Ict Procurement Support Officer

**Overview**:
**Requirements**:
The Commonwealth requires the services of an ICT Procurement Support Officer to supplement the contractor workforce within the Land Network Integration Centre (LNIC). This proposal seeks to engage an ICT Procurement Support Officer - Advanced Practitioner to assist with supporting and accurately administering ICT procurement activities within the organisation. This includes drafting and preparing procurement document packs and obtaining necessary approvals in accordance with Departmental procurement policy and legislation; liaising with relevant staff and Defence procurement stakeholders, to efficiently and cooperatively progress procurement activities; maintaining an overview of concurrent procurement activities and appropriately forecasting and prioritising work effort.

The ICT Procurement Support Officer will be expected to undertake simple and complex ICT procurement activities to support the deliverables and projects in a manner that is compliant with Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs), Defence Instructions and Land Capability Division Business Rules. The ICT Procurement Support Officer will be confident with task coordination, communication and maintaining ‘dashboards’ or similar artefacts to support briefing, decision making and record keeping. This includes ensuring staff have appropriate information and defensible audit records regarding current and historic procurement activities.

The contract is for one year for a maximum of 40 days in FY22/23 and 190 days in FY23/24 for the term of the contract. Two additional one year extensions, out to a maximum of three years, may be considered based on Commonwealth requirements and funding availability.

It is expected that the majority of services delivered under this contract will be at the LNIC facility in Symonston, ACT. Remote working arrangements will not be considered. Some interstate travel may be required to support project stakeholder acquisition and sustainment activities, and working groups. These travel events will be forecasted by LNIC, booked by the vendor and reimbursed by the Commonwealth.

A three (3) month probation period will be imposed as a condition of employment for all new contractors.

Prior applicants should not reapply.

**About the Role**:
**The contractor will be engaged on a time and material basis. Notwithstanding, the following tasks and required skills to achieve them for the duration of this engagement are**:
**Deliverables**:

- In consultation with the LNIC’s Program Management, engineering and work streams, manage acquisition and disposal of LNIC configuration items (both software and hardware).
- Prepare and draft relevant procurement documentation to support both simple and complex ICT Hardware/Software procurements.
- Collate, organise and present current and predicted procurement activity data from across the LNIC to support organisational decisions, both regarding budgeting and work prioritisation, and to inform procurement activity forecast planning.
- Create and maintain the software asset management register including the responsibility to manage physical asset returns on departure of LNIC resources.
- Provide assistance to the LNIC Business Intelligence Manager for non-material procurement as required.
- Liaise confidently with internal Defence stakeholders, including the Land Capability Division Procurement and Contracting Cell regarding procurement activities and work collaboratively to support efficient work processes.
- Other duties as directed by the Director, Deputy Director and Business Intelligence Manager.

**Evaluation Criteria**:
**Quotations will be evaluated against the following criteria**:

- Panel Member’s proposed approach to the delivery of the Services.
- Panel Member’s knowledge of the critical requirements of the Services to be provided.
- Panel Member’s previous or similar experience.
- The experience and qualifications of the Key Persons to be used by the Panel Member for the provision of the Services.
- Panel Member’s costing estimates and pricing structure
- Completeness of response and attention to detail.
- Referee Reports.

**Job Type**: Contract

**Salary**: $67.48 - $130.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

Application Question(s):

- Are you an Australian Citizen??