Procurement Support Officer - Canberra, Australia - Chandler Macleod

Chandler Macleod

Verified Company

Canberra, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

As one of the Australia's largest providers of human resources solutions, Chandler Macleod has a proven track record of unleashing potential in people and companies.

For over 40 years Chandler Macleod's recruitment business has connected leading-edge projects and employers with outstanding business professionals.

Our Federal Government client is seeking to engage a Procurement Support Officer on a contract for 12 months.

Position Overview
The contractor will be engaged on a time and material basis.

Notwithstanding, the following tasks and required skills to achieve them for the duration of this engagement are:

Deliverables

In consultation with the LNIC's Program Management, engineering and work streams, manage acquisition and disposal of LNIC configuration items (both software and hardware).
Prepare and draft relevant procurement documentation to support both simple and complex ICT Hardware/Software procurements.
Collate, organise and present current and predicted procurement activity data from across the LNIC to support organisational decisions, both regarding budgeting and work prioritisation, and to inform procurement activity forecast planning.
Create and maintain the software asset management register including the responsibility to manage physical asset returns on departure of LNIC resources.
Provide assistance to the LNIC Business Intelligence Manager for nonmaterial procurement as required.
Liaise confidently with internal Defence stakeholders regarding procurement activities and work collaboratively to support efficient work processes.
Other duties as directed by the Director, Deputy Director and Business Intelligence Manager.

Essential Criteria
It is essential that the Contractor has the following qualifications and practical experience for this task:

Minimum of Procurement & Contract Management Diploma or related Degree required;
Demonstrated experience as a Procurement Officer, or similar role;
Demonstrated experience delivering procurement support to executive level staff in a Government Department;
Is formally trained in, or has practical experience in the Defence Change Management Process;
Experience with IT Service Management Frameworks, such as ITIL;
Experience in Software Asset Management;
Previous Defence experience in a similar role would be highly regarded.

Desirable Criteria

Sound skills in Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
Highly effective written skills to support documentation and communication requirements; and
Ability to work effectively in an agile team environment.