Assistant Director Contracts and Commercial Advisor | Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency

Closes: 19 August 2026

Classification: Senior Officer Grade C
Salary: $127,597 - $136,873 plus superannuation
Position No: 57983
Directorate: City and Environment
Advertised (Gazettal date): 12 August 2026
Contact Officer: Jacqui Lloyd on Jacqui.Lloyd@act.gov.au or (02) 6205 2852

Details:ACTAS is responsible for providing emergency and non-emergency ambulance services to the ACT community. Our emergency operations comprise Graduate Paramedic Interns, Ambulance Paramedics and Intensive Care Paramedics who consistently achieve exceptionally high patient satisfaction scores. As part of the ACT Emergency Services Agency, we work closely with the other emergency services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

ACTAS operates a modern fleet of emergency ambulances, non-emergency patient transport vehicles and a range of specialist assets including 4WD, single response and multi-purpose vehicles. In addition to our ground vehicles, ACTAS also provides Intensive Care Paramedics to the SouthCare Toll rescue helicopter. Each month ACTAS attends to in excess of 5,000 incidents in the ACT region.

Well serviced by major shopping precincts, universities, sporting centres and an international airport, the Canberra region has everything that you need for you and your family to make yourselves at home. More than half of the ACT is protected as a nature reserve meaning that bushwalks, mountain bike trails, waterfalls, rivers, and spectacular lookouts are all within easy reach of the CBD. Want to venture further afield? The hustle and bustle of Sydney, the tranquillity of the NSW south coast or the excitement of the snow country are all within easy driving distance. More information on the region can be found at https://visitcanberra.com.au/.

The geographical environment within which the ACTAS works encourages short commutes to / from work, irrespective of which ambulance station you are rostered to work from on any given shift. As an ACTAS paramedic you will work from all stations across the ACT, the most remote of which is generally within thirty minutes commute from the Canberra CBD and well within the urban fringe.

We welcome people with experience from the community, public and private sectors able to meet the physical and aptitude capability requirements of this role. We believe the more diverse our knowledge base is, the better our results will be.

If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, a veteran, identify as LGBTIQ, or if you bring the life experience of a culturally and linguistically different background, we are especially welcoming of your application.

Eligibility/Other Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in Law – Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (or equivalent) highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in procurement and contract management in the ACT Government context;
• Demonstrated experience in providing commercial and/or legal advice in a contractual and procurement context, preferably within the ACT Government;
• Relevant procurement qualifications (e.g. Certificate IV in Procurement or Advanced Diploma of Government (Procurement and Contracting)) or commensurate experience as highly desirable.
• This position requires the occupant(s) to be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia.

Note: This is a temporary position available immediately for four months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.

A merit pool or an order of merit will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months.

Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.

How to Apply: Interested applicants should submit:

• a written response addressing the Selection Criteria of no more than two pages
• a current resume/curriculum vitae
• two referee reports including one from current manager/supervisor
• copies of relevant qualifications if applicable.

Applications should be submitted .

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

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Note

This is a temporary position available immediately for four months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.