Assistant Director

Executive Level 1
- Canberra, ACT
- $120,636 - $133,328

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**
We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us, your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you are engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’- where our people reflect our purpose.

**The Role**
Reporting to the Director - ICT Procurement, the Assistant Director - ICT Procurement leads multi-disciplinary teams to ensure high quality delivery of a range of procurement and contract management activities.
The Assistant Director - ICT Procurement, is primarily responsible for procuring a broad range of ICT products and services for the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), Department of Education and other portfolio agencies.
We are part of the Corporate and Enabling Group at DEWR, and work with the following pillars:

- We do the basics brilliantly.
- We provide expert advice and support.
- We engage effectively with each other and our stakeholders.
- We consider the bigger picture, connect the dots and focus on priorities.

The occupant of this role will manage a small team of ICT procurement officers, provide accurate procurement related advice, draft documentation in preparation for market approaches, seek quotes, and create/maintain system related procurement entries and records. The occupant will need to be motivated, well organised, and have demonstrated procurement knowledge/experience.
The Assistant Director has a critical role in developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure the consistent delivery of procurement and contract management services.
We currently have one vacancy, however we will also create a merit pool which may be utilised for future vacancies.
Questions are encouraged and should be directed to the contact officer.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
We currently have a vacancy for an Assistant Director whose responsibilities will include:

- Advising on major procurement projects requiring the sourcing of large, complex and/or strategic requirements.
- Complex contract management, including with Whole of Australian Government vendors.
- Procuring and managing ICT products and services contracts.
- Developing and effectively communicating procurement and contract management policy and guidance.
- Leading and managing a small team of ICT procurement officers.

Experience in these areas, or the ability to quickly gain knowledge and skills will be highly regarded.

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide a summary (no more than **750**words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

**Eligibility**
**Don’t meet all the role requirements?**

**Citizenship** - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.