Manager of Contracts and Relationships

Team 3Thirty; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 154,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Corrective Services NSW in Parramatta invites applications for a temporary full-time Manager of Contracts and Relationships. Hybrid working arrangements apply with travel across NSW as required.

Salary from $154,231 to $178,369 per year plus superannuation and leave loading. The role requires relevant qualifications or equivalent experience in contract management, compliance, project management or finance, and a proven ability to lead contract professionals, monitor obligations, manage

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications or equivalent experience in contract management, compliance, project management, finance or a related field.
• Willingness to travel across NSW as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract professionals who monitor service-provider obligations, resolve performance and compliance issues, and report contract outcomes to Corrective Services NSW leaders.
• Describe financial risks and ensure future compliance and reporting when needed.

Skills

Contract management

Compliance

Project management

Finance

Job description

Manager of Contracts and Relationships role snapshot

Role Manager of Contracts and Relationships

Organisation Department of Communities and Justice, Corrective Services NSW

Location Parramatta, Sydney; hybrid working

Employment Temporary full-time, 12 months

Salary or remuneration Clerk Grade 11/12, $154,231 to $178,369 per year plus superannuation and leave loading

Give the hiring team the documents and written responses it requests, within the stated limits. Check the application form before drafting so the final submission follows the required format.

Application requirements for Manager of Contracts and Relationships

• Cover letter, maximum 3 pages, with a brief outline of suitability and answers to both targeted questions

Both targeted answers belong within the three-page cover letter. There is no separate word limit stated for either answer, so allow enough space for the team-planning example and the financial-risk example while keeping the whole letter within the maximum.

Role conditions and qualifications

• Relevant qualifications or equivalent experience in contract management, compliance, project management, finance or a related field
• Willingness to travel across NSW as required

What plans have you developed to guide the work of the team in line with organisational objectives? What outcomes were achieved.

Response limit: Within the cover letter, maximum 3 pages in total; no separate word limit stated

Choose a plan you personally developed. Explain the organisational objective, the priorities you gave the team and how you monitored delivery, then state the outcomes and how you measured them.

Describe a situation where financial risks were identified and you had to ensure future compliance.

Response limit: Within the cover letter, maximum 3 pages in total; no separate word limit stated

Describe the risk and its potential financial effect, the information you checked and the action you took. Explain how the revised control or contract practice supported future compliance and how you checked that it was working.

Candidate evidence for Manager of Contracts and Relationships

Lead contract professionals who monitor service-provider obligations, resolve performance and compliance issues, and report contract outcomes to Corrective Services NSW leaders. The evidence areas below help you choose examples for that work.

Requirement or evidence area

How to demonstrate it

Contract performance and compliance monitoring Explain how you checked a provider against its obligations, verified a performance concern and agreed or enforced corrective action.

Business analysis and financial judgement Describe the financial exposure in a contract or process, how you assessed it and the control that reduced future risk.

Team leadership and delivery against objectives Use the first targeted answer to show how you allocated work, set expectations and developed the team while measuring the outcomes of your plan.

Advice, reporting and accurate contract information Show how you used reliable records or performance measures to prepare a business case, briefing or report that helped leadership make a decision.

Provider relationships and competing priorities Describe a sensitive contract matter in which you managed different interests, maintained an appropriate relationship and met a delivery deadline.

Example application structure for Manager of Contracts and Relationships

The cover letter must include a brief outline of your suitability and answers to both targeted questions. Keep the entire letter within the maximum of three pages and submit a resume of no more than five pages. The outline below helps you reserve enough space for the two examples while connecting them to the contract-management work.

Application section

What to include

Opening and suitability Introduce your contract-management background, the scale of your leadership responsibility and the connection to monitoring service providers.

Targeted question 1 Set out the organisational objective, the team plan you developed, how you put it into practice and the outcomes achieved.

Targeted question 2 Explain the financial risk, how you investigated it and the changes you made to support future compliance.

Role requirements and close Briefly connect the examples to your analytical and provider-management experience, and confirm the qualification or equivalent experience and ability to travel.

Before you submit

Check that both questions are answered inside the three-page cover letter and that the resume is within five pages. Give the team plan a clear organisational objective and an outcome; give the risk example a clear compliance action and follow-up. Confirm the temporary appointment and travel requirement suit your circumstances, and preserve the advertised AEST wording when checking the deadline.