Contract Analyst; HUMAN Service Specialist IV

Introduction

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve.

At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind.

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Baltimore City Department of Social Services
Family Investment Administration
1910 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21213

The Contract Analyst is responsible for executing contract development tasks to advance workforce development initiatives within the Family Investment Administration’s (FIA) Office of Workforce Development (OWD) at the Baltimore City Department of Social Services. In this capacity, the position supports the creation, implementation, renewal, and amendment of agreements backed by local, state, and federal resources, such as Temporary Cash Assistance (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T), and related workforce initiatives.

• Develop contracts for workforce development services, including employment programs, training providers, and supportive service vendors.
• Prepare scopes of work, procurement documentation, and contract materials in accordance with Maryland procurement regulations and agency policies.
• Ensure contracts align with federal and state requirements associated with workforce programs funded through TANF, SNAP Employment and Training, and other funding sources.
• Assist with maintaining documentation needed for compliance and program reporting.

Applicants must meet all minimum (and selective) qualifications to be considered, and to appear on the list of people eligible for hire. Please read all requirements before applying.

Experience:

Seven years of experience, three years of experience in the administration of a human services program or experience conducting studies and analyses of programs, procedures, practices and organizations and an additional four years of professional or technical experience in the administration of a human services program or experience conducting studies and analyses of programs, procedures, practices and organizations.

Notes:

• 1. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and three years of experience in the administration of a human services program or experience conducting studies and analyses of programs, procedures, practices and organizations for the required experience.
• 2. Candidates may substitute graduate level education at an accredited college or university in a human services related field at the rate of 30 credit hours per year for up to six years of the required experience.
• 3. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military experience as a commissioned officer in Administrative Officer classifications or Administrative Officer specialty codes in the General, Administrative, Clerical and Office Services field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

• One year of experience developing and leading a Child Welfare Program.
• One year of experience using Microsoft Office and Google Suites.
• One year of experience working with internal and external partners to implement solutions for Human Service Programs.
• One year of experience creating and managing data collections systems such as CJAMS (Child, Juvenile, Adult Management System).