PSPPCM014 — Participate in budget and procurement review processes

1 Comply with the budget cycle

• 1.1Identify and incorporate requirements of legislation, policy and guidelines relevant to the budget cycle into criteria for decision making.
• 1.2Produce calendar of budget cycle, including identification of approval stages and deadlines.
• 1.3Document and explain organisation’s internal budget processes to staff.
• 1.4Develop compliance strategies to ensure budget process obligations are met, including security requirements.
• 1.5Identify consequences of non-compliance with obligations and produce strategies to mitigate non-compliance.

2 Meet cabinet and other approval process

• 2.1Identify and apply appropriate cabinet and/or other approval processes.
• 2.2Use relevant cabinet documentation templates to prepare cabinet papers and submissions.
• 2.3Adhere to security requirements applicable to cabinet papers and other submissions.
• 2.4Meet policy requirements of the organisation applicable to cabinet papers and other submissions.
• 2.5Comply with internal organisational processes for cabinet submissions.

3 Prepare a simple business case

• 3.1Identify outcomes expected of the business case.
• 3.2Prepare work plans in consultation with management and other stakeholders to ensure that business case satisfies guidelines and supports expected outcomes.
• 3.3Seek information to support the business case from inside and outside the organisation and confirm its authenticity and reliability.
• 3.4Organise information gathered into concise, logical arguments to support required outcomes.
• 3.5Arrange appropriate reviewers for the business case and incorporate their comments into the final submission.

4 Comply with government procurement review processes

• 4.1Identify and analyse requirements of legislation, and policy and probity guidelines for procurement reviews for relevance to the procurement activity.
• 4.2Build applicable procurement review processes into activity plan.
• 4.3Prepare plans to ensure procurement reviews undertaken by internal or external bodies are provided with assistance required to achieve the review.
• 4.4Prepare records and information to enable procurement review to be completed in a prompt and efficient way.

5 Implement procurement review recommendations

• 5.1Assess recommendations from procurement review processes against organisational policies and procedures.
• 5.2Address organisation-wide implications of recommendations through communication with areas of the organisation affected by the recommendations.
• 5.3Develop and initiate processes for continuous improvement reflecting the recommendations.
• 5.4Evaluate the implementation of recommendations at appropriate intervals to ensure continuous improvement.

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