Manager, Contracts

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 899216
**Location**: 5001 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Ongoing
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **SA Health - Dept Health and Wellbeing, Corporate and Infrastructure Division, Procurement Supply Chain and Finance**:

- **Salary**Classification - ASO8 - Administrative Services Officer L8 - $121,107 to $125,679**:

- **Employment Full time - Ongoing Permanent**

**Overview**

**Manager Contracts Services (ASO8)**

SA Health has one of the largest procurement and contracts management teams in South Australia. The department continues to lead the way in innovative supply chain and contracting practices. Procurement, Supply Chain and Finance (PSCF) is a business unit within SA Health and is central to SA Health's ability to deliver high quality health care services.

Randstad is working exclusively with SA Health and PSCF to recruit a Manager Contracts Services (ASO8). You will lead a team of passionate professionals. This leadership role reports directly to the Chief Procurement Officer, and will be responsible for the strategic contract management of statewide services, and the management of a major Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract within a complex health environment.

**Your new role will involve**:

- Managing a diverse contracts portfolio that includes both the highly complex PPP Agreement and various statewide service contracts.
- Leading a multidisciplinary contract management team to ensure statewide alignment with best practices, performance monitoring, and contract lifecycle management.
- Driving continuous improvement through data-driven decision-making, strategic risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Driving contract performance through negotiation and supplier management, ensuring value for money and the best possible outcomes for the state.

**Key requirements**:

- Demonstrated leadership of professional teams, with a focus on providing constructive feedback, recognizing achievements, and maintaining a high-performance culture.
- Proven ability to oversee a portfolio of complex, high-value contracts, leveraging knowledge of diverse contracting models, terms and conditions, and pricing mechanisms. (PPP experience not required but highly regarded.)
- Skilled in navigating commercial and legal dimensions of complex contracts, including drafting, negotiation, strategic advice, and performance monitoring. While a strong legal understanding is essential, you will have access to legal support as needed.
- Outcome-focused management style, driven by the pursuit of value for money and exceptional contract performance.

SA Health’s modern offices are located in the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research on North Terrace and are walking distance from public transport. The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time, applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Check(s)**
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (general employment)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category C**

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref**: 899216

**Enquiries**

Name Rachel Homer

Phone 0400 363 405

**Application Closing Date**

Friday 2nd May 2025

**Attachments**

ASO8 - Manager Contracts (RAH Services)

**Applications close**: 02/05/2025 11:55 PM

**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.