Project Officer

2 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia Department of Finance Full time

Commercial Group / Procurement & Insurance Division / Future Made in Australia Office
- APS 5 ($82,535 - $92,609),APS 6 ($90,802 - $110,821) | Ongoing & Non-ongoing | Full-time & Part-time
- Canberra, ACT

**ABOUT THE BRANCH & SECTION**

The Future Made in Australia Office (the Office) is responsible for coordinating delivery of the Australian Government’s election commitments under the Buy Australian Plan. The Office is driving engagement with Australian businesses and industry groups to maximise opportunities to participate in Australian Government procurement and contracts.

The Office is implementing procurement reform through three streams of activity:

- Governance and Coordination
- Procurement and Contract Management Capability
- Commonwealth, State and Industry Engagement.

Advertised roles will be within the Procurement and Contract Management Capability stream. This section is tasked with driving capability improvement procurement and contract management across the Australian Public Service.

Applications are strongly encouraged from outside of the Australian Public Service.

**ABOUT**
**THE**
**OPPORTUNITY**

The Procurement and Contract Management Capability team in the Future Made in Australia Office is seeking a Project Officer at the APS5 and/or APS6 level for the management of a procurement and contract management community of practice and the review of procurement and contract management guidance material and resources with a view to improve their aptness.

The Project Officer will be responsible for:

- Effectively engaging with a range of internal and external stakeholders and represent Finance at meetings and learning events.
- Usability review of Commonwealth procurement and contract management templates, guidance, tools and resources.
- Developing and maintaining project management documentation including communication strategies.
- Facilitating and organising Community of Practice sessions.
- Managing and maintaining various external facing information sites (for example Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, webpage), driving daily content engagement with members of the Community of Practice.
- Supporting the delivery of capability uplift initiatives.

**DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION**

For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.

**ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES**
- Under section 22(8) of the _Public Service Act 1999_, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
- All positions are based in Canberra.

**CONTACT INFORMATION**
- For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.

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