Procurement Officer
Location: Parramatta
Employment type: Temporary Full time up to 3 years
Salary: Clerk Grade 7/8 ($113,574 - $125,720 pa), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
Your role
Support and execute all procurement activities for Major Projects, including tender preparation, sourcing assistance, contract setup, and ongoing commercial administration across capital works and infrastructure.
What you'll do
As a Procurement Officer within the Major Project team with Infrastructure and Assets, you will be responsible for supporting and undertaking all procurement activities for Major Projects including, tender preparation, sourcing support, contract establishment and commercial administration across capital works and infrastructure delivery. Provides day to day support across vendor management, variation processing, commercial risk identification, and ongoing relationship management to ensure procurement and contract outcomes directly contribute to project planning and delivery.
You will be joining a dynamic and collaborative team within the Major Projects unit at DCJ. Our team is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment that encourages continuous learning, innovation, and excellence. We value diverse perspectives and work closely with internal stakeholders to deliver impactful outcomes.
What we're looking for
Practical procurement experience: You bring hands on experience supporting end to end procurement activities, applying procurement policies, preparing documentation and contributing to effective contract and supplier management.
Strong communication and documentation skills: You can develop clear and accurate procurement documents, reports, and correspondence and you communicate confidently with suppliers, project teams, and internal stakeholders.
Stakeholder engagement capability: You demonstrate the ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders in a dynamic environment.
Download the role description.
We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.
What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
* A challenging and rewarding career
* Flexible, autonomous work environment
* Competitive pay and conditions
* Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
* Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
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We do work that really matters
Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.
Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!
Are you ready to join us?
Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
Applications close Sunday, 10th May 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Maysa Saleh, A/Senior Manager Contractor Performance Reporting on 0416 011 493 or at
If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Sarah Nguyen on 02 9765 5046 or via
Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.
Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.
Other Information
A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
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