Principal Procurement Officer
20 hours ago
_About the Department
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
Your Opportunity:
As the Principal Procurement Officer you will work as part of the team to provide high quality advice and services to the department
The Principal Procurement Officer reports to the Director, Procurement Services, Procurement and Facilities Branch, Finance and Assurance Services Division.
Your Role:
Oversee and deliver high quality procurement advice and services covering; procurement planning activities, sourcing documentation development, release and evaluation processes and contract negotiation, formation, management and administration activities.
Provision of expert advice to clients in a relevant, timely and accurate manner on matters relating to the procurement function.
Advise, guide and mentor branch staff on state and Department procurement policies and practices, internal branch processes and templates used to deliver procurement services to client.
Maintain a detailed documentary record of procurement processes, decisions and contractual arrangements undertaken ensuring the audit trail is adequately maintained and documented for probity, accountability and audit purposes.
Exercise a procurement delegation, overseeing sourcing processes
About You:
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the following qualities, skills and experience:
Essential
Comprehensive working knowledge of the Queensland Government's Procurement Framework (or similar), processes, policy and legislation, tender and contracting procedures and contract management processes
Well organised, able to multi-task with demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, effectively manage competing priorities and remain agile in a fast-paced working environment
A confident communication style with the ability to tailor correspondence and advice across management levels and depending on your audience; and
You will have experience as an active team member working within an inclusive team environment.
Desirable
Level 3 or higher in Government (Procurement and Contracting)
Sound working knowledge of the Queensland Information Technology Contracting (QITC) Framework (or similar)
Interested? To Apply:
Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
Attach a 2-page response to the How you will be assessed section of the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
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