Principal Contract Officer

3 days ago

Brisbane, Australia Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs Full time

The department makes a significant investment in frontline services through outsourced service delivery. The department contracts for services from more than 1000 suppliers with an annual spend of approximately $1.5 billion to support individuals, families and communities. Investment is administered across the state through seven regions and supported by a central corporate office. The Investment and Partnerships team work closely with suppliers, government agencies and other industry stakeholders to monitor and ensure the delivery of quality services across child safety, community services, disability and community care, to support service investment activities and contract administration and management.

**The Principal Contract Officer key responsibilities are**: - Lead effective team involvement and/or participate in end to end procurement processes including tender processes and market analysis in partnership with various business areas. Lead effective contract management of suppliers from a range of diverse and cultural backgrounds including, contract development and renegotiation where required, and monitoring to ensure compliance with legislation, contracts, investment specifications and departmental policies and procedures. Utilise tools and systems to analyse and interpret a wide variety of supplier and performance related information to drive better outcomes through the supplier relationship. Monitor systems and strategies to ensure remedial action is taken and noncompliance issues with suppliers and/or licensed organisations are effectively managed. Provide direction to contract management staff in relation to monitoring and undertaking inspection of individual care services covered by a licence; and contribute to the development and maintenance of the licensing process. Negotiate and maintain effective and respectful working relationships with departmental staff, other government agencies and a diverse range of suppliers on a range of human service delivery issues. Provide high level strategic and operational advice to senior management on appropriate change/improvement strategies in supplier service delivery. Undertake, implement and/or coordinate projects to improve the delivery of procurement outcomes and address the needs of vulnerable clients from a range of diverse backgrounds. Provide direction, advice and mentoring to contract management staff in relation to legislation, compliance, financial, legal and cultural issues. Ensure human resources are effectively managed and decisions concerning these resources are made in line with departmental policies, procedures and delegations. Professionally represent the department at forums with key stakeholders and suppliers. Prepare and coordinate briefs, correspondence and reports consistent with departmental guidelines.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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