Campus Location: North Sydney, Australia | Brisbane, Australia | Melbourne, Australia

Job No: APTAV128265#003

• ACU offers competitive benefits, including 17% employer superannuation, salary packaging and generous leave provisions
• This is a full-time, continuing role with hybrid flexibility
• Join a university ranked internationally in the top 2% for research excellence

About ACU:

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU aspires to be a home for our staff, offer the care of a family and develop an academic and professional community. Whatever your faith or culture, and whether you are academic or professional staff, there are many opportunities both for learning and contributing at ACU.

As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.

About the role:

The IT team at ACU are strategic partners in delivering technology enabled change and IT services to support learning, teaching, research and business functions. We are currently seeking to appoint an IT Commercial Partner to coordinate, consolidate, negotiate and optimise IT activities. We’re looking for someone to identify and realise cost savings and efficiency, while fostering vendor relationships and ensuring compliance with organisational standards. You’re excellent at critical thinking and working with subject matter experts across IT, you’ll be empowered to make recommendations, meet changing demands and provide business-aligned solutions to bring about outcomes for staff and students. Your expert knowledge across a range of different areas will help in contributing to make decisions on how ACU directs it’s IT budget and continual improves its systems.

ACU values its staff, offering excellent leave and employment conditions, and fosters work environments where they have the ability to grow and develop. ACU's Mission is central to the University and informs every area, integrating the dignity of the human person, the common good, and ethical and social justice considerations into its core activities.

More specifically the role entails:

• Developing and implementing strategies to optimize IT commercial processes, including sourcing, vendor selection, and contract negotiation.
• Managing relationships with IT vendors, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and driving value for money.
• Conducting regular reviews of vendor performance and service level agreements to ensure compliance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Analysing IT expenditure and identifying opportunities for cost reduction and optimization.
• Developing and maintaining budgets for IT procurement activities, tracking expenditures and ensuring adherence to financial guidelines.
• Conducting cost-benefit analysis for proposed IT investments and initiatives, providing recommendations to senior management.
• Ensuring compliance with procurement regulations, policies, and ethical standards relevant to the higher education sector.
• Mitigating commercial risks associated with IT procurement activities, including contractual, financial, and reputational risks
• Implementing and maintaining robust governance processes for IT procurement, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders across the university to understand IT requirements and priorities.
• Communicating effectively with senior management, presenting procurement strategies, budget forecasts, and performance metrics.
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement within the IT procurement function, fostering innovation and best practices.
• Identifying opportunities to streamline procurement workflows, automate manual processes, and enhance efficiency.
• Monitoring industry trends and developments in IT procurement practices, incorporating new methodologies and technologies as appropriate.

For full position details, refer to the position description.

Contact:

General enquiries can be sent to Brett Wiskar, National Manager, Information Technology at: Brett.Wiskar@acu.edu.au

What we offer:

• The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
• Total remuneration valued to $130,436 - $145,816(pro rata) pa, including salary component $110,220 - $123,227 (pro rata) pa (HEW 8), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
• 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
• Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
• As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.

How to Apply:

Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process

Step 2: Click the 'View Position Description and Apply' button, and populate your candidate application details, including your:

• resume (maximum 5 pages).
• responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
• brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.

Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship(homeaffairs.gov.au)

Acting in truth, ACU is dedicated to the dignity of the human person through equitable and respectful opportunities for everyone. ACU can offer support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process.

Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers

Applications close: 06-OCT-2024 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time

ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.