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**Job Description**:
**Title**:Contract Officers (Several)
**Classification**: APS 5
**Opportunity Employment Type**:Ongoing/non-ongoing, Full-time
**Security Clearance**: Baseline, or ability to obtain
**Location**: Canberra

The National Blood Authority (NBA) is an Australian Government statutory agency whose role is to work
in a collaborative manner with all Australian governments and blood sector stakeholders to ensure
Australia's blood supply is safe, secure, adequate and affordable.

**Job Context**
You will be part of the Commercial Blood Products team which is responsible for ensuring the supply of
a range of commercially available blood products to the Australian community. The team does this by
centrally managing contracts with suppliers on behalf of Australian governments.

Your role as Contract Officer will be to support the management of these important contracts. This may
involve processing invoices, monitoring supplier performance against Key Performance Indicators,
preparing minutes and briefs seeking decisions in relation to these contracts, administrative support for
meetings with suppliers and other stakeholders, and managing a group mailbox ensuring queries are
allocated within the team and responded to in a timely manner.

An understanding of or experience in contract management is highly desirable. You will be proactive
and will have strong administration, stakeholder engagement, and oral and written communication
skills. You will also be willing to assist other team members and have experience managing competing
priorities.

**Primary Job Duties**
Although not exhaustive, the duties and responsibilities of this position may require you to:
1. Provide administrative support for contracts, programs and projects in accordance with the

objectives of the _National Blood Agreement_ and government policies
2. Provide secretariat support for meetings (organising travel, drafting agendas, note taking)
3. Assist in undertaking and managing financial processes (seeking quotes, processing invoices,

reconciling finances)
4. Gather and investigate information from diverse sources
5. Prepare and contribute to papers, minutes, presentations and correspondence
6. Propose and implement innovations within a culture of continuous improvement
7. Work in a collaborative manner to achieve team goals
8. Contribute to NBA organisational strategy and culture.

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**Working in the NBA**
All NBA officers are expected to actively and willingly participate in high level, organisation-wide
responsibilities and administrative support activities. Officers are required to operate flexibly and
exercise higher order leadership skills as well as directly undertake lower order independent work when
necessary to get the job done. This reflects the nature of the NBA as a relatively small, specialist Agency
and our need to operate with maximum flexibility and agility at all times. In recognition of these
circumstances, the NBA Enterprise Agreement provides for an annual, additional payment of $1,000 to

Having regard to the flexible work requirements outlined above, the duties and responsibilities in this

**Selection Criteria**
The NBA applies a standard approach to the selection criteria for all positions. The suitability of
applicants is assessed on the Australian Public Service Integrated Leadership System, current and
potential ability to perform the duties of a particular position at the level required, and likely
contribution to the work team and NBA as a whole.

In preparing your response to this vacancy, you are encouraged to address the three primary selection
criteria in 1000 words maximum as follows:
**1. Outline how you have demonstrated the capabilities and behaviours of the APS 5 level**
**Integrated Leadership System. In writing your response to this criteria, consider the**
**capabilities and behaviours set out in the ILS APS 5 profile.**

**_Supports strategic thinking: _**:

- _Support shared purpose and direction _
- _Think strategically _
- _Harness information and opportunities _
- _Show judgement, intelligence and common sense _

**_Displays personal drive and integrity: _**:

- _Demonstrate public service professionalism and probity _
- _Engage with risk and show personal courage _
- _Commit to action _
- _Promote and adopt a positive and balanced approach to work _
- _Demonstrate self-awareness and a commitment to personal development _

**_Achieves results: _**:

- _Identify and use resources wisely _
- _Respond positively to change _
- _Take responsibility for managing work projects to achieve results _

**_Communicates with influence: _**:

- _Communicate clearly _
- _Listen, understand and adapt to the audience _
- _Negotiate confidently _

**_Supports productive working relationships: _**:

- _Nurture internal and external relationships _
- _Listen to, understand and recognise the needs of others _
- _Value individual differences and diversity _
- _Share learning and support o