Senior Contract Manager

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the Citys evolving criminal justice system participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees visitors volunteers and people in our custody. Importantly safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.

Under the direction of the Deputy Agency Chief Contracting Officer (DACCO) for the Central Office of Procurement (COP) Purchasing Unit with some latitude for discretion the candidate will serve as a Senior Contract Manger responsible for processing the purchasing of goods and services and construction and construction-related services to ensure that services are procured in a timely manner to meet the goals and objectives of the agency. Procurement tasks include but is not limited to

-Drafting solicitation specifications in a clear and concise manner
-Processing purchase orders using various City systems
-Train procurement staff as needed
-Consulting with various DOC units to ensure the correct goods and or services are being
procured
-Follow the appropriate procurement method and rules for the procurement
-Maintain and update procurement status reports and databases
-In addition to processing procurements the candidate will be responsible for processing
contracts to registration in a timely manner which would include the responsibility determination
process.

MUST BE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE PERMANENT TITLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACT SPECIALIST.

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACT SPECIA - 1009A

Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory professional technical or administrative experience in one or more of the following fields: program evaluation contract negotiations/management business or public administration contract community relations or related fields; at least eighteen months must have been in an administrative managerial or executive capacity or supervising professional personnel performing work in program evaluation contract negotiation/management business or public administration; or

2. A four year high school diploma or its equivalent and six years of full-time professional technical or administrative work experience in one or more of the fields cited above; at least eighteen months must have been in an administrative managerial or executive capacity or supervising professional personnel as described in 1 above; or

3. A satisfactory equivalent of education and experience as cited above. However all candidates must have the eighteen months of administrative managerial or executive experience or experience supervising professional personnel as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time