Senior Procurement Advisor Shared Services

Company description:

About Us 

The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government.  We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses.  We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.   

You can find out more about our Ministers, leadership and entities here: Department of Government Services.  

About the Group

The Operations Group delivers frontline customer services to Victorians and the public service. It maintains the foundational digital infrastructure and platforms that support efficient, secure and reliable service delivery.

Job description:

About the Role 

The Senior Procurement Adviser, Shared Services will provide expert procurement advice while overseeing procurement governance, policies, processes and compliance. The role will support the corporate procurement shared service by managing procurement systems, processes and documentation, while identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen procurement practices, standards and efficiency across the organisation.

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain procurement policies, systems, templates and guidance, ensuring procurement documentation complies with legislation and government requirements.

• Provide high-quality advice on best-practice procurement and contract management, helping the organisation achieve efficiencies, savings and value for money.

• Build strong relationships with business areas and client departments, influence procurement outcomes and support teams to build procurement capability and financial awareness.

• Manage procurement systems and analyse financial and procurement data to monitor activity, spend, commitments, variances, purchase orders and overall performance.

• Manage procurement assurance and approvals processes, including the purchasing system gateway, and prepare high-quality reports, briefs and correspondence for senior executives and Ministers.

About You  

To be successful in this role, you will need to possess the following attributes:

• Relevant experience in government procurement and an understanding of the procurement policy environment is highly desirable.

• Experience of working with financial software and procurement systems and tools.

• Tertiary qualifications in procurement, commerce, law or related disciplines is highly desirable.

• Uses strategic and systems thinking to understand complex organisational issues, identify opportunities, solve problems and deliver commercially sound, practical outcomes.

• Builds strong, inclusive relationships, influences diverse stakeholders and develops team capability to achieve shared outcomes and deliver high-quality customer-focused services.

This role is Ongoing and is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia. 

For more information, please see the Position Description.

How to apply  

Apply before the advertised closing date 11:59pm on 9 September 2026. All applications should include:   

·       a resume; and   

·       a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages). 

Other relevant information 

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing role is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.  Preferred applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment screening. DGS actively promotes diversity, inclusion and an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.