Procurement Support Officer

Department of Government Services; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Government Services in Melbourne, VIC, seeks a Procurement Support Officer to assist with management and sourcing of State Purchase Contracts (SPC). The role requires strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration, plus procurement and contract management capability.

Fixed-term, 12 months, open to applicants with rights to work in Australia; National Police Check may be required. DGS promotes diversity and flexibility across roles.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of Victorian Government procurement policies.
• Experience supporting sourcing of non-ICT goods and services.
• Ability to manage contracts and stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to category management activities to facilitate effective outcomes for aggregated Victorian Government procurement arrangements.
• Support the ongoing contract management of State Purchase Contracts including monitoring of performance targets and other key deliverables.
• Provide practical support in relation to sourcing of State Purchase Contracts and application of procurement policies.
• Contribute to development and achievement of team deliverables, goals and strategies.
• Contribute to the development of policies, procedures and process improvements for efficient delivery of the team deliverables.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with stakeholders and work to resolve issues constructively.
• Maintain understanding of Victorian Government procurement policies and obligations that apply to procurements.
• Provide support to the Government Procurement Group and the department on a range of matters as required.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Collaboration

Procurement capability

Job description

Department of Government Services – Melbourne VIC

About Us

The Department of Government Services (DGS) wasestablishedon 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government. We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses. We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.

About the role

The Procurement Support Officer is responsible for providing support for the management and/or sourcing of non-ICT goods and services State Purchase Contracts (SPC). SPCs are head contracts used by a broad range of Victorian government stakeholders and the role requires strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills as well as technical procurement and contract management capability.

Key Accountabilities

• Contribute to undertaking category management activities to facilitate effective outcomes for aggregated Victorian Government procurement arrangements.
• Support the ongoing contract management of State Purchase Contracts including the monitoring of performance targets and other key deliverables.
• Provision of practical support in relation to the sourcing of State Purchase Contracts including the application of Victorian Government procurement policies.
• Proactively contribute to the development and achievement of team deliverables, goals and strategies.
• Contribute to the development of policies, procedures and process improvements to maximise the efficient and effective delivery of the Procurement and Category Management team deliverables.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with stakeholders, constructively working to resolve issues or escape as appropriate.
• Maintain an understanding of Victorian Government procurement policies and other obligations that apply to Victorian Government procurements.
• Provide support to the Government Procurement Group and the department on a range of matters as required.

Mandatory requirements

Extensive knowledge of Victorian Government procurement policies will be highly regarded

This is a fixed term role available for a period of 12 months. The position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.

Other relevant information

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing role is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident. Preferred candidates will be required to complete a Pre-employment Declaration and Consent Form. Employment of successful candidates will be subject to a National Police Check.

DGS actively promotes diversity,inclusionand an equalopportunityworkplace.

All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.