A Career in Procurement

Find out how to establish your procurement career today. 

Skills of a Procurement Professional

Government procurement needs people with an interest in commercial risk and strong interpersonal skills. If these capabilities describe you, perhaps you should consider a role in procurement.

Procurement Capabilities

  • Identifying and engaging with risk

  • Business law

  • Industry engagement

  • Governance and assurance

  • Planning

  • Sourcing

  • Evaluation and negotiation

  • Contract development and management

Business Skills

  • Data and digital literacy

  • Decision making

  • Financial and grants management

  • Leadership

  • Workforce management

  • Managing innovation

  • Policy

  • Project management

  • Working with Government and people

Personal Skills

  • Interpersonal

  • Intrapersonal

Government procurement requires a range of skillsets to ensure best value is delivered to our community. The work is interesting and diverse: watch our video and see the difference you can make in procurement.

Already in government and need a change? Think procurement!

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Job Opportunities

If you'd like to find out about what roles are available in government procurement, click on the relevant government link below.

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Procurement Learning Register

Navigating the world of government procurement training just got easier.

Introducing the APCC ‘s Procurement Learning Register – a curated collection of top-tier government procurement training courses from across Australia's federal, state and territory government agencies.

Whether you're refining your skills or embarking on a new procurement journey, our Learning Register is the ideal starting point.

Please note - for those seeking to undertake training, some training offers are only available to internal staff.

For Government Capability Managers, the training platform can be used to source training materials from across Australasia. Contact us for further information.

Global Standard Training

AcademyGlobal becomes the first certified partner with the UQ Skills Diploma

We’re thrilled to announce that the APCC has Certified the AcademyGlobal and University of Queensland UQ Skills Diploma of Procurement and Contracting to the APCC Public Sector Procurement Capability Framework! 

As the first partner of the APCC to achieve certification, this will complement AcademyGlobal's public sector offering through all states of Australia and Commonwealth and fit strategically with our role as the CIPS Study Centre for Australia and New Zealand.  

This certification demonstrates our mutual commitment to increasing training and education options that improve public sector professional procurement capability to achieve greater, higher quality, public outcomes. 

To learn more about the certification, please visit:

Webinar: MCIPS brings credibility to your public sector career – new pathways from AQF to MCIPS

Hosted by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) ANZ Region - ACT Committee, this webinar highlights avenues to lifting public sector procurement professionalisation in Australia.

A foundation for public sector capability has already been established through the Australian Government qualifications. CIPS has developed a pathway which supports procurement people who have achieved these qualifications to build on, and further develop, their knowledge and capability – ultimately increasing professionalism.

To find out more or explore CIPS exclusive skill training offer: