Vocational Graduate Certificate in Government (Strategic Procurement)

Qualification descriptor

This specialist qualification covers the competencies required of senior personnel responsible for the integration of procurement into organisational policies and direction, and for the evaluation and improvement of procurement functions at an organisational level.


Subjects

Packaging Rules

4 units of competency are required for the award of this qualification.

3 core units

1 elective unit from the elective units listed below

Core units

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Influence and define strategic procurement

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Establish strategic procurement context

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Evaluate and improve strategic procurement performance

Elective units

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Manage financial resources

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Lead innovative thinking and practice

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Develop and cultivate collaborative partnerships and relationships

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Lead and influence ethical practice in the public sector

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Lead and influence change

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Undertake enterprise risk management


Pathways...

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Entry Requirements

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Licensing Information

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Employability Skills

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

PSP70110 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Government (Strategic Procurement)

Employability skill

Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include:

Communication

Prepare high-level communication, critically analysing and responding to opinions, persuading and influencing others, and reflecting on and honing communication strategies.

Manage sensitive and confidential information, including locating, accessing and authenticating information; acquiring, retaining, recalling and communicating information; applying information and protocols; discarding redundant information and managing version control; dealing with ambiguity and machinery of government changes; responding to diversity, including gender and disability; and using a range of mathematical language to communicate mathematical information.

Use communication approaches, catering to political sensitivities, working within government processes and operational frameworks, balancing intellectual debate and action, considering wider organisational/public sector issues, using language calculated to appeal emotionally to a particular audience, speaking with confidence and authority, covering cultural, ethnic, diversity or equity considerations, selecting a communication style appropriate to the occasion and audience.

Use interpersonal communication, including applying legislation, regulations and policies relating to communication in the public sector, analysing and using language structures and features that influence the interpretation of spoken communication, interacting responsively, critically and confidently with both familiar and unfamiliar groups on specialised topics in formal and informal workplace situations, speaking with confidence and listening critically.

Prepare high-level written communication and complex, sensitive materials, including critically analysing other positions, and preparing persuasive written communication. This includes reading and writing at a level to cope with a range of complex and sensitive workplace materials; critically analysing and synthesising information to compose complex written documents; researching other pertinent information, such as supporting/opposing position papers; refining content, structure and sequence according to the required purpose of written material; analysing and using language structures and features that influence the interpretation of written communication; using spelling, punctuation and grammar for workplace documents at an experienced level; providing feedback on other people's work in ways suited to the diversity of the workplace, including creation of learning opportunities to improve research/document input, and cross-cultural communication requirements.

Teamwork

Provide a model of innovative practice, organising workgroups to develop innovation and leadership, organising work assignments to facilitate innovation, supporting workgroups to develop leadership and innovation, monitoring innovation and leadership development and providing feedback on innovation and leadership development.

Establish, expand and utilise strategic networks including identifying features of required strategic networks, identifying or establishing network links with key stakeholders and building strategic relationships.

Problem-solving

Prepare written submissions, such as responding to a tender to provide goods or services on a cost-recovery or for-profit basis. It includes identifying opportunities to provide goods or services, analysing tender requirements, determining proposal methodology, preparing estimates, submitting tenders and reviewing the tender process.

Use a range of problem solving techniques, including applying legislation, policy and guidelines; using numeracy in selecting and applying mathematical concepts, estimating, checking reasonableness of results, and managing financial and other resources; using literacy for oral and written clarification of issues and for negotiating variations and changes with clients; using required language and style for written submissions; using technical and other vocabulary; networking strategically with clients, suppliers and stakeholders; evaluating and reviewing information; and responding to diversity, including gender and disability.

Initiative and enterprise

Provide a model of innovative practice, organising workgroups to develop innovation and leadership, organising work assignments to facilitate innovation, supporting workgroups to develop leadership and innovation, monitoring innovation and leadership development and providing feedback on innovation and leadership development.

Promote innovation through providing supportive communication, allowing follow through with ideas, providing enough but not too much guidance and structure, providing training and learning opportunities, encouraging risk taking, and providing time and resources.

Planning and organising

Establish, expand and utilise strategic networks, including identifying features of required strategic networks, identifying or establishing network links with key stakeholders, and building strategic relationships.

Manage high-level workplace communication for working at a senior level with internal and external clients, colleagues and other staff, including critically analysing and responding to opinions, persuading and influencing others, and reflecting on and honing communication strategies.

Manage compliance with public sector legislative requirements, including assuring legislative compliance, interpreting legislation and evaluating compliance outcomes.

Self-management

Promote compliance with legislation in the public sector, including modelling compliance with legislation and related public sector guidelines and procedures and encouraging and assisting others to comply.

Analyse the political, social and economic environment that takes into account emerging trends, and current and possible future goals of the organisation, including maintaining a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of the current political environment and reflecting this in decisions, advice and actions taken.

Develop strong working relationships among network members to achieve organisational goals and provide professional support.

Learning

Promote and use a range of learning and skills development methods, including action learning, coaching, mentoring, counselling, skills training, and modelling.

Technology

Identify equipment and technology requirements and use information technology including databases and spreadsheets. Use statistical analysis package; the most relevant data capture (software), GIS and web mapping/web GIS tools to access and/or manipulate a range of data, spreadsheet or database packages for data analysis and presentation; and statistical tools to collect, store and analyse data.

Use computer applications for information generation, management, storage and security.