Procurement Specialist - Juneau; PCN

Overview

Job Description:

Come join the State of Alaska! This job class uses Competency Based minimum qualifications (MQs). Please read the Competency Based MQ instructions below to learn more. The Department of Family & Community Services is recruiting for a Procurement Specialist 3 in Juneau. This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

This position will be part of a team who is collectively focused on supporting the department’s purchasing needs, including provision of customer service and making procurement recommendations to division staff. The position will conduct mid to complex level commodities purchases and formal procurements, alternate/emergency procurements, and intergovernmental agreements in accordance with the applicable procurement statutes, regulations, and policies and procedures. This position is the only Procurement Specialist 3 supporting the Department of Family and Community Services (DFCS).

The mission of the Department of Family and Community Services is to provide support, safety, and personal well-being for vulnerable Alaskans. This role is critical as the procurements that this team will be administering directly support the department's mission. Our team prides itself on its quality, cohesiveness, flexibility, and commitment to the mission of our department. We strive to encourage each other, challenge each other, share knowledge and perspective, cross train, and diversify our skillsets.

As a team we developed our core values, which include customer service, consistency/accuracy, and teamwork; all of which contribute to the success of our department.

This is a fast paced and busy environment where we strive to complete the solicitation process by established deadlines to ensure procurements are issued promptly to avoid a lapse in services. Work schedules are flexible as long as they fall within office hours.

The DFCS Procurement office is located on the fifth floor of the Court Plaza Building in downtown Juneau and is within walking distance of restaurants and grocery stores.

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

To view the general description and example of duties for the position please go to the following link: government jobs class specs ()

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

• Contracting/Procurement/Property Control: Knowledge…