Coordinator Procurement and Contracts

**Permanent Full Time - 38 hours per week**
**Band 8 - $119,380 - $133,491 + super & RDO**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled Coordinator Procurement and Contracts to join our team. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership in procurement, tendering, and contract management, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements while driving efficiencies across the organisation. You will lead a dedicated team, offering expert advice to senior leaders and stakeholders to support the delivery of capital works and operational services.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide high level strategic advice to Council and the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) in relation to the development of Council’s procurement and tendering framework.
- Identify and develop strategic procurement initiatives that lead to efficiencies to support improved capital works and operational delivery.
- Lead the development, implementation and maintenance of the Contract Management Framework, strategies, initiatives, and associated procedures.
- Lead and supervise the Procurement and Contracts team to deliver quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide expert advice and support to senior managers and staff across the organisation on procurement and tendering issues including relevant sections of the Local Government Act 2020 and Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to plan, develop, source and manage strategic procurement arrangements to effectively meet organisational objectives.
- Provide high level strategic advice to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and staff to ensure that all capital and operational service contracts are managed efficiently and effectively.
- Identify and develop strategic procurement initiatives that lead to efficiencies to support improved capital works and operational delivery.

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

- Formal relevant tertiary qualifications. Alternatively, the skills and knowledge required for the role are acquired through lesser formal qualifications together with extensive and diverse experience, or intensive specialist experience.
- Extensive knowledge of the tendering process, legislative requirements, the formation of tender and contract documentation and the development of specifications.
- Ability to lead, motivate and develop employees and strong project management skills and experience.

**How to apply**

follow the links to send us:

- your cover letter
- and resume
- Please note we do not require the selection criteria to be addressed in a separate document.

A copy of the position description is attached. For further information please contact Hamish Munro, Chief Financial Officer on 9932 1013.

Applications **must** include a cover letter outlining your suitability to the role and an updated resume. **Applications close 11.30pm Sunday 9 March 2025**.

**Pre-Employment Requirements**

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa with full unrestricted working rights. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.

**Make an impact that matters**

At Hobsons Bay we work as one to achieve exceptional outcomes for our community.

Hobsons Bay Council is shaping precincts, building community infrastructure, delivering positive environmental, social and economic outcomes through programs and policies, and providing over 120 services to strengthen our diverse community.

If you’re ready to rise to the challenge of making a real difference, join us to help create a community and city that is inclusive, empowered, sustainable and visionary.

**What can we offer**

Council offers hybrid working with newly renovated office facilities in the Civic Centre.

We support ongoing professional development, as your career matters to us

And we provide an employee assistance program, as well as wellbeing programs for staff including Yoga and Pilates classes, walking clubs and more.