Procurement Category Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $90,067 - $102,192

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/D01216DEC22

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- ** An exciting opportunity to utilise your procurement expertise**:

- **VPSG4 classification (salary range **$90,067 - $102,192**) plus superannuation**:

- **Ongoing, full-time role**

**About us**

Procurement Services is part of the Corporate Governance and Support division, it provides department-wide procurement leadership and strategic direction, policy, process, capability development. Procurement Services monitors and reports on procurement performance, to minimise procurement risk and support the delivery of value.

**About the role**

The role sits in the Category Management team which is responsible for the development and delivery of category strategies to provide the department with value-for-money procurement outcomes, while ensuring that risks are managed and that business needs are achieved. The team develops effective relationships with stakeholders, manages relevant centre-led procurement activities whilst assisting departmental staff deliver procurement activities and grants.

The role's key accountabilities are:

- supporting the development of category plans
- supporting the management of assigned sourcing activities
- supporting contract management activities
- providing stakeholders with high level customer service
- drafting, maintaining, and filing relevant category documentation.

**About you**

**Technical Expertise**
- **Procurement** - knowledge and experience of end-to-end commercial procurement activities including sourcing and contract management.
- **Sourcing** - knowledge and experience ability to deliver high quality RFx documentation in line with defined framework.
- **Evaluation** - knowledge and experience in evaluation activities in line with defined plan and prepare high quality evaluation reports.
- **Analysis** - knowledge and experience in delivering high quality spend and market analysis reports and other analysis to identify relevant risks and opportunities.

**Personal Attributes**
- **Flexibility and Adaptability**:Accept changed priorities without undue discomfort. Responds quickly to changes. Comfortable working in collaboration with teams outside of own organisation.
- **Working Collaboratively**:Build a supportive and cooperative team environment; engages other teams to share information in order to understand or respond to issues; support others in challenging situations.
- **Promote Inclusion**: Pays attention to words, expression and body language; recognises behaviours that promote a culture of inclusion. Hold self and team accountable towards being inclusive to individuals from diverse backgrounds. Takes corrective actions when behaviours displayed do not promote an inclusive workplace.

Please refer to the attached position description for further information.

**How to apply**

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**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.

At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with **three doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of **three doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

Acceptable evidence includes:

- COVID-19 d