Senior Procurement Manager

Level/Salary: Level 7, $128,077 - $136,891 p.a. (PSCSAA 2022)
Work Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Branch: Strategic Procurement & Contracts Division
Location: East Perth
Closing Date: 2024-11-27 4:00 PM
THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career?
The Western Australia Police Force seeks a highly motivated individual to lead a multi-disciplinary team as the Senior Procurement Manager within the Strategic Procurement and Contracts Division.
As an inclusive and strategic-thinking leader, you will actively contribute to supporting frontline police officers to keep our community safe.
This position is offered as a twelve (12) month contract/secondment opportunity with the possibility of extension.
THE ROLE
This role is responsible for the development, implementation, and governance of complex contracts, focusing on procurement planning, contract formation, compliance, and stakeholder engagement. Key tasks include managing ICT procurement processes, ensuring their compliance with standards, advising on contract-related issues, developing policies, and contributing to performance indicators.
In addition, the role involves leading a team to deliver high-quality services, developing divisional strategies, and fostering effective relationships with contractors, suppliers, and stakeholders. Collaboration with the management team is crucial for driving cohesive strategies and achieving organisational goals.
The role also addresses information security, ethical standards and other assigned duties, ensuring the agency's professional standards are met in all contract and procurement activities.
Applicants with experience in ICT procurement, whilst not essential, would be highly regarded.
ABOUT US
The WA Police Force has 9,000 employees located across the largest policing jurisdiction in the world, with 200 police facilities in 15 policing districts across the State. Our priorities are our people, our partnerships and our performance. We are committed to enforcing the law, preventing crime and managing and coordinating emergencies.
To enable a frontline response that keeps our community safe, we must ensure that our policing response is enabled by highest quality communications that are suitable for state-wide service delivery.
The WA Police Force's values of Duty, Teamwork, Integrity and Care are an integral part of how we do business. Alignment with our values should be incorporated within your application. Integrity within the WA Police Force means employees are held to a high standard of conduct, both in and outside of work. Further information is available in the Work-Related Requirements component of the position description form.
Work, Health and Safety is vital to WA Police Force operations. We incorporate safety in every part of our business and it is an essential part of our decision-making processes.
The WA Police Force is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages Aboriginal Australians, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with a disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and women to apply for positions within our agency. The WA Police Force also promotes and supports flexible, family friendly work practices.
We believe all our people are leaders irrespective of their role. We consider this as critical to our success and, to support this, we have adopted Leadership Expectations which provide a common understanding of the mindsets and expected behaviours required of all our employees and the public sector. The leadership context for this role is Leading Leaders.
THE BENEFITS
Flexible working arrangements. Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance. 11.5% employer contributed superannuation into a fund of your choice. Please note this will increase progressively to 12% by 1 July 2025. Salary packaging options for vehicles and superannuation. 4 weeks of Annual Leave with the option to purchase additional leave each year. 3 Public Service Holidays per year. Access to Long Service Leave every 7 years. On site gym facilities at Perth Headquarters. Free flu vaccinations annually. Access to an Employee Assistance Program including immediate family members living at home. Access to free WA Police Force Chaplaincy and Psychological services. An active social club that welcomes WA Police Force family members. HOW TO APPLY
To demonstrate your talents, please provide your curriculum vitae, along with a covering letter of no more than 2 pages that specifies your leadership and management ability and experience in procurement and contract development.
Your CV should provide enough detail (dot points are sufficient) to allow the selection panel to assess your skills, experience and qualifications relevant to the Key Accountabilities as specified in the attached Position Description.
Please also include the contact details of 2 professional referees who can comment on your ability to satisfy all of the Essential Work-Related Requirements. You should nominate at least one immediate (most contemporary) supervisor/manager unless exceptional circumstances exist.
For applicants deemed suitable, all essential work-related requirements in the position description form will be assessed at some stage during the selection process.
Candidates must also read the attached contextual information (Supplementary Information) regarding conditions of employment including security clearance, integrity checking requirements and the WA Police Force Drug and Alcohol policy.
During the recruitment process we provide reasonable adjustments to allow people with a disability to participate effectively. If you have any access or communication needs to allow you to better participate in this process, please contact our Police Staff Selection and Deployment Manager Matt Davis on telephone (08) 6229 5723 or via email at
SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION
Applicants are requested to apply online. To apply online, you must have a valid email address and be ready to attach your comprehensive electronic resume, integrity check form (if required) and any additional attachments as requested in the "HOW TO APPLY" section of the advertisement. Please select the "APPLY FOR JOB" button at the top/bottom of this advertisement.
Should you encounter any problems lodging your online application please contact Police Staff Selection and Deployment on (08) 6229 5772 during business hours (8am to 4pm, Monday – Friday), prior to the specified closing time.
EMAILED, LATE OR PRO-FORMA APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Application packages, supplementary information and the Position Description Form are attached.
FOR FURTHER SPECIFIC JOB-RELATED INFORMATION
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