Aps Level 4 - Procurement Officer

applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made

• An applicant's suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a

variety of pre-employment check processes, such as :

• Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,

and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.

• Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where

required).

• Providing evidence of qualifications.
• Division Responsibilities

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is part of Australian Government Department

of Health and Aged Care and is responsible for safeguarding and enhancing the health of the

Australian community through the effective and timely administration of the Therapeutic

Goods Act 1989. The TGA's overall purpose is to protect public health and safety by

regulating therapeutic goods, such as medicines, medical devices, biologicals, human blood,

blood products and tissues.

The Medicines Regulation Division (MRD) is responsible for undertaking evaluations of

Australia. The Division also has responsibility for ongoing monitoring of medicines approved

for supply in Australia to ensure they continue to maintain an appropriate level of quality,

safety and efficacy following entry into the Australian marketplace.

The division includes :

• Prescription Medicines Authorisation Branch (PMAB)
• Scientific Evaluation Branch (SEB)
• Pharmacovigilance Branch (PB)
• Complementary and Over-the-counter Medicines Branch (COMB)
• International Regulatory Branch (IRB)
• Branch Responsibilities

The Prescription Medicines Authorisation Branch (PMAB) is responsible for evaluating new

chemical entity prescription medicines, leading to an approval or rejection decision.

Through evaluating the clinical aspects of clinical medicines, PMAB ensures medicines

available for supply in Australia are safe, fit for their intended purpose and available in a

timely manner. The branch also approves clinical aspects of variations to registered

medicines and participates in a number of transparency initiatives.

• Section Responsibilities

The Application and Advisory Management Section is responsible for :

• Managing the prescription medicines registration process in accordance with

relevant legislation and established business processes.

• Providing specialist advice on the market authorisation process to internal and

external stakeholders to resolve complex and sensitive issues.

• Coordinating and procuring external expertise to contribute to the market

authorisation process.

• Leading business process reforms to the prescription medicines registration process.
• Key Responsibilities
• Administrative processing, contract management and ongoing support for all

external evaluator consultancy contracts across Health Products Regulation Group

TGA).

• Performing procurement reporting activities using Expenditure Management in SAP

ESS and maintaining the Financial Register for all External Expenditure for end of

• month accruals;
• Liaising with internal staff such as the case managers and delegates on a daily basis
• regarding submission types and evaluation timeframes;
• Providing ad-hoc advice to staff on any queries that arise relating to procurement,

contract management or external evaluators.

• Key Capabilities
• The ability to work effectively in a small team and contribute to building a cohesive

work environment.

• The ability to complete allocated tasks and monitor their work under general

direction.

• The ability to implement and track work processes, keeping lines of communication

open at all times.

• The ability to build rapport and maintain internal and external stakeholder

relationships.

• Good verbal and written communication.
• Good computer and keyboard skills with experience using the Microsoft Office suite

of products, and capability to learn other relevant software as needed.

• A high level of attention to detail.
• The flexibility to undertake additional tasks as required.
• Minimum Requirements

RecruitAbility is a scheme which aims to attract and develop applicants with disability and

also facilitate cultural changes in selection panels and agency recruitment. All vacancies for

the Department of Health and Aged Care are advertised under the RecruitAbility Scheme.

Job applicants with disability who :

• opt into the scheme
• declare they have disability,