Principal Contract Manager

**Job no**: 896500
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Eastern
**Categories**: Corporate Services, Emergency Services and Emergency Management, Procurement and Supply Chain and Contract Management
- **Salary: ASO7 / $108,109.00 - $116,864.00 p.a.**:

- **Full Time / 7 Year Term Contract (Up until 2032)**:

- **EASTWOOD 5063 & ADELAIDE AIRPORT 5950**

**About Us**:
SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.

We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.
- Our Vision_: An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.
- Our Mission_: Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.
- Our Purpose_: To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

**Our Values**:
**_ PATIENT FOCUSED_**: We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

**_TEAMWORK_**_:_ We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.

**_ INTEGRITY AND HONESTY_**_:_ We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

**_RESPECT AND COURTESY:_** We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

**_COMMUNITY COLLABORATION_**: We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

**_CHANGE READY_**: We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

**_AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP:_** We will support leadership development for our people at every level.
- The Principal Contract Manager is responsible for developing/improving, managing and monitoring contract management activities to ensure value for money is realised, contracts deliver the required outcomes and risks are appropriately managed.
- The Principal Contract Manager is a key relationship manager between SAAS and its strategic suppliers to develop shared pathways to ensure improved patient care. The role provides a critical link to ensure rural and remote South Australian’s receive the specialist care they require in a timely fashion.

**What We Offer**:

- Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a culture of inclusion and diversity.
- Giving back to the people of South Australia Play a vital role in enhancing the well-being of our community.
- We take care of you Access to a range of staff and wellness support programs

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Strategic Contract Management:

- Provide advice on best practices for contract management of services and materials.
- Develop and implement contract management strategies with stakeholders, including regular reports.
- Review contract documentation and assess risks, establish mitigation strategies, and monitor complex contracts.

Teamwork and Continuous Improvement:

- Initiate and implement continuous improvement strategies to enhance customer service and relationships.
- Develop and implement SAAS/SA Health contract management policies and procedures.
- Foster a team environment, support contributions of others, and actively build trust and rapport.

Risk Management:

- Identify, analyse, and address risks and gaps associated with the delivery of contracted services.
- Develop and implement strategies and processes for effective risk mitigation or control.

Relationship Management:

- Establish and manage relationships with key suppliers, service providers, and SAAS staff.
- Develop stakeholder management plans for contract governance and ownership.
- Maintain relationships with other agencies and jurisdictions for sourcing and contract management opportunities.

Financial Management:

- Provide oversight to ensure adherence to delegations of authority in contract-related financial transactions.
- Deliver leadership for establishing, coordinating, and monitoring financial management processes and strategies across contracts.
- Ensure compliance of contract-related financial processes with SAAS policies, procedures, and statutory requirements.

Communication and Awareness:

- Develop and maintain communication plans for specific contracts.
- Communicate proactively with stakeholders and seek feedback on procurement operations and services.
- Educate and promote awareness of effective contract management practices.

**Application Information**:

- The South Australian public sector pro