Principal Contracts Lead

**TAFE SA**
**Job reference**: 677351
**Location**: 5010 - REGENCY PARK BC
**Job status**: Ongoing
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **ASO7 salary range $108,109 - $116,864 p.a. + super**

- Full-time ongoing position commencing July 1, 2025**
- Based at TAFE SA, Regency Campus**
**About TAFE SA**
Awarded the Training Provider of the Year at the 2021, 2022 and 2024 SA Training Awards, TAFE SA ensures all South Australian students have access to quality education and skills training across a number of regional and metropolitan locations.

**About the role**

The **Principal Contracts Lead** is accountable to the Manager - Contract Management and is responsible for developing, planning, managing and reviewing Goods and Services contract programs, projects and services across TAFE SA. The role provides high level contemporary advice and support on the development and management of contracting strategies to successfully achieve key business outcomes in line with TAFE SA’s strategic plan. Working closely with internal business units and the Procurement and Contract Management team, this role manages and negotiates Goods and Services contracts.

**Your new role will involve**:

- Managing a portfolio of Strategic and Complex contracts extracting value for money and contributing to strategic objectives
- Providing contemporary advice and support to stakeholders across TAFE SA regarding strategic contract issues
- Ensuring that contracts are formed and managed in a way to effectively ensure that outcomes are delivered and optimised
- Developing collaborative working relationships, and managing and motivating staff, customers and others in the achievement of objectives
- Managing and negotiating the resolution of goods and services contracts
- Conducting complex high-quality research and identifying and resolving complex issues with innovative solutions
- Contribute to a high performance and professional work team culture and continuous improvement

**What you will get in return**:

- You will work with an experienced manager, who is invested in your development, and will support you with a seat at the table to voice your ideas and expertise
- Further study support is available, including study leave
- While the role is based at the Regency Park campus, you will have flexibility to work from other campuses as required, and work from home arrangements can be negotiated
- The Procurement and Contracts management team are varied in their experience and tenure at TAFE SA - you will work alongside recent joiners, and long-tenured staff, who come from a diverse industry background, such as state and local government, energy, Defence and manufacturing
- You will work with varied and high value contracts, adding diversity to your knowledge base and existing contracts management skill set

**What you will need to apply**:

- Significant experience initiating, planning, and delivering goods and services contract related programs, projects, systems and services
- High level communication and interpersonal skills to confidently develop and manage stakeholder relationships, foster collaboration, build implicit trust with the stakeholder base and manage complex multi-stakeholder issues
- Experience in the preparation and negotiation of complex procurement contracts
- Demonstrated capacity for original thinking and high-level ability to think strategically, conceptually and creatively to deal with competing demands and formulate clear and practical strategies to influence and manage multiple competing priorities
- Qualifications in procurement, contract management, supply chain, law, or business beneficial
- You will display proactive problem-solving abilities, and a continuous improvement mindset
- You will be a community minded individual, passionate about ensuring the delivery quality education for TAFE SA students

**Remuneration**

Remuneration will reflect the expertise and experience you bring to the role, with competitive pay and flexibility making this a fantastic opportunity to make your mark**.**

**Special Conditions**
- Out of hours work will be required.
- Some intrastate/ interstate travel and overnight absences may be required.
- Incumbent will be required to participate in the department’s Performance Development Program
- Eligibility to work in Australia.

Please refer to the Role Description for all Special Conditions.

**Application Instructions**:
**Inclusion and Flexibility Statement**

TAFE SA offers a range of work options to attract and retain great staff, including part-time. We support employees to manage their work-life balance at all stages of their lives. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Enquiries**
Peter Ntafillis
Manager - Contract Management

**Applications close**: 02/07/2025 11:45 PM

**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged t