Procurement Specialist Senior

DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY The Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) is a social and human services agency whose mission is to successfully partner with families, caregivers, and the community to strengthen families, ensure safety, and achieve permanency for all Arizona’s children through prevention, services, and support. Procurement Specialist Senior

Job Location:

OFFICE OF SUPPORT SERVICES
3003 N Central Ave Phoenix, AZ 85012

• Salary: $34.3750 HRLY/$71.500.00 Salary
• Grade: 22
• Closing Date:
  January 11, 2026

Under limited supervision, this position exercises considerable independence and discretionary judgment within policies and procedures established for the work system, performs as a lead specialist, decides the appropriate contracting method, and evaluates the risks associated with the contract. In addition, this position writes specialized requirements, develops scopes of work, negotiates contract and leasing language, does cost or price analysis, and approves or rejects changes.

This position may also write guidelines, standard of work and train staff, or act as project coordinator or facilitator for significant procurements and agreements. This position will also serve as a liaison to Field Leadership on service contract trainings, communications, & changes.

• Develop contractual terms and conditions; oversee bid proposals and actively negotiate human services and non‑human services contractual agreements with suppliers; prepare award documents for signature; conduct post award and contract administration activities such as post‑award meetings; serve as focal point in implementation of new service contracts.
• Provide guidance and assistance to program work units in the interpretation of a contract, vendor performance requirements and the development of scopes of work; assist as the contracts liaison to Field Leadership to train and conduct outreach on service contract issues.
• Upload contract documents, certificates of insurance, amendments and correspondence into the State's eProcurement system Arizona Procurement Portal (APP).
• Conduct public meetings with vendors and stakeholders to seek input and industry knowledge for goods and services used by the department.
• Serve as liaison to Field, Program Development & Learning & Development to document & gather customer feedback on future contracts improvements.
• Other duties as assigned as related to the position.

• State and federal statutes and laws appropriate to area of assignment
• Budget development and expenditure control
• Available community resources
• DCS programs, services, policies, and procedures

• Verbal and written communication
• Interpreting and applying laws, rules and regulations appropriate to area of assignment
• Developing effective monitoring and reporting tools
• Comprehending complex problems requiring a broad perspective
• Effective negotiation and solicitation techniques
• Creating, writing, and interpreting policy and contracts

• Communicate with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Establish and maintain work relationships with contracted and governmental agency representatives and citizen advocacy groups
• Lead teams using a variety of lean tools
• Summarize and analyze a variety of data/sources and formulate workable recommendations
• Maintain confidentiality of purchasing and procurement details
• Learn Procurement practices, processes and procedures
• Learn Contractual language (terms/conditions) and Procurement code
• Write policy and procedure

Minimum two years of experience developing/managing/writing contracts, agreements, policies, and/or procedures AND/OR previous experience in the child welfare field.

Requires the possession of and ability to retain a current, valid state‑issued driver's license appropriate to the assignment. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records and must complete any driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R2‑10‑207.11). Employees may be required to use their…