State Emergency Service, Category Officer (Uniforms & PPE)

Description:

Join the State Emergency Service (SES) as a Category Officer for Uniforms and PPE and support our dedicated volunteers and staff serving Queensland communities. This role requires expertise in project management and procurement to manage the sourcing, supply, and delivery of uniforms and PPE, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, and SES objectives.

You will oversee supplier contracts, contribute to category planning, and lead initiatives to deliver high-quality, fit-for-purpose products. Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, you'll ensure innovative and responsive solutions that meet current and future needs.

Your Key Accountabilities

The core capability requirements for this role are:

• Maintain contemporary understanding of Uniforms and PPE within SES and across partner agencies, including awareness of emerging trends, to ensure that the products meet the requirements of the volunteers and comply with the SES strategic objectives.
• Interpret and apply legislation, standards and instructions relating to procurement, supply and delivery of uniforms, PPE and operational equipment for SES staff and volunteers.
• Assist with the administration of supplier contractual performance including the development of contract management plans, regular monitoring and reporting of supplier performance and contract effectiveness.
• Contribute to the development of category plans and deliver key projects and initiatives, including coordinating input from technical and operational areas to support procurement of uniforms and PPE.
• Undertake sourcing initiatives including research and development of specifications, tendering documents, evaluation and implementation of quality products and services within the required timeframes.
• Develop and maintain professional and effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders ensuring services are responsive to current and future needs.
• Prepare, evaluate and review correspondence, reports, submissions and communication on a range of complex and confidential issues and opportunities in accordance with departmental requirements.
• Represent and promote the interests of SES Uniforms and PPE at internal and external meetings and forums and negotiate agreed outcomes as required.
  
  
  

Role Requirements

Technical/ Operational/ Educational experience

• Knowledge or experience in project management principles and data administration.
• Queensland Government Procurement (Level 1 or 2 certification).
  
  
  

Other

• Capacity to participate in an out of hours on call roster during disaster operations. This may require working extended hours, outside of normal hours (eg night shift), including weekends.
• Capacity to work on night and/or weekend to suit an SES volunteer environment.
  
  
  

Knowledge And Experience And/or Qualifications In Project Management Methodologies.

Sound knowledge of supply chain management techniques and contract management principles.

Capacity to work on night and/or weekend to suite an SES volunteer environment.

It is expected the incumbent will participate in an out-of-hours on-call roster during emergency operations. This may require work outside of normal hours (e.g., night shift), including weekends, working extended hours and may include travel to rural and remote communities, intrastate or interstate travel as necessary and/or deployment activities to other parts of the state.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Occupational group Procurement