The key duties of the position include The Role Why would you want to work with us? Lots of reasons! The main reason is because we have an awesome team! Our folks are all happy, positive and energetic who take pride in their work, and support one another to grow and develop. We care about Defence and get great job satisfaction from helping our clients, but we also have a sense of humour and enjoy each other's company while achieving outcomes for Defence. The beauty of our Contracting Officer roles is the diversity of the work. We support the ADF and Defence Groups by providing procurement and contract management advice. The activities we work on are both big and small. Some extend over the course of a year and it provides huge job satisfaction to see a project worth hundreds of millions of dollars get across the line to help our soldiers, sailors and aviators. Some of the tasks you might do as a Contracting Officer include: Developing and issuing tenders and requests for quotation to the market; Participating in contract negotiations between Defence and industry; Providing advice to Defence clients on their contracts; Assisting Defence clients conducting contract performance reviews; Conducting contract governance and reporting activities; and Assisting with procurement policy development. About our Team The Non Materiel Procurement Branch delivers commercial expertise and solutions for procurement and contracting across the procurement life cycle to help Defence meet its objectives, maximise value for money outcomes and meet legislative and mandatory policy requirements. As a branch of high performing individuals, teams work closely together to provide sound and timely advice to support both simple and complex procurement projects. In addition to supporting procurements, the teams review and refine best practice procurement and contracting processes to ensure adherence to regulatory and legislative frameworks. Team members are motivated and positive in their approach to work, and have a variety of backgrounds, qualifications and experience. Effective mentoring and a supportive working environment, including highly desirable and sought after professionalisation opportunities, encourages the growth and development of team members to reach their full potential. We promote an inclusive culture that echoes Defence values - service, courage, respect, integrity and excellence. We are committed to ensuring our people feel appreciated, participate fully, and have access to tailored career pathways. We are flexible and agile in our approach to work, encourage our staff to have a healthy work life balance, and offer access to training and development opportunities and mentoring and coaching services Our Ideal Candidate If you have experience in procurement and contracting, then we want to hear from you. You're our ideal candidate and you'll love it here! But we understand that Contracting Officers, don't grow on trees. If they did, we'd have already picked them! That's why we trust in our ability to recruit good people and train them. We have an extremely supportive team that helps new staff members find their feet, and a culture that encourages knowledge sharing and learning. Therefore, we're looking for motivated and enthusiastic candidates. If you have a willingness to learn, then we can teach you the technical skills. Skills and attributes that we think lend themselves to making a great Contracting Officer include good judgement, attention to detail, and strong analytical skills. We love self-starters who are proactive, and who use their initiative without waiting to be directed. Candidates we'll take a liking to will be team-players, who are able to build and maintain relationships with their stakeholders, whether they're other Defence members or industry representatives. Our people take pride in their flexibility and responsiveness, to changing workplace pressures, and priorities. Of course, we also love people who are problem solvers, because sometimes to help our clients we need to be creative, and think outside the box. Below are some of the types of work that we think are relevant to our work, and could be transferrable to our Contracting Officer positions: Administration; Policy; Business and/or Commerce; Finance; Law; Governance; Anything in Regulation, Compliance or Legislation; Probity; Risk; Project Management; and Contract Management. If you have experience in any of these areas and want to challenge yourself then you should definitely apply.
