About the role
In this role, you will manage a portfolio of contracts, ensuring effective oversight, compliance, and performance. You’ll work closely with contract owners across departments, offering guidance on procurement planning and contract management to support the City’s strategic sourcing goals. You’ll help ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, support efficient contract execution, and identify opportunities to improve processes and contribute to building capability by mentoring team members and promoting best practices.

Work type: Permanent Full Time
Classification: Band 8 Commencing at $118,486 pa plus super

Key responsibilities include:

• Monitor a portfolio of contracts, ensuring effective oversight, compliance, and performance.
• Provide expert procurement planning and contract management advice to internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment with the City’s strategic objectives, procurement policies, and relevant legislative and regulatory frameworks.
• Build and maintain strategic stakeholder networks to support the City’s procurement objectives and contract performance.
• Monitor compliance with contractual, legal, and regulatory obligations, proactively identifying risks and recommending mitigation strategies to ensure responsible procurement and contract governance.
• Foster a collaborative, customer-focused team culture through knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and inclusive practices.
• Model ethical, transparent, and accountable procurement behaviours to build trust and uphold governance standards.

About you
To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in procurement, contract management, supply chain management, legal, or a related field, and/or significant professional experience in procurement and contract management within a comparable organisation.

Essential Experience:

• Strong knowledge of procurement legislation, policies, and practices, including public sector procurement frameworks, probity, and governance requirements.
• Proven experience in procurement strategy development and supporting contract managers to achieve value-for-money outcomes.
• Proven ability to enhance specification design by providing input and implementing quality assurance processes to ensure specifications are effective and fit for purpose.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and research skills, with the ability to evaluate complex procurement and contract management issues and provide well-informed recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate, influence, and align diverse interests through clear writing, presentations, and discussions.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure contractual, legal, and regulatory compliance, proactively identifying and mitigating procurement risks.
• Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City).

If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now! 

Child Safety Responsibilities   
We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments. Please read our Child Safe Standards Management Policy.  

Diversity and Inclusion  
At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience.  

We are the City
From parks to offices, childcare centres to works depots, leisure facilities to the Wool Museum and waterfront, our team plays a vital role in shaping our vibrant and growing community. Our community counts on us to get the essentials right while looking for ways to go beyond. By listening, collaborating, and focusing on sustainability, we strive to do the basics brilliantly and create a lasting impact. If you’re ready to be part of something bigger, join us in shaping the future of Geelong.

We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process.

Applications and Enquiries

Click the Position Description link to view more information about this position.

Enquiries:  Ben McLaughlin | Lead Procurement Planning and Contract Management Officer | Benjamin.McLaughlin@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

Click the Apply button to submit your application or find out more about this opportunity. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

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