Senior Procurement Officer | Clean Energy Regulator |

The Clean Energy Regulator is the Government body responsible for administering legislation to reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy.

The Corporate Branch is responsible for delivering enabling services that support the effective and efficient operation of the agency and facilitates the agency’s compliance with legislation, policies and guidelines as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity. The branch complements the scheme-focus of other agency divisions by providing digital services for internal and client-facing systems and facilitating strategic communications and client engagement through the agency’s website and contact centre.

In addition, the Branch supports efficient resource management and corporate accountability through functions such as financial management, performance reporting, parliamentary services, procurement, risk management and assurance, facilities management and human resource management.

About the Section

The Finance Section is led by the Chief Financial Officer, who reports directly to the Chief Operations Officer, Corporate Branch. The priorities of the section actively support the areas of focus in the Corporate Branch plan to deliver:

• Improved service delivery,
• Enhance agency capability through improved internal client experience, and
• Championing good administrative practice.

The section partners with the business to manage internal and external budgetary requirements, deliver flexible, agile and relevant financial information and advice to stakeholders, and provides products and services including budget management, external budgeting, financial statements, external reporting, monthly reporting, accounts processing, treasury and procurement advice.

The key duties of the position include:

As a Senior Procurement Officer of the Clean Energy Regulator, you will be part of a team that manages centralised procurement activities for the agency. Under the direction of the procurement manager, your responsibilities will include the following:

• Develop and implement procurement policy including developing and maintaining the Procurement Toolkit, and procurement and contract management templates.
• Provide advice and assistance on procurement and contract management activities to business units.
• Work with business to undertake more complex procurement activities and contract management, including preparation of tender, contract and related approval documentation, in accordance with Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPR) and internal procedures.
• Provide consultancy and advisory services on key decisions in the procurement cycle and facilitating the attainment of “value for money” in procurement and contracting.
• Maintain contracts register and undertake procurement-related reporting
• Relationship Management.
• Provide support in delivering government policy and CPR compliant procurement strategies.
• Assist in the resolution management of contractual issues and disputes.
• Work as part of the team and support team objectives.

It is expected that the Senior Procurement Officer will also:

• Deliver procurement policy training and associated systems training.
• Maintain the PGPA Act breach register and gift register for the Clean Energy Regulator agency.

Qualifications/experience

It is desirable that the ideal candidate have the following qualifications and experience:

• 3-5 years experience in undertaking Commonwealth procurement-related activities.
• Successful completion of a certificate IV or equivalent in Government Procurement.

The position will be required to work autonomously on most tasks and will be expected to display initiative and be proactive by identifying improvement opportunities that represent a value for money outcome. The ideal candidate will have:

• A high-level working knowledge of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) and how they apply to a Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity (NCE).
• Demonstrated ability to provide support to stakeholders to develop efficient and effective procurement and contracting strategies that comply with the CPRs.
• Demonstrated ability to provide a strong customer focus, excellent communication abilities and interpersonal skills when undertaking their duties.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to a strong and collaborative team culture. This includes proven commitment to staff development, workplace diversity and work health and safety practices.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills including the ability to prepare professional, accurate and timely specialist advice.
• Proven capacity to take responsibility for planning and managing routine and non-routine tasks, under broad direction and within tight timeframes and competing priorities through personal drive and commitment.

Eligibility

This position is a security-assessed position. The successful applicant will be required to hold, or be able to obtain, a Baseline security clearance.

All applicants must be Australian citizens.

RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy. If you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the job.