Contracts Manager - Facilities Management

ACT Health; Australian Capital Territory; On-site; AUD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible working conditions

Employee Assistance Program

Onsite facilities

Job summary

ACT Health in Canberra is seeking a Contracts Manager to lead facilities management contracts across the CHS portfolio. You will drive procurement activities, administer SLAs, and monitor contractor performance to ensure timely delivery of services in a busy hospital environment.

The successful candidate will have strong contract management or procurement experience within healthcare, excellent administrative and stakeholder-management skills, and the ability to balance compliance with

Qualifications

• Experience in contract management or procurement within healthcare.
• Ability to coordinate development, review and administration of contracts and SLAs.
• Monitor contractor performance and resolve contract-related issues.
• Maintain contract and work order registers and ensure compliance with procurement legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage procurement activities and maintenance contracts across the CHS portfolio maintained by Facilities Management (FM).
• Coordinate development, review and administration of contracts, variations and SLAs, ensuring approvals are obtained.
• Monitor contractor performance and support delivery of contractual obligations and KPI requirements.
• Maintain Panel Deeds, panel refresh and retendering activities, contract and work order registers, compliance audits.

Education

Administrative Service Officer Level 6

Tools

Contract management

Procurement

Stakeholder engagement

Organisation

Administrative skills

Job description

Contracts Manager - Facilities Management

Full time, Contract, Permanent, Casual/Temporary

Employment Type: 1x Full Time, Permanent and 2x Full-Time Temporary 6 Month Contract with the possibility of extension and/or permanency
Classification: Administrative Service Officer Level 6 (PN 16299, 33905, 71043)
Salary: $102,657 - $116,592 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Facilities Management
Closing Date: 22nd October 2026

What can we offer you:

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:

Ready to take ownership of contracts that keep healthcare facilities running? Can you balance compliance, performance and stakeholder relationships with ease? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing procurement activities and maintenance contracts across the CHS portfolio maintained by Facilities Management (FM). You will coordinate the development, review and administration of contracts, variations and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), ensuring all required approvals are obtained. Working closely with the FM Maintenance and Asset Teams, you will monitor contractor performance, assist in resolving contract-related issues and disputes, and support the delivery of contractual obligations and KPI requirements.

You will also manage Panel Deeds, including panel refresh and retendering activities, maintain contract and work order registers, undertake compliance audits, and coordinate actions arising from contract-related meetings. In addition, you will maintain a strong understanding of relevant procurement and leasing legislation, policies and regulations to support compliant and effective contract management.

The ideal candidate will have excellent administrative and client-focused skills, strong organisational abilities, and the capacity to perform in a busy and demanding maintenance environment. You will bring previous experience in contract management or procurement, preferably within a hospital or healthcare environment.

Join a dynamic Facilities Management team and play a key role in supporting the contracts and services that help keep healthcare facilities operating effectively across CHS.

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

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.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Natalie Djipunov at 0478 281 *** or at ***************@act.gov.au.