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Senior Procurement Specialist – 18 months Fixed-term, part time (20 hours)

We’re looking for an experienced procurement expert who can lead our procurement process with strategic insight and operational excellence.  This a sole-charge position and part of a close-knit PMO team, reporting to the Programme Director. A preference is for a candidate who could be flexible about the days and hours.  This role may suit an experienced practitioner looking for a part time role.

This role requires a deep understanding of procurement strategies, methodologies, and tools, and involves managing the entire procurement lifecycle. You’ll support both business-as-usual and project work, with a strong focus on sourcing and management phases. You will handle diverse responsibilities, including ICT projects, professional services, goods, facilities, HR, marketing, and financial services.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Lead the procurement process, including planning, sourcing, and management.
• Implement strategies, methodologies, systems, and tools across the procurement lifecycle.
• Focus on delivery, particularly in sourcing and management phases.
• Support both business-as-usual and project work.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• A minimum of 10 years’ procurement experience, planning and managing a range of end-to-end sourcing processes.
• Sound knowledge of Government Procurement Policy and Rules.
• A strong understanding of procurement practices, ideally within a complex public sector environment.
• Experience in managing contracts, including supplier performance management, using formal structured contract management processes and practices.

You must be able to gain and maintain a Confidential national security clearance. Ordinarily, this means that you must be a New Zealand citizen, be a permanent resident, or hold a current residency class visa and intend to become a citizen when eligible. You must have a five-year checkable background in New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Canada, or Australia. Use this online tool to self-check your eligibility for a security clearance: www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/eligibility-tool. (Please note that this tool is not part of the formal security clearance process.)

We’re also open to this opportunity being fixed term or secondment.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

To find out more about us, visit our website:  oag.parliament.nz 

You must apply online through jobs.govt.nz (you'll find the application form and position description there, too). 

Applications close 5pm Wednesday 22 January 2025.

Notes for applicants

1. We usually ask candidates to apply through the jobs.govt.nz website. We'll use the information you provide through that site to help us consider your suitability for the position you've applied for. (If your application is successful, we'll put this information on your personnel file. You can ask to see the information in that file, and to seek any correction you think necessary to ensure accuracy.)
2. If the advertised position doesn't include a link to the jobs.govt.nz website, please email your curriculum vitae and a covering letter to the Advisor, Talent and Recruitment.
3. Many positions in Audit New Zealand and the Office of the Auditor-General require you to have a satisfactory security clearance. Therefore, any offer of employment might be conditional on a satisfactory security clearance.
4. If we proceed with your application, we'll ask for the details we need for your security clearance and details of any criminal convictions.
5. Please note that if you've given incorrect or misleading information, or have left out any important information or fail to obtain a security clearance, you may be disqualified from appointment. If you've already been appointed, your employment may be immediately terminated.
6. If your application is successful, we'll need to see:
   • certificates of your educational qualifications;
   • if applicable, evidence of your New Zealand Citizenship, residency, or work permit.
7. All employees of the Controller and Auditor-General must be independent of the organisations we audit. Accordingly, as an employee you will be required to complete an independence declaration. This declaration includes the disclosure of a financial interest of you (or a family member) in an audited organisation, or a personal relationship with a member of that organisation’s executive or staff.
8. If your disclosure reveals an existing or potential problem you won't be assigned to any project where your independence as an employee could be compromised, or where a conflict of interest situation might arise. At the extreme end of the spectrum, you might be asked to divest yourself of any investments in an organisation under audit.

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