Ict Principal Procurement Specialist

Metro South Health Digital Projects are looking for an ICT Principal Procurement Specialist to join their team. The Procurement and Supply Unit deliver efficient, integrated and innovative procurement, contract and supply solutions that meet our customer's requirements, achieving best value for public money, and complying with Metro South Health's legislative and policy framework. We facilitate procurement across Metro South Health and provide support and guidance that enables and encourages business units, services and facilities to make effective procurement decisions that meet their objectives within our governance parameters.

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population. 

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

Reporting to the Digital Lead, the ICT Principal Procurement Specialist drives value outcomes through procurement activities to support the digital workstream within the MSH Capacity Expansion Programs. This role will lead, manage and perform a range of procurements including ICT product procurement, consulting and professional services and support and maintenance agreements. The successful applicant will be expected to determine the appropriate pathways to perform those activities including leveraging existing arrangements, being either MSH contracts or existing State-wide arrangements, or by implementing external open market selections processes.

There are no direct reports for this position however the role will track budget spend and will perform value for money assessments as required. The role holds no budget delegations.

Applicants with experience across all these areas will be highly regarded.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).