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- $95,140.24 plus super
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At Darebin, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of how we work. Our commitment to these values is unwavering, they are central to our mission, to our impact and to help us better serve our community. We know that having varied perspectives and lived experiences helps generate better ideas to enable a diverse, inclusive and connected community.

**About Darebin City Council**
Located in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Darebin City Council is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities in terms of culture, language, religion, socio-economic background, occupation, and housing needs. The city has one of the largest populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in metropolitan Melbourne. Our Vision is for a community that works together to advance community life.

**About the Role**
- Working closely with business units to ensure that all procurement and contract activity throughout Council complies with relevant policies, legislation and standards and staff are aware of including but not limited to, probity, due diligence and risk management.
- Support Procurement team in promoting and maintaining best practice procurement and contract management across organisation.
- Ensure that the highest possible professional standards are maintained in relation to confidentiality, probity and ethical conduct; effectively managing all conflict of interest queries and issues.
- Provide advice, support and guidance for quotation activities to Council as directed by the Coordinator Procurement & Contracting in relation to all tendering matters.
- May require panel arrangements to be established and reviewed.
- Participate in and Chair tender evaluation panels as directed.

**Skills & Experience**
- Understanding & knowledge of the public sector / local government procurement policy and practices. Experience in Local Government highly regarded.
- Well-developed commercial / business acumen
- Experience in a procurement and contracting environment
- Experience in continually improving using and administering systems and software packages including Microsoft products, report writing tools, financial and procurement related systems - Capability to provide training and present to groups of staff
- Bi-lingual skills an advantage

**Culture**
As a progressive leader in Local Government, Darebin City Council is passionate about social inclusion, sustainability, engagement and service excellence. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of the community we serve. We are committed to upholding a positive and supportive work environment that values the contribution of all employees and treats all employees with dignity and respect.

**Benefits**
We offer a range of benefits to our employees including opportunities for personal and professional development, flexible work practices, Employee Assistance Program, recognition and reward program - Appreciate Great and a variety of generous paid and unpaid leave options.

**How to Apply**

We’re also happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs.

Contact David Cecala Coordinator Procurement & Contracting on 0419 764764

Applications close on 11 June 2024 at 11.30pm.

Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough ‘Safety Screening’ processes apply.

To work at Darebin City Council, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, a Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and comply with Child Safety standards. All employees are required to undertake an Australian Criminal History Check and may be required to complete a Functional Health Assessment.

Council requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as outlined in the Staff Covid-19 Vaccination Policy.