ICT Procurement Specialist TRAILS Modernisation

About the role:

The ICT Procurement Specialist will deliver strategic sourcing and commercial advice for TRAILS Modernisation, a multi-year project transforming Queenslands Registration and Licensing services within the Department of Transport and Main Roads. The project spans digital platforms, AI and automation, data and knowledge, service assurance, and operating model and workforce change.

Working within a team of ICT Procurement Specialists, the successful candidate will report through ICT Strategic Sourcing (ICTSS) while embedded in the project, maintaining alignment with ICTSS governance and strategic direction. The role may also undertake non-ICT procurement to support the Customer Technology Branch (CTB).

Practical experience developing, negotiating and managing ICT contracts using QITC is required. Procurement activities will use applicable Queensland Government contracting frameworks, including QITC/GITC and General Goods and Services, in accordance with government and departmental requirements.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop strategic sourcing approaches and contribute to the overarching project procurement strategy, aligning procurement activities with delivery priorities, dependencies and commercial risks.
• Collaborate with ICTSS colleagues and project stakeholders to coordinate procurement activities, provide commercial advice and represent procurement at governance forums as required.
• Undertake procurement planning, market research and engagement, and refine specifications, statements of work and deliverables to clearly define requirements and intended outcomes.
• Develop tender documentation and evaluation plans, and administer market approaches and evaluation processes, ensuring probity and appropriately documented decisions.
• Apply QITC contracting frameworks to select appropriate contract arrangements and develop contract documentation and schedules, in consultation with ICTSS and legal advisers.
• Develop and negotiate fit-for-purpose contracts, clearly addressing deliverables, acceptance criteria, payment milestones, supplier obligations, allocation of risk and commercial considerations for digital, data and AI-enabled solutions.
• Manage commercial aspects of contracts with project delivery leads and contract owners, including supplier performance, payment milestones against acceptance evidence, variations, extensions, contractual issues and transition or exit arrangements.
• Support staged delivery and evolving requirements through appropriate scope and change controls, providing advice on emerging commercial risks and escalating matters through ICTSS and project governance.
• Maintain and apply relevant procurement policy and contracting knowledge, ensuring procurement and contract dealings are honest, ethical, equitable and consistent with departmental policies and QPP.
• Undertake non-ICT procurement activities to support CTB when required, along with other related duties, using applicable procurement and contracting frameworks.

Required experience and capabilities:

• Demonstrated practical experience developing, negotiating and managing ICT contracts using QITC, including translating business requirements into clear contractual deliverables, acceptance criteria, payment milestones and supplier obligations.
• Demonstrated experience delivering strategic ICT procurement outcomes, including sourcing strategy, market engagement, tendering, evaluation and commercial negotiation
• Experience managing complex ICT or professional services contracts through delivery, including supplier performance, milestone payments, variations and commercial issue resolution
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills, with the ability to balance delivery priorities, procurement governance and commercial requirements
• Sound judgement in identifying, managing and escalating procurement and contractual risks.
• Demonstrated knowledge and practical experience applying the Queensland Procurement Policy 2026 (QPP 2026) to procurement planning, sourcing, evaluation and contracting, including translating policy requirements into fit-for-purpose procurement strategies and documented value-for-money outcomes.

Desirable experience:

• Strategic procurement experience supporting complex, multi-year transformation projects involving multiple, interdependent procurement activities
• Experience working within a procurement team while embedded in a project.
• Experience sourcing both ICT solutions and professional services, with the ability to distinguish between technology delivery, project delivery and organisational change requirements.
• Commercial experience involving digital platforms, AI and automation, data services or service assurance.
• Current and varied experience across the public and private sectors.

Application requirements:

• Detailed Resume/CV
• One page cover letter addressing the below:

Clearly detail the skills and experience relevant to the role specifications and provide examples of strategic procurement achievements, including:

• The complexity and scope of the procurement.
• Their personal contribution to sourcing and commercial strategy.
• The procurement and contracting frameworks used.
• Their approach to stakeholder engagement, collaboration and management of commercial risk.
• The outcomes delivered and how value for money was achieved.
• Provide an example demonstrating how you have applied QPP 2026, outlining the policy considerations addressed, your approach and the outcomes achieved.

You must be able to provide specific examples of applying QITC, identifying:

• The contract arrangements used.
• Your personal role in developing and negotiating the contract.
• The commercial issues addressed.
• Your involvement in managing the contract through delivery, including supplier obligations, milestone payments, variations or contractual issue resolution.

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