Join UniSQ's Strategic Procurement and Business Services team and play a pivotal role in delivering high?value and complex procurement activities that support the University's strategic goals. As a Senior Procurement Advisor (Facilities Management), you'll be part of a forward?thinking portfolio committed to sustainable, responsible, and data?driven procurement practices that deliver real value to our University community.
You will provide expert advice across a diverse stakeholder network, drive procurement capability uplift, and contribute to shaping procurement policy, governance, and category strategies. If you thrive in a dynamic environment where your expertise directly informs organisational outcomes, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
Who you are
You are a seasoned procurement professional who brings credibility, sound judgement, and a commitment to high standards of probity and best practice. You thrive in delivering complex, high?value and high?risk procurement activities, working with confidence across diverse stakeholder groups. Highly analytical, you interpret data, trends, and spend insights to strengthen decision?making and support strategic procurement outcomes.
You will resonate with this role if you:
* Communicate with influence and build strong relationships with senior stakeholders
* Demonstrate integrity, fairness, and transparency in every stage of the procurement process
* Take pride in mentoring others and contributing to the capability and maturity of the procurement function
* Are passionate about embedding sustainability, social responsibility, and whole?of?life value into procurement activities
What you'll do
As the Senior Procurement Advisor (Facilities Management), you will play a central role in leading end?to?end sourcing projects, supporting organisational decision?making, and embedding procurement excellence across UniSQ. Your work will help shape the University's procurement maturity and drive continuous improvement.
You will:
* Lead complex procurement projects by managing end-to-end sourcing processes, preparing high-quality documentation, and coordinating evaluations to ensure probity, compliance, and defensible outcomes
* Provide high-level procurement advice to senior stakeholders, assisting with procurement planning, risk assessments, and strategic decision-making
* Apply data and analytics to procurement activities by monitoring spend, analysing trends, identifying risks and opportunities, and preparing reports to support category planning, governance, and value-for-money outcomes
* Promote responsible and sustainable procurement aligned with UniSQ's carbon?neutral commitments
What will help you succeed
* A relevant degree with experience, or extensive specialist expertise in procurement.
* Demonstrated capability delivering complex, high?risk procurement projects in large organisations
* Advanced knowledge of procurement legislation, policies, and frameworks
* Strong analytical capability and experience leveraging procurement data and insights
* High?level communication, negotiation, and relationship?building skills
* Membership with Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) or a similar professional body is desirable
For further information about this role, please contact Tim Dodds, Director (Strategic Procurement and Business Services) via or
Building on its strengths as Australia's leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ's Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia's most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.
The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.
We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.
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To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.
Reference Number: 0179_12/25
Location: Toowoomba, Springfield or Ipswich campus
Term: Full-time continuing appointment
Salary: Total remuneration range $119,378 to $132,004 pa (includes salary range of $100,677 to $111,325 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Closes: 18 February 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)
At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.
As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.
This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.
If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to 'Who we're looking for' in the position description.
For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey available on our website.