Procurement Officer

Job Description

• Showcase your exceptional procurement experience and skills
• Collaborative and Supporting Team Environment to Thrive in this Role
• The position is located at our Footscray Park Campus

 About Us:

Victoria University (VU) is a dual sector (higher education and TAFE) tertiary institution based in Melbourne, Australia. VU has academic colleges, each covering a broad discipline of study, and several research institutes and research centres. The University has campuses in Melbourne's CBD and western region, Sydney and Brisbane. It also offers courses at partner institutions throughout Asia. Almost 42,000 students, including around 13,000 international students, study VU courses worldwide.

About the Role:

The Procurement Officer is required to work closely with internal and external stakeholders. This role requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to work in a busy, demanding and highly transactional environment. It is important the Procurement Officer can work independently and collaboratively when required.  

This position is being offered on full-time continuing basis at the HEP 5 Classification Level, Salary range $73,852 - $84,831 per annum, plus 17% Superannuation. The position is located at Footscray Park Campus.

Examples of duties the role will perform, include:

• Provide high quality customer service to university stakeholders and assist them with their purchasing requirements. 
• Responsible for creating purchase requisitions and processing invoices for payment in accordance with University Purchasing Policy and Procedures. 
• Obtain request for quotations for university stakeholders for review and approval. 
• Liaise with internal stakeholders on any outstanding invoice approvals, and identify issues and problem solving to facilitate timely supplier payments. 
• Co-ordinate billing and/or cost recovery of expenditure to departments for centralised supply contracts. 
• Provide accurate supplier accrual information from the finance system to support end of month and year accounting and spend management. 
• Assist stakeholders in making sustainable procurement decisions to support the University Sustainability Strategy and Modern Slavery Act compliance. 

About You:

• Have proven experience in centralised procurement operations
• Strong administrative skills, including attention to detail and time management skills, and the ability to deal with competing deadlines and priorities
• Commitment and capacity to deliver quality client customer service

What We Offer: 
 

For information on our employee benefits, flexible working, discounts in private health insurance and gym memberships and salary packaging please visit https://www.vu.edu.au/staff/benefits-services-for-staff .
How to Apply:
 

For a copy of the position description, please click here.  To apply for the role, please click on the Apply Now button.

Your application must include:
•   A cover letter,
•   Your curriculum vitae/resume, 
•   Evidence of applicable qualifications, licences and registration.
Application Closing Date: Friday 26 April 2024 at 5.00pm.   
Who Do You Contact?

For further information relating to the position, please contact Tammy Smith, Senior Payables Officer via email at [email protected]

Our Commitment to Protecting Country 
 

Victoria University honours its deep diversity as a foundation for collaboration and social progress. We will demonstrate sensitivity in respecting First Nation perspectives. We will ensure that we respect our Indigenous voices and commit to sustainable Protecting Country. We will take leadership responsibility, in all that we do, to improve the health and wellbeing of our local and global communities, and the planet that we share.

Victoria University is committed to inclusion, equity and diversity. VU encourages applications from women, gender diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and individuals from under-represented backgrounds in this field.