Procurement Officer II - IT Contracts

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Important Recruitment Information for this vacancy:

* Job Posting Closes:
June 17th, 2026

Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Contracts

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About the Position:

* Who can apply:
Anyone

* Classified/Unclassified Service:
Unclassified

* Full/Part-time:
Full-Time

* Regular/Temporary:
Regular

* FLSA Status:
Exempt

* Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

* Eligible to Receive Benefits:
Yes

* Veterans' Preference Eligible:
Yes

Compensation:

* Salary Range: $26.00 - $27.50/hr

Note:

Salary can vary depending upon education, experience, or qualifications.

Employment Benefits:

* First day of employment coverage under the State Employee Health Plan (SEHP) for medical and prescription drug coverage and dental plan.

* Additional voluntary options including vision, hospital indemnity, accident and critical illness insurance plans and flexible spending accounts.

* SEHP members and their covered family members have access to the Health Quest Health Center at 9th and Kansas Avenue in Topeka for in-person and virtual health care services.

* Sick & Vacation leave

* Work-Life Balance programs: parental leave, military leave, jury leave, funeral leave

* Paid State Holidays (designated by the Governor annually)

* Employee discounts with the STAR Program

* Retirement and deferred compensation programs

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Position Summary:

The Information Technology Contracts Officer will be a subject matter expert in the area of technology. This position will work with a team of IT Procurement Officers, including the Deputy Director, PO III (Team Lead), and another PO II which service Technology contracts and vendors. This position will build redundancy in this commodity area and will serve with the overall succession planning within OPC.

The position is responsible for overall business processes, both within the Office of Procurement and Contracts and across the State of Kansas.

Primary duties and responsibilities assigned to the Procurement Officer II positions include the following:

* This is specialized contract administration work revolving primarily around Technical and IT efforts.

* This position will be the primary interface between vendors and agencies. Serving in this role requires the ability to understand complex situations, communicate in a non-technical manner with business entities, and to be able to apply critical thinking skills to resolve complex issues.

* Managing contract disputes between vendors and agencies.

* Reviewing agency requests for goods and services (requisitions) along with facilitating and/or leading bidding solicitations (RFP, RFQ, IFB), analysis of bids, establishment of contracts along with development of statewide, multi-agency contracts.

* Subject matter knowledge and experience in the facilitation of contracts for goods and services in one or more key areas is needed.

* Key areas may include, but not limited to enterprise technology services, business and public services, scientific supplies/equipment/services, financial services, educational services.

* Duties may include advising and leading agency level Administrative/Finance Offices on procurement processes to initiate procurement of goods and services, including bidding solicitation procedures.

* Work with the Intern on the project to review and organize contracts for the department, to compile and document data for a consistent and formal process of working with cooperatives for bidding, procurement and contract processes. Collaborate with fellow Procurement Officers to establish a set of steps with the goal to have developed a tracking system for current contracts.

* Additional initiatives are focused on improved enterprise procurement methods.

Minimum Qualifications:

* The applicant must have exceptional communication and presentation skills as demonstrated in application materials and interviews.

* A minimum of one (1) years of experience in purchasing of commodities or services is required. This is contract administration work as well managing the end-to-end bid solicitation processes. Knowledge shall include recent experience in process bid solicitations such as requests for quotes (RFQ), invitations for bids (IFB), and negotiated…