Contract Manager

EL 2 - $146,942 - $170,725 per annum plus superannuation
- Office of the Capacity Investment Scheme Division
- Adelaide, SA,Albury, NSW,Alice Springs, NT,Brisbane, QLD,Cairns, QLD,Canberra, ACT,Darwin, NT,Hobart, TAS,Melbourne, VIC,Perth, WA,Sydney, NSW
- We are looking for an experienced manager with commercial contract oversight capabilities.
- Your role will be to grow and enhance a contract oversight function with the administrative assistance of an external service delivery partner.
- Your role will be to guide contract decisions and negotiations, to mentor and develop a small team and to ensure that senior managers are provided appropriate strategic oversight of the contracted portfolio.

**Who we are**
The Office of the Capacity Investment Scheme (OCIS) in the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is responsible for delivering on the Australian Government’s commitment to deliver more reliable, affordable and low-emissions energy for all Australians, through the national Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS). Australia’s electricity system is going through unprecedented change, with the transition to net zero by 2050 requiring new ways of managing systems and markets. This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference by working on the CIS which provides a national framework to encourage new investment in renewable capacity, such as wind and solar, as well as clean dispatchable capacity, such as battery storage.
The CIS involves the Australian Government seeking competitive tender bids for renewable capacity and clean dispatchable capacity projects to:

- Deliver an additional 32 GW of capacity by 2030.
- Fill expected reliability gaps as ageing coal power stations exit.
- Deliver the Australian Government’s 82% renewable electricity by 2030 target.

The Australian Government will provide revenue underwriting for successful CIS tender projects, with an agreed revenue ‘floor’ and ‘ceiling’. This will provide a long-term revenue safety-net that decreases financial risks for investors and encourages more investment when and where it is needed. The CIS will work alongside the National Energy Transformation Partnership to coordinate action by the Commonwealth, states and territories. The Australian Government expects that as the energy transition develops, genuine and long lasting economic and social partnerships will emerge between the clean energy industry and communities to better support and seize the opportunities of a net-zero economy.

The OCIS Delivery and Governance Branch aims to ensure all operational aspects of the CIS and being delivered in an efficient and effective manner. The Branch works collaboratively across Government and with service delivery partners and advisors to ensure scheme settings are robust and commercially effective.

For more information about us please visit our website.

**The job**
The duties of the position include:

- Deliver a robust contract management function - including meeting milestones through clear approval and escalation decisions and maintaining fit-for-purpose records
- Establishing productive working relationships with the external contract management service provider and related stakeholders
- Oversee the development of staff capabilities while maintaining a positive-work culture
- Working with other teams to ensure that information flows and reporting for the CIS are appropriate. Further, where appropriate and aligned with data privacy requirements, contribute to broader electricity policy across DCCEEW
- Ensuring that complex and sensitive contractual issues are suitably investigated with considered options identified for the relevant DCCEEW decision maker
- As needed, providing input into contract and tender design matters to ensure contract experience and associated intelligence can appropriately inform CIS scheme settings
- More generally collaborating with colleagues from across DCCEEW and external stakeholders - including other government agencies, industry, market bodies, consumer representatives, tender delivery partners and commercial and legal advisers.

We value collegial discussion of ideas, collaboration, creativity and having fun while getting things done. Come and join us??

**What you’ll gain from the experience**
As part of OCIS, you’ll be a key part of leading the critical transformation of the Australian electricity sector. You will be exposed to complex government tender processes that seek to deliver both significant new electricity generation projects while also driving social outcomes for local communities. Contributing to these outcomes will develop your consultation, management, engagement and critical thinking capabilities. You will further enhance your commercial contract management skills, but within the context of the Government sector. Your role in extracting data insights from the contracted portfolio will place you in a unique position to observe commercial outcomes and drivers across Austr