracting function.
Qualifications
- Experience in procurement, contract administration or a similar commercial or administrative role.
- Understanding of procurement processes in a regulated environment.
- Strong organisation skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Clear written and verbal communication, with attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Promote awareness and consistent application of procurement policies and frameworks.
- Support procurement and contract administration activities in line with TasNetworks policies and legislative requirements.
- Maintain accurate contract registers, records and electronic filing systems.
- Monitor contract milestones, expiry dates, renewals and compliance requirements.
- Assist with preparing, reviewing, processing and executing contracts and extensions.
- Coordinate contract correspondence and relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.
- Support procurement activities including quotations, tenders, evaluations and POs.
- Manage funding allocations across panel contracts with accurate tracking.
- Monitor supplier performance and key contractual obligations.
- Assist with invoice verification to ensure payments align with terms.
- Prepare contract reports, status updates, dashboards and briefing materials.
- Identify and escalate risks, issues, discrepancies and non-compliance.
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Job description
Great category management is about more than managing spend. It's about understanding what the business needs, building strong relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, and turning category strategies into outcomes that make a real difference.
As a Contract Support Officer within the Corporate Category Team, you'll provide practical, customer-focused administration support across the category lifecycle, helping ensure our strategies, processes and supplier relationships deliver value, remain consistent and compliant, and are easy for the business to navigate.
- Promote awareness and consistent application of procurement policies, procedures and frameworks.
- Support procurement and contract administration activities in line with TasNetworks policies and legislative requirements.
- Maintain accurate contract registers, records, documentation and electronic filing systems.
- Monitor contract milestones, deliverables, expiry dates, renewals, insurance, licences and other compliance requirements.
- Assist with preparing, reviewing, processing and executing contracts, variations and extensions.
- Coordinate contract correspondence and build effective relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, contractors and service providers.
- Support procurement activities including quotations, tender documentation, evaluations, purchase orders and contract establishment.
- Manage and monitor funding allocations across panel contracts, ensuring accurate tracking and compliance.
- Monitor supplier performance, deliverables, reporting requirements and key contractual obligations when required.
- Assist with invoice verification and processing to ensure payments align with agreed terms and deliverables.
- Prepare contract reports, status updates, dashboards and briefing materials.
- Identify and elevate risks, issues, discrepancies and non-compliance matters.
Band 3 - base salary from $86,266 per annum (plus super) - total package to be negotiated with preferred candidate based on skills and experience
Keep Contracts Moving whilst Building Great Relationships and Making a Difference.
Great category management is about more than managing spend. It's about understanding what the business needs, building strong relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, and turning category strategies into outcomes that make a real difference.
What you'll do -
As a Contract Support Officer within the Corporate Category Team, you'll provide practical, customer-focused administration support across the category lifecycle, helping ensure our strategies, processes and supplier relationships deliver value, remain consistent and compliant, and are easy for the business to navigate.
- Promote awareness and consistent application of procurement policies, procedures and frameworks.
- Support procurement and contract administration activities in line with TasNetworks policies and legislative requirements.
- Maintain accurate contract registers, records, documentation and electronic filing systems.
- Monitor contract milestones, deliverables, expiry dates, renewals, insurance, licences and other compliance requirements.
- Assist with preparing, reviewing, processing and executing contracts, variations and extensions.
- Coordinate contract correspondence and build effective relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, contractors and service providers.
- Support procurement activities including quotations, tender documentation, evaluations, purchase orders and contract establishment.
- Manage and monitor funding allocations across panel contracts, ensuring accurate tracking and compliance.
- Monitor supplier performance, deliverables, reporting requirements and key contractual obligations when required.
- Assist with invoice verification and processing to ensure payments align with agreed terms and deliverables.
- Prepare contract reports, status updates, dashboards and briefing materials.
- Identify and elevate risks, issues, discrepancies and non-compliance matters.
You’ll be joining a collaborative Supply Chain team supporting the business to manage contracts, suppliers and procurement activities that keep our organisation moving. Whether you’re experienced in contract administration, procurement or a similar commercial environment, this is an opportunity to build your skills, contribute ideas and make a genuine impact.
You’ll bring:
- Experience in procurement, contract administration or a similar commercial or administrative role.
- An understanding of procurement processes, ideally in a structured or regulated environment.
- Strong organisation skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with a strong eye for detail.
- The ability to build positive relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.
- Sound judgement and a strong commitment to confidentiality, probity and integrity.
- Confidence using systems and tools—or the ability to quickly learn new ones, such as SAP, Ariba or JIRA Service Management.
- A flexible, responsive approach and the ability to adapt when priorities change.
- A willingness to contribute, collaborate and demonstrate the TasNetworks core behaviours.
You don’t need to tick every box to be considered. We’re looking for someone who is organised, curious, practical and enjoys working with people.
This is a permanent full-time opportunity based out of Hobart, offering an attractive remuneration and benefits package.
At TasNetworks we want to power a bright future for our people, our community and our customers. We offer a supportive work environment where safety is at the heart of everything we do.
As an "employer of choice" we offer excellent employee benefits including:
- Free onsite car parking
- 20 days of annual leave per year + an additional 3 days of leave between Christmas and New Year
- Electricity discount of 16.66%
- 17.5% leave loading (paid annually)
- Career development - we have our own RTO and can create personalised career pathways in both trade and leadership
- Onsite gyms (plus an annual health and wellbeing rebate)
- All the tools and equipment you’ll need to be successful
We are proud to be work180 accredited, check us out here.
TasNetworks is committed to equal opportunity and values a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people with disability, neurodivergent individuals and those of all ages.
To be eligible for this position, you are required to have Australian citizenship, permanent residence or a current valid visa that allows you to fulfil the requirements of this role. Successful applicants will undergo necessary pre-employment checks.
TasNetworks is Powering a Bright Future by delivering safe and sustainable essential services while maximising value for all of Lutruwita/Tasmania.
As Tasmania’s provider of electricity transmission and distribution services, we are committed to providing our customers with affordable and reliable electricity, while helping Australia transition to cleaner energy sources. We have 300,000 residential, business, commercial, and industrial customers, and are committed to working with our community to make a meaningful difference to the lives of Tasmanians - through and beyond the delivery of electricity and telecommunication services.
By joining TasNetworks, you will experience the difference of a company that puts customers first, values safety above all, unifies in the face of challenges, and embraces diversity and forward thinking.
Together, we are powering a bright future for Lutruwita/Tasmania.
Applications close 11:59pm Sunday 27 September 2026, however, we will be reviewing applications upon receipt and may commence our recruitment process prior to the closing date.
For further information about the role, please contact Natalie Bernal, Category Team Leader- **************@tasnetworks.com.au
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