About the company:
Our client is a large government department tasked with improving the lives of Australians. Our client is looking for an experienced Procurement and Contract Manager/Assistant Director to join their large and busy team, on a long term 12-month casual temporary basis with the potential for further extension
About the role:
* Managing a small team responsible for a large, high value procurement project
* Staff and performance management, along with recruitment as required
* Lead a tender evaluation process
* Developing procurement strategy, procurement plans, risk plans, statement of requirements, evaluate plans, assessment management of tenders
* Ministerials, reports and briefings
* Stakeholder engagement at all levels of the organisation.
* Business and process improvement strategies
About you:
* You will have previous management or leadership experience
* You will have an understanding of the Commonwealth Procurement Framework, including the rules and policies.
* You will ideally have previous experience working in a government environment where you were working with large, high value tenders
* You will have previous experience of monitoring contract performance and associated risks, and able to develop strategies to mitigate risk if the need arises
* You will have strong communication skills both verbal and written
* You will have strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to deal with stakeholders at various levels across the organisation.
* Previous experience of using TechOne would be beneficial
Benefits:
* ASAP start
* 12-month casual temporary assignment with potential for a further extension
* Full time hours Monday to Friday - 7.5 hours per day, between the hours of 8.30am and 5.00pm
* ACT location - potential for hybrid working set up
* $ $92.89 per hour + super
*** Please note the successful candidate for the role must hold Australian Citizenship. ***
*** You will also be required to complete a Federal Police Check, as well as a Working with Children Check ***