PROCUREMENT ANALYST 1, 2, OR 3
CLHSD oversees delivery of mental health, substance use and intellectual and developmental disability services in our 8 parish area: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon and Winn.
This position is located at our Administration / Fiscal Department – Alexandria office.
Job #207632 / 50469476
As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Procurement Analyst 1, 2, or 3 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s). Please refer to the ‘Job Specifications’ tab located at the top of the LA Careers ‘Current Job Opportunities’ page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level
Selected Core Competencies:
- Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
- Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training
- Managing Resources: The ability to ensure resources such as time, money, and people are utilized appropriately to result in maximum business value.
Selected Preferred Competencies:
- Displaying Professionalism: The ability to recognize how your actions impact the perceptions of both you and your organization.
- Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.
- Managing Conflict: The ability to recognize and navigate disagreements in a rational, unbiased, and productive way.
- Managing Time: The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.
- Solving Problems: The ability to discover solutions to problems.
- Working Safely: The ability to maintain safety by following rules and procedures.
- Working with Financial Information: The ability to use financial data to guide, drive, and convey the financial standing and/or outlook of an organization.
You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application. You must describe your actual duties as you will not be qualified based on job title alone. A resume upload will NOT populate your information into your application.
Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit.
All prospective new hires are required to pass a drug screening and a criminal background check.
All prospective new hires will be subjected to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-Verify system.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Shawanda Gordon
CLHSD / Human Resources Specialist
Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Three years of experience in procurement, contracts or grants management, financial management, accounting, or auditing; OR
Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR
A bachelor’s degree.
EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
Qualifications
To procure goods and/or services that are outside of the scope of the Office of State Procurement.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Entry.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Direct from a Procurement Supervisor or Procurement Manager. Other reporting relationships may be approved by State Civil Service.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
None.
LOCATION OF WORK:
May be used by all state agencies with procurement functions that are outside of the scope of the Office of State Procurement.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Procurement Analyst 2 by the absence of experienced-level professional procurement duties. EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
Learns to apply the Procurement Code in order to procure goods and/or services for the agency.
Under close supervision, coordinates proper solicitation, evaluation of bids, and vendor selection.
Assists in correspondence with vendors and agency staff regarding contract terms, deliveries, quality and order changes.
Follows up on delivery, receipt and quality of materials.
Maintains records of procurement transactions and qualified vendors.
May provide guidance to agency personnel on specification development in order to meet procurement standards.
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