Procurement and Contracts Manager

Shape your future. Serve your community. Belong to something bigger.

Lismore’s Northern Rivers location fosters an ideal work-life balance. It offers lush farmland, beautiful parks, a World Heritage-listed rainforest to explore, great restaurants, a diverse arts and cultural scene, and more—all just a stone’s throw from Lennox Heads, Ballina, and Byron Bay. 

Today, Lismore is flourishing, and it's the perfect time to embrace and celebrate everything that makes the regional city so unique, while also being directly involved in shaping its future. 

We’re seeking an experienced Procurement & Contracts Manager to lead our procurement function and ensure best-practice governance, value for money, and strong supplier partnerships across Council. This is a key leadership role where you’ll influence how Council plans, sources, and manages contracts—supporting everything from infrastructure delivery to everyday community services.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead Council’s procurement and contract management framework in line with legislation and policy

• Provide strategic advice to leaders on procurement planning, sourcing, and risk

• Oversee end-to-end tendering processes, ensuring compliance and probity

• Manage and mentor a small team, building capability across the organisation

• Strengthen supplier relationships and contract performance outcomes and

• Drive continuous improvement, efficiency, and value-for-money outcomes.

What you’ll bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in procurement, business, commerce, or related discipline

• Proven experience and understanding of local government procurement related legislation and guidelines

• Strong knowledge of procurement legislation, governance, and probity principles

• Demonstrated leadership capability with the ability to influence and partner with stakeholders

• Demonstrated organisational change and experience in leading cultural shift with regards to financial discipline

• Experience managing complex tenders, contracts, and supplier performance

• Well-developed communication, negotiation, and analytical skills.

Please review the position description and use your resume and application responses in the application form below to demonstrate your ability to fulfil the position's responsibilities.

Additional details

• Full Time:  35 hours a week/70 hours fortnight

• Salary: A competitive salary will be offered to the successful applicant commensurate with their relevant skills and experience. 

• Contact: If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please don't hesitate to contact Jennifer McEwen, HR Business Partner, at 0428 522 907.

• Conditions of Employment: Conditions of employment are in the Local Government (State) Award and relevant Council policy, procedures, and agreements.

  • Flexible work options are available, working within operational requirements. 

  • Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs. 

  • Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities.

•  Pre-employment Screening: Before employment, there may be a series of pre-employment checks that may include health assessments, validation of the right to work in Australia, validation of qualifications and licences, criminal history checks, psychometric assessments, and referee checks.

• Future Opportunities: This recruitment exercise may be utilised for vacancies and the possible establishment of a merit list for future opportunities within six months.

We care about people as individuals and are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.