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1. Office of Contracting & Procurement
Closing Date: 8/19/2018
: 441 4th
Street, Suite 700 S., NW Washington, DC 20001
: ocp-hr@dc.gov
: (202) 442-9700
Job Title: Supervisory Contract Specialist (Job ID 4442) Series/Grade: MS-1102-14
The Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP), a dynamic public agency, managing the
acquisition of over $5.6 Billion in goods, services, and construction annually, is seeking to hire
business advisory minded professionals. OCP is powered by a robust, diverse team of
innovative professionals committed to improving the quality of life for District residents and
visitors by supporting the unique programmatic needs of over 77 District Government
agencies through contract and procurement with industry. Our Procurement Training Institute
(PTI) offers thousands of classroom hours each year educating and training OCP employees
in procurement best practices, current laws and regulations and business advisory skills when
engaging with Districts agencies and the vendor community. OCP’s resourceful team also
identifies ways to reuse millions of dollars in surplus property by offering it to District agencies,
and when there is no need within the government, our team allows businesses, non-profits
and sometimes individuals to purchase government surplus assets at deep discounts. OCP’s
team of professionals have made the District of Columbia a cutting-edge leader in
contracting procurement practices across the nation.
Job Description: This position serves as the dynamic leader of a procurement bureau that
consists of contract specialists charged with meeting the procurement needs of major District
agencies. This position develops procurement strategy for the bureau and provides
leadership of the procurement process from cradle to grave.
Knowledge Required by the Position: Advance knowledge of creative contracting
techniques, negotiation strategies and project management skills, thorough understanding
of administrative inter-relationships in public sector organizations. Mastery of contracting laws,
principles, and regulations to generate new procurement concepts or to plan and manage
or review and recommend to top-management approval of procurements.
Qualifications (Education and/or Experience): The ideal candidate will have 6 years’
experience and 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, that included or was
supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields:
accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial
management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization, and management.
Service Agencies: Infrastructure (DDOT); Public Safety (MPD); Government Operations
(Simplified); Health and Human Service Cluster (DHS); other anticipated agencies.
Starting Salary Range: $102,649 - $123,178
Tour of Duty: 8:15am – 4:45pm
Duration of Appointment: Management Supervisory Service, At-Will Employment
Physical Demands: Work is predominately sedentary
Number of Vacancies: Unlimited