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• Temporary full-time 35 hrs per week opportunity to December 2025
• Parramatta office location with flexible working supported
• Salary relative to experience, and ranges from $125,693 + $138,510 + super

 Procurement Senior Project Officer

• Lead and develop a team, providing opportunities for ongoing professional development and fostering a constructive working environment.
• Work closely with various stakeholders, providing high-level advice and guidance to enhance procurement practices and outcomes.
• Develop and evolve procurement systems and procedures to optimise efficiency and service standards, ensuring compliance and excellence.
• Tackle complex procurement legislation and policy and respond to requests promptly while managing competing priorities and deadlines.

What’s in it for me?

Join our team for a fantastic culture with dynamic collaboration and genuine long-term career support. We offer flexibility in work arrangements, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritise work/life balance and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed.

The role

As the Procurement Senior Project Officer, your main role is to coordinate procurement activities, develop business systems, and provide expert advice to help stakeholders plan, develop, source, and manage procurement arrangements effectively. You'll face challenges like responding to requests promptly while juggling competing priorities and deadlines and continuously building your professional knowledge in procurement to offer the best support.

Your key responsibilities include managing procurement services, engaging with corporate service providers, partnering with staff to improve practices, leading and developing your team, delivering training, providing advice, and maintaining procurement records to ensure compliance and efficiency.

For more information read the full Role Description: Senior Project Officer Procurement

What you will bring to the role 

• Expertise in Procurement and Governance: You will manage procurement services and processes, ensuring compliance with relevant practices and statutory requirements. Your ability to provide high-level advice and guidance will help build expertise in procurement across the organisation.
• Leadership and Team Development: You will lead and direct staff, assigning work, providing feedback, and ensuring opportunities for professional development. Your leadership will foster a constructive and satisfying working environment.
• Effective Communication and Collaboration: You will partner with staff from across the organization, delivering training on best practice procurement processes, and maintaining effective relationships to improve practices and outcomes. Your adept communication skills will facilitate collaboration and enhance procurement capabilities

Key knowledge and experience

• Strong understanding of public sector corporate policies, systems, procedures and standards.
• Ability to manage a team and to create and manage an inclusive team environment
• Sound organisational skills and experience in undertaking and completing several tasks concurrently, maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.

About us

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) improves the liveability and prosperity of NSW. To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities. 

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

Join us

If excited by the information above, we look forward to receiving your application, including a copy of your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role.

Applications close 11.55pm on Tuesday 3 June 2025.

Should you require further information about the role please contact Teresa Hughes via teresa.hughes@planning.nsw.gov.au

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.

Please note to be eligible to apply for this position you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident or hold a valid Australian working Visa for the duration of the appointment. 

We encourage and support applications from people with disability. Please reach out to us to discuss any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed during the recruitment process, ensuring that you have every opportunity to showcase your talent, skills, and potential. Contact the Talent Team via talent.acquisition@dpie.nsw.gov.au or (02) 63637676​ - HR Support, option 2, DPHI People Advisory, option 1 and reference 'Request an Adjustment - Job Title and Reference Number'.

Check out our Aboriginal applicants guide to assist with applying for the role or contact our Aboriginal Career pathways team for a yarn.