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About This Position

Who We Are:

Our department provides a variety of financial services and programs. Austin Financial Services (AFS) serves residents, vendors, and City departments.

Our mission is to serve as a trusted steward of public resources with integrity and accountability to ensure a fiscally sound city.

Our staff supports a wide variety of financial processes, including preparing the annual budget and annual fiscal report, procurement processes, franchise agreements, real estate transactions, and overseeing the City’s investment portfolio and debt management.

As an internal support function within the larger City organization, AFS is proud to serve and act as a leader in financial management to its partner departments.

Job Description:

Procurement Specialist IV – Austin Financial Services

Purpose:

Under minimal supervision and within their delegated procurement authority, this position will perform a variety of procurement services to their assigned department customers including all formal and occasional informal source selection services, contract monitoring and contract administration services, category management, customer management, and a range of advisement and technical support services in these same areas. This position will typically be responsible for soliciting contracts of the highest value, greatest complexity, and most public interest.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Performs source selection and contract formation services including occasional informal solicitations such as Requests for Quotations (RFQ), issues purchase orders and single transaction contracts under the State’s formal threshold, participates under and leads cooperative contracts.

• Performs all formal solicitations above the formal threshold including Invitations for Bids (IFB), Requests for Proposals (RFP), and Requests for Qualifications (RFQS); solicitations for Citywide, revenue-generating, and concessions contracts; and solicitations for construction and construction-related professional services including alternative delivery methods.

• Performs contract management and contract administration services including order monitoring for delivery orders, purchase orders, and single transaction contracts; contract compliance monitoring for project contracts and term master agreements; and contract administration services for assigned contracts.

• Performs advisory and technical support services to assigned department customers, current and prospective contractors, and members of the public on a variety of procurement activities including procurement cards; delivery orders; purchase orders; informal source selection processes; all formal source selection processes; construction and construction-related professional services including alternative delivery methods, master agreements, order monitoring, participating under and leading cooperative contracts, contract management, contract administration, and category management.

• Performs category management of one or more groups of similar and/or related contracts as assigned; develops and maintains product, service, and contractual expertise within assigned categories; develops and maintains market intelligence within assigned categories; develops and executes strategic category plans; and develops and presents reports on the performance of category plans.

• Performs, as necessary, customer management for one or more departments as assigned; develops and maintains business, operational, and contractual dependencies of assigned departments; maintains effective working relationships with management, staff, and key stakeholders of assigned departments; leads or assists in the development of departmental procurement plans; monitors and reports on the performance of departmental procurement plans.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

Performs a lead role in one or more projects and/or programs as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of public purchasing practices and techniques.

• Knowledge of applicable procurement statutes, ordinances, and codes.

• Knowledge of accounting and budgeting process as it relates to purchasing transactions.

• Knowledge of contract law, terms, and conditions.

• Knowledge of buying procedures, purchase orders, delivery orders, and the use of purchasing cards.

• Skill in alternative delivery methods for the procurement of construction and construction-related professional services.

• Skill in informal and all formal source selection processes including price competition

• Skill in contract negotiation and formation, contract management, and contract administration processes.

• Skill in contract category management.

• Skill in computes applications including spreadsheets, databases, and word processing software.

• Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with other City employees and the public.

• Skill in effective oral and written communication.

• Skill in exercising good judgment, tact, and diplomacy.

• Skill in using automated purchasing systems.

• Ability to provide relationship management to assigned customer departments.

• Ability to develop and lead cross-functional teams.

• Ability to resolve complex formal contract disputes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience in a related field.

• Graduation with a graduate degree from an accredited college or university in a related field may substitute up to two (2) years of the required experience.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

None.

Notes to Candidate:

Position Overview:

Under minimal supervision and within their delegated procurement authority, this position will perform cradle to grave procurement and contracting activities supporting Capital Improvement using construction-related professional services procurement methods. Notable recent projects include the Waterloo Greenway Conservancy Project and ongoing city-wide infrastructure improvements. This position regularly works alongside and supports external City of Austin departments, such as Austin water, Austin Energy, Austin Parks and Recreation, and Capital Delivery Services for city infrastructure related projects.

This position will also draft and deliver presentations to internal and external customers, stakeholders, and the vending community for solicitations. Additionally, this position provides support as a liaison to the public during City of Austin Board/Commission public meetings.

Pay Range:

$75,930.00 - $96,430.00

Hours:

Monday – Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Flex schedule opportunities may be available after an initial training period. Work schedules are implemented to meet the requirements of the department and are subject to change based on business needs.

Staff eligible to telework must be in the office for at least 40% of their scheduled work week.

Location:

721 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, Texas 78704

Application Details:

• A detailed, complete COA employment application is required. It helps us to better evaluate your qualifications and will be used to determine your salary if you are selected for this position.

• Please be sure to detail on the application all previous employment that you wish to be considered as part of your qualifications.

• For each position, please describe your specific experience as it relates to the minimum and preferred qualifications.

• A cover letter is required. In the cover letter candidates should describe, in concise detail, their interest in this position and highlight any prior experience that is relevant to this position.

• A résumé is also required but will not substitute for a complete COA employment application. Resumes are not accepted in place of a completed online application. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the detailed and relevant work experience, which would qualify them for the position.

• When completing the City of Austin employment application, the work experience listed must include a month, year, and a verifiable Supervisor or Human Resources phone number.

• Incomplete applications will not be considered.

• Each individual who submits an Application as provided in the Municipal Civil Service Rules and meets the Minimum Qualifications for a Competitive Position shall be considered a Candidate for that Position. Employees, in Good Standing, who are candidates within the Department or division that the Position resides in and who meet the Minimum and Preferred Qualifications (if any) of the Position will be included in the initial interview.

• Use of AI is strictly prohibited to respond to the application and during the interview process.

• Please be aware that the Job Posting Close Date reflects the final day to apply, but the posting will close at 11:59 PM the day before the date listed. All application steps, including attachments and submission, must be fully completed before that time.

Additional Details:

• Austin Financial Services may close this job posting at any time after it has been advertised for seven (7) days, please apply as soon as possible if interested.

• This position may require a skills assessment.

• If you are identified as a top candidate, verification of your education, which may include High School graduation or GED equivalent, undergraduate and/or graduate degrees, will be required.

• This position will require a pre-employment Criminal Background Investigation (CBI).

• If you are selected as the top candidate for a position, we may contact your current and former employer.

• If you are identified as a top military candidate or a veteran, you must provide a copy of your DD-214.

Travel:

If you are selected for this position and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.

90 Day Provision for Additional Vacancy:

When the same or an additional vacancy occurs within a department in the same job title within 90 days after the start date of the top candidate, the hiring department may offer the additional position to another candidate from the same candidate pool.

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