Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety QLD – Townsville QLD

- Provide leadership and management to contract management teams within a human services procurement setting, including corporate governance, financial and human resource management and cultural capability whilst maintaining a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
- Facilitate team participation in procurement planning of the department's service investment, including market assessment, risk planning and co-design.
- Lead regional procurement processes including evaluation and selection of suppliers in partnership with various business areas.
- Manage the performance of a diverse range of suppliers to ensure effective utilisation and value for money of the investment by:
- Ensuring all contracts are effectively managed and reviewed to achieve better outcomes for service investment.
- Implementing systems and strategies to ensure that performance is monitored and potential underperformance is managed.




- Implementing risk management practices to ensure suppliers meet obligations and remedial action is taken to resolve contractual non-compliance issues.
- Ensuring communication strategies and productive relationships are built and maintained with suppliers through structured contract management processes and systems; and
- Ensuring effective record and data management.

- Provide authoritative, strategic and operational advice on service investment and contract management matters to senior management.
- Establish and maintain key internal and external relationships from diverse cultural backgrounds to maximise procurement opportunities.
- Professionally represent the unit at forums with regional leadership teams and external stakeholders.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

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📌 Manager (Mackay Regional)
🏢 Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety QLD
📍 Mackay Regional