Div Dir of Contracts, Procurement and Financial Agreements HUMAN Service Administrator 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.

This is a Management Service position, and serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.

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Maryland Department of Human Services
Child Support Administration
25 South Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

Incumbent in this position performs as a senior level manager responsible for providing professional, administrative and supervisory staff work in managing the Contracts and Procurement Unit and the Cooperative Reimbursement Unit. It oversees the timely execution of all contracts, interagency agreements, grants and invoice processing for the Child Support Administration. Additionally, oversight of the planning, organizing, and managing of the Thirty-one CSA’s federally mandated Cooperative Reimbursement Agreements with the Twenty-four Maryland local sub‑divisions as well as for Central Office oversight for all local child support activities to ensure the state‑wide operations are compliant with federal and state law (regulations and policies).

• Plans, directs, and implements an effective contract and procurement management program to ensure deliverables and timelines are met within DHS guidelines.
• Identifies problematic areas and makes recommendations for improvement to the Chief of Staff.
• Participates in developing plans for improving services.

Education: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Nine years of experience in administrative, professional or technical work, four years must have involved supervision of other employees or exercising responsibility for program development.

• Candidates may substitute graduate level education at an accredited college or university at the rate of 30 credit hours on a year‑for‑year basis for up to two years of the required general experience.
• Candidates may substitute additional professional or technical experience in the administration of a human services program or experience conducting studies and analyses of programs, procedures, practices and organizations on a year‑for‑year basis for the required education.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience at a rank of Corporal/Petty Officer or higher 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 and education, two years must have been in an administrative supervisory or consultative capacity.

• Three years of project management experience.
• Three years of negotiating, executing and monitoring contracts experience.
• One year of professional procurement experience in a state or federal government agency.

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the eligible (employment) list for at least one year.

If you are in State service and are a promotional candidate, your salary will be determined in accordance with State of Maryland guidelines.

As an employee of the State of Maryland, you will have access to outstanding benefits, including health insurance, dental, and vision plans offered at a low cost. CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR MORE…