**Job Description:**
The Compliance Branch plays a pivotal role in upholding the integrity of the Queensland Government's procurement processes, ensuring that goods and services delivered to Queenslanders are ethically and responsibly sourced. Central to its mission is the execution of state-wide compliance activities to verify that suppliers adhere to Queensland Government policies, including the Supplier Code of Conduct, relevant legislation, and any related contractual commitments.
This work reinforces the government's commitment to ethical procurement practices. The Compliance Branch prides itself on fostering a vibrant, diverse, and supportive workplace culture that values performance, initiative, encourages critical thinking, and recognises dedication and effort, driving accountability and ethical standards in public procurement.
Key Responsibilities:
* Conducting proactive compliance activities, including complex audits, inspections, assessments, investigations, and detailed analysis of information to establish supplier compliance with obligations when supplying to the Queensland Government.
* Producing audit and investigation reports, recommendations, and conducting reviews of technical information arising out of state-wide compliance activities across all procurement categories.
* Working collectively in a team environment to ensure allocated workloads meet operational milestones and provide specialist technical support and advice to less experienced staff.
* Assisting with mentoring, coaching, and training of internal staff across various work activities and becoming involved in more difficult or contentious cases/issues to assist raising and equalising team capacity.
* Ensuring all data and other information from compliance activities is appropriately managed and recorded.
* Identifying actual or perceived risk of non-compliance, including making recommendations to improve levels of compliance with Queensland Government requirements.
* Identifying opportunities to improve Queensland Procurement Compliance practices for buyers and suppliers by analysing data to identify emerging trends and risk factors.