ICT Sourcing Senior Specialist

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission in Sydney is seeking an EL1 ICT Sourcing Senior Specialist to lead a small team of ICT Sourcing specialists, oversee high-value procurement across software, cloud services, and hardware, and provide strategic contract governance.

You will work with internal stakeholders to drive value for money and ensure compliance within a complex, national security environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant procurement, commercial, contract management or business qualifications are highly regarded.
• Australian citizenship is required to be eligible for employment with ACIC.
• Security clearance (minimum Negative Vetting Level 1) is required.
• Pre-Employment Screening (OSA) is mandatory before offer of employment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of ICT Sourcing specialists, overseeing strategic ICT procurement activities across the Division and driving supplier management maturity.
• Act as a central escalation point for ICT procurements administration.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to manage successful services and supplier management, improving supplier performance and contract outcomes.
• Provide strategic advice on procurement, contract establishment and management, and risk/issue management related to vendors.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with legislation, policies, and ethical standards.
• Identify procurement risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Support ICT commercial planning through forecasting, renewal planning, and expenditure analysis.
• Oversee software licensing, software asset management and optimisation across major enterprise platforms.

Skills

Procurement

Contract management

Commercial management

Education

Cert IV in Procurement and Contracting

Job description

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission – Sydney NSW

The successful candidate will influence procurement and commercial management activities across a multi-million-dollar ICT portfolio comprising critical national law enforcement technologies and services. This role offers a rare opportunity to apply strategic procurement and commercial expertise in direct support of Australia's intelligence and law enforcement mission that contributes to protecting Australia from serious and organised crime.

The ICT sourcing and vendor management function delivers ICT procurement, contract management advice, software asset management and vendor relationship management services. The team delivers critical support services to ensure the broader Division is effectively managing the procurement of ICT goods and services, monitoring contract renewals in collaboration with contract managers and monitoring vendor performance under relevant ICT sourcing contracts.

The team manages complex ICT procurements across software, cloud services, telecommunications, managed services, professional services and hardware categories. These range from low-value purchases to complex strategic sourcing activities worth multiple millions of dollars.

This is a strategic ICT procurement and commercial management leadership role responsible for overseeing high-value ICT sourcing activities, supplier management and contract governance across the Division. This role leads a small team of 5 with a mixture of APS and contractor staff. The team provides specialist advice to support senior ICT engineers in managing their ICT contracts by tracking renewals, licence consumption, facilitating new procurements and contracts.

The role works closely with the agency’s central procurement team, as well as legal, finance and ICT delivery teams.

This role provides an opportunity to develop deep expertise in government ICT procurement, commercial management and strategic sourcing within a complex and highly specialised operating environment.

The key duties of the position include:

As an EL1 ICT Sourcing Senior Specialist you will:

• Lead and develop a team of ICT Sourcing specialists, overseeing strategic ICT procurement activities across the Division and driving the maturity of supplier management practices.
• Act as a central escalation point for the administration of ICT procurements
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to coordinate and manage successful services and supplier management.You will contribute to improving supplier performance, value for money and contract outcomes.
• Provide strategic advice on procurement, establishment and management of contracts, and management of risks and issues in regards to vendors.
• Ensure all procurement activities and advice adhere to relevant legislation, policies, and ethical standards
• Identify risks associated with procurement activities and develop appropriate mitigation strategies
• Support ICT commercial planning through procurement forecasting, contract renewal planning, expenditure reporting and analysis.
• Oversee software licensing, software asset management and optimisation activities across major enterprise platforms.

Desirable skills and experience

• Relevant procurement, commercial, contract management or business qualifications (such as Cert IV in Procurement and Contracting) are highly regarded.

Eligibility

Citizenship – To be eligible for employment with the ACIC, applicants must be an Australian citizen.

Security Clearance - The Australian community expects ACIC employees to maintain the highest levels of security and integrity. Successful applicants will be required to obtain and maintain a minimum Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance.

Pre-Employment Screening – All candidates must satisfy an Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) prior to being offered employment at the ACIC. Please refer to the ACIC’s Character Standards for further information.

Notes

The ACIC is committed to diversity and inclusion. We celebrate and champion diversity to ensure we reflect the community we serve, and pride ourselves on our vibrant culture. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, neurodiverse, mature aged employees and carers.

More information about our conditions is available in the ACIC Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027 on our website.

Getting to know the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is Australia’s national criminal intelligence agency. Our vision is an Australia hostile to criminal exploitation.We work with our national and international partners to conduct investigations and collectintelligence to combat serious and organised crime, cybercrime and national security threats.We develop and maintain national information and intelligence sharing services and systems for use by state, territory and Commonwealth law enforcement agencies. We also deliver nationwide background checking services to support employment or entitlement decisions to keep the Australian community safe.The ACIC Board provides strategic direction to the ACIC and represents Commonwealth, state and territory law enforcement and other regulatory agencies.Our purpose is to protect Australia from criminal threats through coordinating a strategic response and collecting, assessing and disseminating intelligence and policing information.