Coordinator Procurement and Contracts

Posted: 30/04/2025

Closing Date: 07/05/2025

**Salary**: $124,188.22 - $137,080.56

**Job Type**: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Cooma

Job Category: Finance

**Package**: $124,188.22 - $137,080.56 + 11.5% Super (Grade 13 of the SMRC Salary System 2024-2025)

**Position Description**:**Coordinator Procurement and Contracts**

**Applications close 11:59pm, Wednesday 07 May 2025**

**About The Region**:**The Snowy Monaro region is a unique and culturally diverse region of south-east NSW. From our history of the Snowy Hydro Scheme, our proud agricultural industry and popular ski resorts, we are a region that has a lot to offer. With fantastic lifestyle choices, whether you are an adventure seeker or prefer the finer things in life, we really can offer it all, and all within close proximity to our nation’s capital Canberra. The Snowy Mountains region is packed with year-round experiences with so much more than snow sports and alpine walks. Glorious wildflowers blanket the alpine landscape of Kosciuszko National Park during summer, and if you love adventure sports there's rock climbing, kayaking, caving, fishing, horse riding, mountain biking, and 4WD touring activities to get your heart racing. Explore the famous Snowy River, and go skiing or snowboarding on the slopes of Perisher and Thredbo - or camp under the stars at some of the most picturesque campgrounds in NSW. You'll never forget the rugged alpine scenery of Australia's largest national park. Snowy Monaro Regional Council employs over 450 staff from all walks of life and working with us will give you the opportunity to enjoy our beautiful surrounds, progress your career and make a difference in our local community.

**About the Role**:

- Provide leadership, direction and strategy in procurement
- Develop and enhance Council’s procurement policies, guidelines and procedures, ensuring a high level of compliance with the Local Government regulatory framework
- Provide strategic end-to-end support to management of contracts, reporting to the Executive Leadership team and liaising with contract managers and owners
- Oversee Council Contract Register and comply with regulatory requirements
- Provide expert advice to and support on a broad range of contract management and procurement issues including matters of compliance, contract variations, contractor management reports, policy and strategy, negotiation, dispute management, and contractor’s performance management
- Oversee Council’s cumulative supplier spent and provide strategic support and advice to business units supporting Council Financial Sustainability
- Provide Probity advice on procurement matters as required
- Develop and maintain Council training, education and resources relating to procurement to support staff understanding of Council’s procurement expectations
- Oversee Council’s tenders, EOI, RFQs and participate in evaluation processes across business units, to promote accountability, confidentiality, transparency and probity of processes
- Monitor and report on own work performance and the team’s work performance and progress towards the delivery of work plan goals
- Use resources efficiently, effectively and responsibly to complete tasks that either contribute to or directly impact Council’s Operational and Strategic Plan
- Report directly to the Chief Financial Officer on all procurement activities and collaboratively develop strategies to enhance Council’s financial sustainability
- Consolidate and prepare annual procurement reports in line with regulatory requirements
- Participate in Council’s annual financial audit, collaborating with Manager Finance and Financial Accountant contributing to positive audit outcomes
- Guide the stores and procurement team’s contribution and performance to facilitate improvements to service quality, accessibility and responsiveness
- In collaboration with Manager Finance, lead and maintained Council Continuous Improvement plan for Finance and Procurement
- Support Business units to ensure procurement information is adequately captured, stored and managed in line with the requirements of the Records Act 1998
- Model and reinforce cross-functional collaboration through information sharing and knowledge transfer to drive evidence-based decision-making, enhance capability and optimise capacity
- Model and reinforce an agile, solutions-focused, accountable and collaborative culture that facilitates workforce engagement, empowerment and performance
- Inform, educate and guide staff about their WHS responsibility to maintain a safe workplace

**About You**:
To be successful in this role you will have:

- Tertiary qualifications or experience in a relevant discipline such as Business, Purchasing, Contract Management, Public Administration, Law
- Sound knowledge of business strategy, procurement, tendering and contract management
- Proven ability to promote cross-functional collaboration across business units
- Proven ability to drive change through policy an