EMPLOYMENT

Austrade is Australia's global trade and investment agency, connecting Australian businesses with the world and attracting foreign investment into Australia. We're a dynamic and purpose-driven organisation, playing a vital role in shaping Australia's economic future. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced professional to join our Procurement team as an Assistant Director, Procurement Governance and Compliance. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to make a real impact. You'll be instrumental in ensuring the integrity and efficiency of Austrade's procurement processes, contributing directly to the success of our global trade and investment initiatives. This role offers a unique blend of strategic thinking, operational execution, and significant influence on how we manage our resources to achieve national objectives. At Austrade, you'll enjoy: Meaningful work | Contribute directly to Australia's economic prosperity by ensuring ethical and compliant procurement practices and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Professional growth | Develop your expertise in procurement governance and compliance within a globally focused organisation. Access diverse training and development opportunities to enhance your skillset. Collaborative environment | Work within a highly skilled and supportive team, participate in inter-departmental collaboration forums fostering innovation and driving continuous improvement. Flexible work arrangements | Enjoy work-life balance through flexible work options (where applicable). A prestigious organisation | Be part of a respected and influential government agency with a strong reputation for excellence. Opportunities for growth | This role provides significant opportunities for professional development and career advancement. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a dynamic and rewarding organisation while furthering your career in a field critical to Australia's economic success. We invite you to apply if you are passionate about procurement, committed to excellence, and eager to contribute to a meaningful cause. The key duties of the position include Providing proactive procurement and contract management advice and support to Austrade stakeholders; contribute to the management and/or facilitation of the business areas procurement activities; resolving service delivery bottlenecks effectively with internal and external customers, suppliers and stakeholders in relation to Austrade's procurement practices; and in identifying and developing strategic supplier relationships to support the business direction. Develop and oversee tendering and contract management processes. You will be leading in the development and coordination of RFQ's, assisting with the development of draft contracts, supporting reviews of supporting documentation, uploading and managing the tender processes by responding to questions and maintaining probity measures. Provide sound expert advice on tender evaluation plans, contracts and procurement strategy to ensure quality and compliance with associated legislation, regulations, policies and procedures ensuring a commitment to value for money and timely delivery. Contribute to the continuous improvement initiatives and its implementation within Austrade, enabling improvements to systems and processes, ensuring best practice and industry benchmarks are realised. Actively contribute to continuous improvement by contributing ideas and opinions for improvement; delivering against Divisional and Branch objectives and management expectations; maintaining and developing competence and supporting the development of others. Assist in facilitating the procurement strategies, development and maintenance of databases, run reports and interpret data to provide a sound information base for decision making to business areas or to inform management reporting activities. Support the development of procurement options analysis to identify suitable procurement methods and support the development of procurement plans. Foster a business partnering approach with key internal stakeholders and provide advice on the initiation, execution, reporting and performance of procurement and tendering activities enabling the development of innovative procurement strategies and achievement of value for money and best practice principles. Provides support and contributes to project delivery, such as risk management, performance reporting and continuous improvements to ensure the branch delivers in accordance to the clients requirements. Participates in and advises on the assessment and processing of contract variations in accordance with the contract; supports tender documentation for high risk and/or complex work contracts; participates in the dispute resolution process as defined in the contract. Develops and maintains the contract management systems to ensure a full and complete record of all contracts, including contract claims, contract variations and extensions of time; maintains comprehensive and accurate records.