The NBA’s core business is to deliver blood supply that is responsive to patients needs plus governance and policy about blood and blood products. The Information Technology Services (ITS)section is responsible for the delivery and maintenance of the projects, business as usual support, infrastructure, security, and call center solutions which support the agencies vision statement.

The ITS Section is looking for an experienced ICT Procurement Manager who will be able to join our team and help us deliver key outcomes for the agency. We have multiple procurement activities which require a specialist to coordinate, develop and manage multiple procurement activities ranging from small simple procurements to complex large procurement.

The NBA is currently finalising our 2022-26 ICT strategy, our systems are used by medical practitioners to manage patient treatments, orders, supply and governance of blood and blood products. Plus our corporate environment is currently undergoing its own modernisation through a cloud migration including application, data and infrastructure projects.

As an ICT Procurement Manager you will be responsible for the initial procurement analysis through to managing contract negotiation process. Your role will be to manage of either one procurement or multiple procurements at one time working with project managers to ensure activities are delivered in a manner which is on time, within budget and within expectations. The role will require you to establish and maintain stakeholder relationships through effective communication, negotiation, and issue and action management to ensure procurement activities are completed on time.

The role requires an ICT Procurement Manager who has the following experience and capabilities:

• Territory degree and/or equivalent experience of 5 years or more in ICT Commercial/ federal government procurement.
• Strong understanding of Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs)
• Experience in Commonwealth of Australia procurement and tendering processes of varying complexity, including but not limited to understanding of tender preparation, evaluation, contract formation, negotiation and selection.
• Understanding and demonstrated experience in procurement of goods and services using panel arrangements, the Indigenous Procurement Policy, limited tender and open tender approaches to market.
• Demonstrated experience in the preparation of procurement documentation including, source justification, procurement risk assessment, statements of work, procurement and contracting documentation, and record keeping.
• Demonstrated experience liaising with a diverse range of stakeholders including ICT professionals and vendors and the ability to work independently and prioritise work accordingly.
• Maintain the highest degree of probity and discretion in respect to all procurement undertaken.
• Ability in developing a procurement framework for the organisation including templates and supporting material.
• Provide analytical support to projects to ensure they are planning procurement activities appropriately.

The role will require a Baseline security clearance, candidates without a clearance will not be considered for the position.