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Assistant Procurement Officer

Location – Parramatta

Employment type – Ongoing opportunity

Salary – GR 5/6 Salary $99,938 - $110,271 plus superannuation

Your role

Homes NSW leads work to deliver more social and affordable housing, end the cycle of homelessness, and deliver quality public housing to our 262,000 tenants across NSW.

As a single division, we are streamlining services to ensure we meet the needs of the people we support, with empathy, efficiency and effectiveness. We are elevating the voice of people with lived experience of social housing, housing services and homelessness.

Homes NSW operates a centralised procurement model. The Assistant Procurement Officer’s priority is to provide support to the Homes NSW Procurement team and maintain procurement and contract records in the contract register. The Assistant Procurement Officer will learn government procurement processes and be trained to undertake low risk procurements.

What you’ll do

You will enjoy working in a high-volume and fast-paced environment working alongside the Principal and Senior Officers to support the delivery of social housing projects. This is a great opportunity to learn fundamental and advanced skills and knowledge in the areas of finance, contracting and commercial requirements of procurement.

The role will suit someone with experience and/or understanding in Government procurement systems, or from a similar environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a cohesive and high performing team who is supportive of each other in achieving objectives and delivering outcomes.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Provide timely support to the Homes NSW Procurement team in procurement tasks.
• Manage the activities relating to various procurement systems used by Homes NSW including buy.nsw tenders and the procurement contract register.
• Maintain knowledge of procurement process, systems and applications through learning, networking and research to effectively support business requirements.
• Practise procurement knowledge by managing low risk procurements where required.

What we’re looking for

• Understanding of the NSW Government Procurement Policy and associated requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in records management using CM9 or equivalent systems.
• Previous experience in administration and customer service environment, preferably supporting construction professionals.
• Demonstrated experience in improving productivity and efficiency.

Download the role description.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible, autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Monday 6 October at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Cary Chan on *** or at ***@homes.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Katie Hardy on *** or via ***@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

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