Assistant Director Procurement Group 1

Buildings and Contracts

Position No:

Salary/Level: Level 8, $157,900 - $171,005 pa, PSCSAA 2024

• 1x Full-Time, Fixed Term position available

Come join the team at the new Department of Housing and Works.

The Department of Housing and Works delivers and maintains essential social housing and critical infrastructure across Western Australia—including schools, hospitals and police facilities.

We manage tenancy services, support housing provision in remote Aboriginal communities, and oversee government employee accommodation.

Through office accommodation solutions, State Fleet management, procurement, planning and asset policy, we empower other government agencies to deliver their best.

To better represent the diverse community we serve, this vacancy is reserved for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
and
people with disability.
Therefore, Sections 51, 66R and 66ZP of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 apply to this recruitment process
and only applications from these diversity groups will be considered
.

We are committed to ensuring our hiring processes are inclusive. If you are an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, young person or person with disability seeking assistance with your application, please contact
Jobs and Skills WA
on If you are a person living with disability and require any adjustments or accommodations, please contact Tony Halberg on or via email at You can also reach us through the
National Relay Service
.

When you join us, you can enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• flexible work options,
  including working from home up to 2 days per week.
• professional development,
  training, and on-the-job learning
  to advance your career.
• generous leave entitlements,
  which include 4 weeks annual leave, 3 public service holidays each year, accrued long service leave every 7 years and an option to purchase additional leave each year.
  Access to cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• modern workspaces, where you
  choose your workspace
  that assists you to do your best work.
• access to activity-based work hubs in the CBD, Fremantle and Joondalup
  for ad hoc flexible work.
• corporate discounts
  with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs.
• Opportunity to support our
  Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Disability Access and Inclusion Plan, Indigenous Network, Gender Equity Champions Group, and Youth Working Group.

About The Role:

Assistant Director Procurement Group 1 undertakes a high-level leadership role in Customer Team General Agencies Branch that contributes to the ongoing leadership of the Division and Business Unit. The role oversees the developments of complex, high-risk contracts for goods and services. The role provides professional procurement and project leadership and advice for complex, high-risk strategic procurement, business projects and contract management issues.

Assistant Director Procurement consults with key stakeholders and maintains positive and effective relationships with client government agencies. The role also contributes to the strategic and business planning processes of the Division and manages Branch resources and functions.

About You:

We're looking for procurement experts who identify as either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, and/or as living with disability.

We encourage applications from people who love continuous improvement and who can demonstrate:

• Leadership skills that enable you to effectively build and lead a high-performing team.
• Effective conceptual, analytical, and strategic problem solving skills.
• Expertise in complex, high-risk contract development and/or contract management (alternatively relevant project management expertise).
• Strategic thinking skills that facilitate the implementation of organisational procurement policies and practices.
• An ability to communicate and influence others effectively to facilitate positive outcomes.

The team provides support for over 40 different agencies and hence the successful applicant will be pragmatic and flexible, and who can work in an environment where the client needs, and their operational contexts, can vary significantly.

This position operates in the context of Leading Leaders. This means you will be required to deliver results through leaders and your teams in a single business area, and by influencing leaders in other business areas. You will add value by providing direction and developing and coaching your leaders to achieve operational objectives. You will make decisions about how services should be provided based on the resources at hand.

How to Apply:

If you think you have what it takes to be a part of our dynamic and forward thinking team, please click the
"APPLY FOR THIS JOB"
button and you will be redirected to WA Government Jobs and follow the advertising instructions. If not directed straight to the position, please key the position number into the web search box.

Please ensure you apply before the closing deadline as
we won't accept late and incomplete applications
.

Further Job Related Information:

For further information about the position please contact Tony Halberg on not to be contacted for Applicant Information Packs or assistance with lodging your application).

Currently there is one (1) full-time, fixed-term appointment
for up to eight (8) months available for filling, with the possibility of further extension(s). Whilst this selection process will initially be used to appoint to this advertised vacancy, it may also be used to appoint to similar positions that may arise in the Agency within the next twelve (12) months on a full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.

Closing Date:
Monday, 13 October 2025 at 1:00pm (AWST)

The Department may conduct an Executive Search to supplement the field of applicants.