APS5, Procurement Advisor

About the Role

The People, Finance and Operations Division is responsible for delivering a range of business and enabling services that support the AFSA’s purpose, through partnering with business divisions that regulate Australia’s personal insolvency and personal property securities programs. The division provides professional services and leadership that promotes the efficient and effective operations of the agency, whilst ensuring compliance with commonwealth legislation, polices and guidelines and promoting integrity, accountability and transparency.

The Procurement Advisor works within the Procurement & Contract Management team and is responsible for carrying out day to day procurement activities, delivering high quality operational support to the Senior Advisor Procurement, ensuring AFSA’s compliance in accordance with legislative requirements and established frameworks and AFSA’s strategic visions and objectives.

The Procurement Advisor supports the team in the delivery of accurate and timely advice on procurement and contract related matters, by ensuring records are accurately maintained, coordinating activities, database management and drafting of contracts.

Key accountabilities

The Procurement Advisor will:

• Support the provision of quality, consistent and timely procurement and contracting advice in line with AFSA's frameworks and relevant legislation and policies.
• Maintain knowledge of applicable Commonwealth procurement legislation and underlying policy and procedures to ensure accuracy of advice.
• Maintain procurement management and reporting tools (group mailbox, registers, matrixes) including AFSA’s Finance Management Information System (FMIS) and ensuring accuracy of data, including registration of procurement contracts, variations and amendments.
• In consultation with the Senior Procurement Advisor’s, Assistant Director and Director:
  • Draft simple contracts, and as required, support the drafting of more complex contracts, and
  • Under direction, prepare procurement documentation such as approach to market documentation and evaluation reports.
• Collect and collate data from AFSA reporting tools to inform assurance activities and reporting obligations.
• Contribute to team projects such as continuous improvement initiatives as well as other work activities, as directed.
• Manage and maintain stakeholder relationships with business areas and colleagues.

Qualifications and experience

Certificate IV in Procurement and Contract Management or progress towards qualification is desirable.

All duties will be performed in accordance with:

• the APS Values, Code of Conduct and Employment Principles 
• WHS obligations, taking responsibility for own health and safety and that of others 
• AFSA’s risk management framework and relevant legislation, including guiding others to identify and mitigate foreseeable risks. 

Why AFSA?

You will enjoy excellent conditions including:

• Generous superannuation (15.4%)
• A modern work environment
• Access to Employee Assistance Provider
• Flexibility to balance work and personal life (including working from home arrangements and flexible start and finish times where applicable).

We are a workplace committed to providing an environment that values diversity and supports staff to reach their full potential. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability. At AFSA we encourage every employee balance their family commitments and personal interests with flexible working options.

Eligibility

Please note that this opportunity is open only to Australian Citizens. The successful applicant must have or be willing to undergo a security clearance to the level of Baseline as a condition of employment. To satisfy character requirements all AFSA employees must undergo a police records check.

Where a person has received a redundancy benefit from APS agency employment and their corresponding redundancy benefit period has not expired, they may be ineligible for employment. We encourage applications from peoples from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability.

RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job.

For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability.

How to apply

Applications close Tuesday 12^th August 2025 at 11:59 PM AEST.

To apply for this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button. You’ll be relocated to our application portal which also provides step-by-step instructions to guide you through the application process.