- Join our Technology Sourcing team based in Leederville
- 12 month opportunity - $123,176 + Super + Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work arrangements offered
Care to join us on our journey to innovation?
Different backgrounds. Different experiences. Different areas of expertise. It’s our diverse mix of people that makes Water Corporation such a hugely rewarding place to work. As the principal supplier of water, wastewater and drainage services across Western Australia, we offer exciting career opportunities state-wide. Needless to say, we welcome ambitious new job seekers who share our commitment to providing excellent customer service for West Australians.
About the role
As a Specialist - Technology Sourcing, you will assist with the sourcing of technology programs of work and projects. With significant experience in complex technology procurement, your role will be to help define the procurement plan, and to deliver on capital project procurement.
Working alongside a dynamic and professional team, you will be a strong vendor front-runner by managing technology project commercial engagements and help with the management of the technology project vendor contracts.
We offer supporting flexible working hours, 40% work from home and 9 day fortnight. Which means you have more time for life outside of work.
What the role will involve
- Develop Sourcing Strategies / Procurement Plans for technology programs of work and identify stakeholders to assist Legal Services Business Unit
- Provide commercial sourcing advice, support, and input for the business cases to ensure alignment to relevant technology commercial sourcing strategy
- In collaboration with Legal Services Business Unit coordinate and assist in commercial negotiations for relevant IT Contracts, including rates, fees, charges, SLA’s, SOW compliance, damages
- Forecast contracts sufficiently to ensure that required procurement and establishment timeframes can be pre-emptively planned
- Ensure that project delivery services provided by vendors satisfy the contract requirements and deliver value to the Corporation
- Degree qualification in commercial, business, procurement, legal or other related discipline
- Extensive experience in development and management of contracts for goods, works and services, particularly in IT
- Substantial experience in management of contract development and management of teams
- Extensive knowledge of contract and commercial law
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Applications close Sunday 11th December 2022
As part of the recruitment process you will be required to complete Pre-Employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace
Water Corporation is committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community. How we will achieve this is outlined in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and People and Safety Strategy.
We acknowledge the different skills, experiences and perspectives that people from diverse backgrounds including, race, ethnicity, disability, age, gender identity and sexual orientation bring to the workplace, will only strengthen our workforce.
We are committed to ensuring that our workplace is inclusive, where all our people feel that they belong, are valued, respected and have equal access to opportunities and resources.
We encourage applications from our key priority communities – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment wherever possible by offering reasonable adjustments including adjustments in our recruitment, selection and appointment processes.
Applicants with disability who require adjustments in the recruitment process, or alternative methods of communication, can contact a Recruitment Officer at or 9420 2000.
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