Procurement Officer

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 one million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults.

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 one million Marylanders each year. 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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Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services
Child Support Administration
44 Calvert Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

This position is responsible for exercising independent judgment with regards to coordinating tasks, formulating acceptable internal controls to ensure the reliability of accounting records/data, assisting with reducing undistributed collection balances. Incumbent is also responsible for providing guidance and direction on policies, procedures for staff and assistance to all other agency staff in matters relating to procurement procedures. Incumbent attends meetings, conferences, seminars and workshops to keep current with accounting trends and concerns and State policies.

This position represents the agency in a courteous and professional manner to all customers, both internal and external.

• Develops contract specifications including performance and acceptance standards, payment terms, contract management elements, contract modification, contract renewals and advertisement requirements in accordance with State Procurement procedures, laws and regulations for the procurement of all necessary services, supplies, equipment, real estate, construction, indefinite quantity contracts, facilities maintenance and commodities.
• Manages the advertisement of procurement opportunities, distributes specifications to vendors, conducts vendor conferences, receives and secures bid and proposals, oversees the evaluation process and contract award.
• Evaluates contractor’s performance against terms and conditions of contracts and recommends corrective actions, such as the application of damages, withholding of payment or termination of contract.

Preference will be given to applicants who possess the following preferred qualification(s). Include clear and specific information on your application regarding your qualifications.
Experience : Six years of experience, two years of experience in contract management or procurement involving duties such as: soliciting, evaluating, negotiating and awarding contracts and ensuring compliance with governmental procurement laws, regulations and conditions and an additional four years of professional contract management experience or professional procurement experience.

• Candidates may substitute certification as a Certified Public Manager from the National Association of Purchasing Management;
  Certified Professional Contracts Manager from the National Contract Management Association;
  Certified Public Purchasing Officer or Certified Professional Public Buyer from the Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council (National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. or National Association of State Purchasing Officers) for the additional four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and two…