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About the Role

Join the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) as a Senior Contract and Supplier Relationship Officer and play a key role in ensuring the effective management of contracts and supplier relationships that support the delivery of critical services across the organisation. In this role, you will provide expert advice, manage supplier performance, oversee contract governance, and identify opportunities to maximise value, mitigate risk and improve outcomes for stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced contract management professional who enjoys building strong supplier partnerships, influencing stakeholders, solving complex issues and contributing to continuous improvement in a dynamic environment. You'll have the opportunity to work autonomously, provide strategic advice, and shape contract and supplier management practices that deliver tangible organisational value.

Responsibilities

• Developing, implementing and administering contract management plans to ensure contractual obligations and performance outcomes are achieved.
• Monitoring supplier performance, addressing non-performance issues and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining accurate contract information and coordinating contract management activities to support organisational needs and value-for-money outcomes.
• Providing expert advice on supplier segmentation, supplier relationship strategies and contract management approaches.
• Identifying, assessing and managing commercial, contractual, operational, financial, reputational and supply chain risks.
• Advising stakeholders on contract conditions, variations and contractual risks to support informed decision-making.
• Building and maintaining productive relationships with suppliers, service providers and internal stakeholders to resolve issues and maximise contract value.
• Managing supplier disputes and performance concerns, ensuring issues are addressed proactively before escalating.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience managing contracts and supplier relationships in a complex environment, with the ability to deliver value-for-money outcomes while maintaining compliance requirements.
• Experience providing strategic advice to stakeholders, including identifying opportunities for contract variations, performance improvements and enhanced supplier outcomes.
• Strong capability in supplier performance management, risk identification and mitigation, dispute resolution and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex contractual matters clearly and build productive relationships with diverse stakeholders and suppliers.
• Sound knowledge of procurement and contract management principles, governance requirements and risk management practices.
• The ability to think critically, analyse information, solve problems and deliver high-quality outcomes within required timeframes.
• Related experience in Contracts and Supplier Relationship Management.

Skills

• Contract management
• Supplier relationship management
• Strategic advice
• Stakeholder engagement
• Risk management
• Procurement principles
• Communication
• Influencing

Location

• Wynyard station
• Hybrid work arrangements available

Work Type

• Full-time
• Ongoing role
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Clerk Grade 9/10
• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• $133,348 to $146,945 p.a.

Benefits

• Employer’s contribution to superannuation
• Leave loading
• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous leave entitlements
• Access to discounted health and fitness memberships via Fitness Passport
• Employee assistance program
• Annual flu vaccinations
• Salary packaging options

About the Company

• At the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), we are dedicated to carrying out meaningful work that drives improvements and elevates student achievement across NSW, now and into the future.
• We accomplish this by supporting all school sectors with high-quality syllabuses, assessment (including managing the HSC and NAPLAN), teaching standards (e.g., accrediting teachers) and school environments (including setting and monitoring school standards).
• NESA is a unique organisation in NSW (of around 740FTE staff) with significant state-wide impact.

Equal Opportunity

• We particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and the LGBTQIA+ community.