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Organization:
Treasury Board Secretariat
Division:
Infrastructure Technology Services
Position(s) language:
English
Job term:
1 Temporary - Up to 12 months with possible extension
Job code:
17156 - Systems Officer 3
Salary:
$1,208.51 - $1,521.86 Per week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
The Treasury Board Secretariat is seeking a Contract Administrator. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to administer the development, renewal and expiry of software and hardware contractual agreements for service delivery to Infrastructure Technology Services (ITS).
About the job
In this role, you will:
• Monitor agreements ensuring adherence to established terms, conditions and pricing.
• Assist clients in the planning and acquisition of software resources, including costing.
• Guide clients in the preparation of appropriate documents to support new procurements or renewals and the management of software and hardware assets.
• Coordinate approvals with respect to tracking software licences and contract support for ITS clients.
• Participate in the development of quality assurance strategies and process, procurement planning and acquisitions as well as best practices to continually improve the ITS Software Asset Management program and ensure compliance with contracts.
What you bring to the team
Technical Knowledge:
• You have knowledge of business and performance management and evaluation techniques to implement contract administration and quality assurance processes.
• You have knowledge of project lifecycle and best practices, project deliverables and cost categories and I&IT project management.
• You have knowledge of current licensing practices and techniques as well as software asset management to administer contracts, assist with planning effective and efficient acquisition of software licenses and to manage technology assets.
• You have knowledge of contract administration and procurement processes to develop, evaluate, acquire and manage contracts with vendors.
Communication Skills:
• You have negotiation and consensus building skills to provide advice and expertise on contract management to clients and vendors.
• You demonstrate customer service orientation to take a customer-centric view of the products and services provided.
• You have oral, written communication, consultative and interpersonal skills to make effective contributions to working groups through communications and maintain cooperative working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
Financial and Analytical Skills:
• You have financial skills to prepare cost and benefit analysis for proposed expenditures.
• You have analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and analyze solutions for improvement and the resulting impact on key performance measures, resource allocation and cost benefit.
Organization Skills:
• You have organization, multi-tasking and coordination skills to process and track various asset-related activities and deal with multiple parties at the same time.
Apply by:
Monday, August 28, 2017 11:59 pm EDT
Position details:
- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 222 Jarvis St, Toronto, Toronto Region or 33 King St W, Oshawa, Central Region
Compensation group:
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Category:
Information Technology
Posted on:
Monday, August 14, 2017
Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.
Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.
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