Location: Hybrid - World Square, CBD and WFH
Commencement Date: Immediate or by negotiation
Closing Date: Monday, 16 June, 2025
Capacity: Full-Time, Permanent

About the Role

The Procurement Specialist: Property and Facilities plays a pivotal role in supporting the Procurement and Property and Facilities teams across the end-to-end procurement lifecycle. They are responsible for performing tasks that include but are not limited to:

• leading contract lifecycle management from sourcing to expiry or renewal
• planning and executing end-to-end sourcing and tendering processes across Hard and Soft Facilities Management categories, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, probity standards, and value-for-money principles
• drafting, negotiating, and implementing contracts that meet operational needs and manage risk and embedding clear service levels, performance metrics and compliance requirements
• contributing to the development and implementation of category management strategies that reflect organisational priorities, market insights, and total cost of ownership considerations
• ensuring compliance with procurement policies, legislative requirements, and probity standards in contractual engagements
• and all other duties as listed in the linked role description.

Why Work for Sydney Catholic Schools

In joining Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS), you will be part of the largest Catholic education community in NSW, with a unified vision and shared resources, encompassing over 145 schools and over 74,000 students. We enable job mobility across the system, diverse career opportunities and an extensive suite of professional development programs.

SCS is renowned for excellence, with six schools in the top 100 and 13 in the top 150 of the 2024 HSC rankings. Over 51% of results were Band 5 or 6, and our students achieved 2,819 Distinguished Achiever mentions.

Be part of a system that fosters academic, creative and vocational success, shaping future leaders every step of the way.

In addition, we offer:

• a competitive salary of $172,441 per annum plus superannuation
• salary packaging of up to $15,900 annually
• up to 25% discount on school fees for parents of SCS students
• ongoing training and development opportunities
• discounts on gym classes and memberships, activewear, healthy meals, and wellbeing products
• generous Employee Referral Program.

About You

The successful candidate will also possess the following:

• undergraduate degree in Property, Procurement, Law or equivalent experience
• demonstrated success in a Facilities management, procurement, sourcing or contract management role
• demonstrated experience in leading a working group to achieve targeted outcomes
• ability to prepare complex procurement and technical documents and communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders
• experience in developing business cases and presentations for an executive audience
• experience in developing contractor performance management frameworks
• experience in property management or property maintenance environment
• technical proficiency in Google Suite and Microsoft Excel
• willingness to respect, support, and uphold the mission, ethos, and teachings of the Catholic Church and the values of SCS.

Application Process

Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the steps to submit your application. To complete the application process, please ensure you attach the following;

• current CV
• cover letter.

For internal employees, apply via the 'Careers' tile in Employee Self Service.

If you encounter technical issues or for any general enquiries please contact the People & Culture Services team on (02) 9568 8297 (8am-5pm, Mon-Fri).

Statement of Commitment to Child Safety
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Working With Children Check (WWCC)
This role is classified as child-related work and therefore requires a WWCC clearance prior to commencement of employment.

SCS welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and candidates with diverse backgrounds.