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City of New York ยท 3 months ago

Associate Contract Specialist

The City of New York is seeking to hire an Associate Contract Specialist under the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD). The role involves processing procurements, overseeing evaluation processes, and ensuring compliance with procurement rules to meet the agency's goals.

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Responsibilities

Processing procurements for services, goods and construction in an accurate and timely manner using the appropriate procurement methods ensuring the procurements are in compliance with the rules associated to the funding stream in order to meet DYCD's goals and objectives
Overseeing the evaluation process for DYCD procurements, including but not limited to conducting committee meetings and evaluator trainings
Drafting solicitation specifications in a clear and concise manner
Consulting with various DYCD units to ensure the correct goods and or services are being procured
Maintain and update procurement status reports and databases
Processing contracts to registration in a timely manner which would include the responsibility determination process

Qualification

Contract negotiationsProcurement complianceProgram evaluationExcel proficiencyWord proficiencyOrganizational skillsAnalytical skillsProofreading skillsNYC Procurement RulesFMSPASSPort systemsWriting skillsCommunication skillsTeamworkTime management

Required

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory professional, technical or administrative experience in one or more of the following fields: program evaluation, contract negotiations/management, fiscal/financial management, or project management
A four year high school diploma, or its educational equivalent, and six years of full-time, satisfactory professional, technical or administrative work experience in one or more of the fields cited above
Education and/or experience equivalent to '1' or '2' above. College credits obtained from an accredited college may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 college semester credits for one year of experience as described in '1' above
All candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least two years of full-time experience as described in '1' above

Preferred

Strong proficiency in Excel and Word
Experience in contracts
Strong organizational, analytical, proofreading and writing skills
Strong communication skills and the ability to converse professionally with executive, programmatic, and administrative staff of an organization
Ability to balance competing priorities, complex situations and tight deadlines
Maintain an enthusiastic work ethic, in addition to being able to work well with others in a diverse team environment
Familiar with and knowledge of New York City's Procurement Policy Board Rules, Citywide Procurement systems such as FMS and PASSPort

Benefits

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Company

City of New York

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City of New York, often called as New York City, is the most populous city in United States.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Carl G Esposito
Chief Information Security Officer
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Dawn Miller
Senior Advisor to the Chief Climate Officer
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