Advisor - Procurement Practises

We’re partnering with the New Zealand Defence Force to recruit an Advisor – Procurement Practices to join the Centre of Excellence within Defence Commercial Services. This is a centre-led advisory role where you’ll help improve consistency, capability, and compliance across procurement activity—working closely with teams to embed good practice and support better outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Support procurement teams with processes, templates, and Government Procurement Rules
• Provide day-to-day practical procurement advice across NZDF
• Help build capability through training, workshops, and guidance materials
• Support consistent, compliant procurement delivery across teams
• Contribute to assurance, documentation, and continuous improvement activities
• Help identify risks, gaps, and opportunities to improve practice

You’ll bring:

• 2–5 years’ procurement or commercial experience
• Strong understanding of procurement processes (public sector experience desirable)
• A collaborative, helpful, and stakeholder-focused approach
• Good judgement, attention to detail, and strong organisation skills
• A willingness to learn and develop capability in others
• Confidence working in structured, governed environments

Why NZDF?

Working at the New Zealand Defence Force means your work genuinely matters. You’ll contribute to nationally significant programmes that support the capability of the organisation and the safety of New Zealand.

You’ll gain exposure to large, complex procurement activity, work alongside highly capable people, and help shape how procurement is delivered within a growing Centre of Excellence.

Want to know more?

Call Serena Daysh on 022 184 2126 or email serena.daysh@robertwalters.co.nz

Additional Information

• Pre-employment drug testing and NZDF Police Clearance required

Security clearance requirements:

To be eligible for this role, you must be a New Zealand citizen or resident and able to obtain the required security clearance, including a 10-year verifiable background history across NZ, Australia, Canada, the UK, or the USA.

Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence within this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Serena Daysh on +6444719734