Program Planner 3 Procurement and Application Specialist
Program Planner 3 Procurement and Application Specialist
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Job Description
Iowa Department of Educations mission is ensuring all students experience a worldclass education. To accomplish our mission we need talented passionate people working together to build an excellent education system that empowers all students to achieve their full potential.
The Procurement and Application Specialist will be an integral member of the Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services Child Nutrition Program team.
Your Responsibilities:
- Performs statewide monitoring of organizations participating in the school meal programs to ensure compliance with federal regulations including procurement resource management and general administration. Drafts and completes reports of programmatic monitoring results including recommendations for corrective action. Reviews for approval organization corrective action responses.
- Serves as the application coordinator for the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Track review and approve submitted documents to advance organizations through the preapproval process. Ensure organization application documents meet all federal requirements. Review and approval annual program applications.
- Assist with organizational administration of all Child Nutrition Programs.
- Gather and analyze supporting data from spreadsheets surveys and other data sources.
- Develop and update procedures forms and flow charts.
Candidates are encouraged to include detailed information about their relevant experience in their application or submit a cover letter and resume in addition to their application.
If you wish to review a copy of the Position Description Questionnaire please contact .
To ensure full consideration for this position all requested materials must be completed and uploaded through the NEOGov online application process.
Hours:8:00 A.M. 4:30 P.M. Monday Friday; some nights and weekends occasional instate and outofstate travel
A successful candidate will bring or have the ability and desire to learn:
- Passion for accomplishing common goals in pursuit of public service
- Ability to work collaboratively on and provide leadership for highperforming teams
- Ability to work independently moving projects forward with minimal supervision
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to interpret and break down highly technical and regulatory language and present information in an understandable manner
- Conflict resolution and interpersonal skills
- Desire to work with diverse teams and stakeholders
DESIRABLE (OR) REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ability to keep multiple projects moving forward at the same time and meeting deadlines;
- Ability to work in an environment where the individual may be receiving guidance and direction from multiple individuals;
- Experience being detailoriented with ability to apply established procedures and requirements into practice with speed and accuracy;
- Willing to travel and willingness to remain out of home location overnight on occasion as the job requires (primarily instate travel);
- Proficiency with office software applications e.g. word processing spreadsheets and ability to learn other custom software applications including webbased systems;
- Experience in government regulation implementation;
- Ability to convey required corrective action while maintaining a positive working relationship.
- Experience working with USDA Child Nutrition Programs preferred.
WHATS IN IT FOR YOU
- Opportunities to make a widespread difference in the lives of children their families and Iowa communities
- Collaborative positive work environment
- Talented and passionate work colleagues that will help you learn and grow
- Opportunities to collaborate with experts from around the country
- Employee discounts from a variety of vendors
- Competitive salary and benefits package:
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
1 Seven years of fulltime work experience in the administration or operation/ (i.e. providing consultation and/or technical assistance to stakeholders research and analysis or enforcement of program guidelines/policies/procedures) of a program (i.e. the provision of a service or an administrative oversight/enforcement responsibility).
2 All of the following (a b and c):
a. One year of fulltime work experience in the administration or operation/ (i.e. providing consultation and/or technical assistance to stakeholders research and analysis or enforcement of program guidelines/policies/procedures) of a program (i.e. the provision of a service or an administrative oversight/enforcement responsibility); and
b. A total of four years of education and fulltime experience (as described in part a) where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in any field equals one year of fulltime experience; and
c. A total of two years of graduatelevel education and fulltime experience (as described in part a) where twentyfour semester hours of accredited graduate college or university course work in any field equals one year of fulltime experience.
3 Graduation from an accredited school of law.
4 Current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes nine months of fulltime work as a Program Planner 2 or twentyseven months of fulltime work as a Program Planner 1.
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Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Full-Time
