Procurement Governance Officer

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $97,955 - $111,142

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:Accounting, finance and procurement

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/DJ9460JULY

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?
- **Provide support to the department's Procurement Approval Board (PAB) within the Procurement Operations team**:

- ** Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity**:

- ** VPS4 salary between $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Procurement Governance Officer to provide a critical role within Finance and Procurement - Procurement and Property Services.

**About the Business Unit**
- The Finance and Procurement business unit provides department-wide financial, procurement and workplace services through strategic leadership and setting the direction, policy, and processes, and partnering with the department to build capability.
- Procurement and Property Services monitors and reports on procurement performance and manages several high-profile strategic projects to minimise procurement risk and support the delivery of value for money. It is also responsible for the effective operation and management of asset maintenance, fleet and property, and facilities management services across the department.

**About the Role**
- The role is responsible for the efficient and effective administration of the department's Procurement Approval Board (PAB) within the Procurement Operations team. Working with the PAB Secretariat, the Procurement Governance Officer will ensure the workflow of submissions to the PAB is streamlined, policy compliant and auditable, supporting timely and relevant responses.
- Additionally, the role will ensure that reportable procurement governance requirements are compliant with departmental and Victorian Government Purchasing Board (VGPB) supply policies.
- Some of your duties will include:

- Liaise with senior staff in business units and external agencies to ensure compliance with government and departmental policy and to maintain a high level of awareness of developments in procurement.
- Provide support to the PAB Secretariat, ensuring timely and compliant passage of submissions through a well-documented workflow.
- Review business unit submissions to the PAB for accuracy and compliance with departmental policy.
- To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

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

- ** Legislative, regulation and policy context awareness**: Identify, interpret, and advise on existing procurement related legislation, regulation and policy
- ** Strategy Planning, development, and implementation**: Work with colleagues to provide reasonable advice on the development of strategies.

**Qualifications**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications, preferably encompassing procurement, supply chain, commerce, law or business administration is highly desirable.
- Experience / understanding of government procurement and policies will be highly desirable.

**How to Apply**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT**:

- The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

- Applications close Wednesday 23 July 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 9 July 2025