California State University, Dominguez Hills, was established in 1960 and is one of the 23 campuses that comprise The California State University system. CSU Dominguez Hills is an urban, comprehensive public university that serves a culturally rich, diverse student body of over 12,500 students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Located on a 346-acre site in the South Bay portion of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, CSU Dominguez Hills has a highly pluralistic student body, which includes a significant number of non-traditional, working adult students as well as approximately 2,000 students enrolled in distance learning programs statewide. The University, with its five Academic Colleges, has more than 300 full-time faculty members and is situated in an area characterized by an extraordinary heterogeneity of people, and an extensive array of high technology industries and professional services.
Conditions of Employment:
The person holding this position is considered a `mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
Possession of a valid Driver's License is required. Employees in this position will be enrolled in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Government Employer Pull Notice Program which confirms possession of a valid driver's license and reflects driving record.
Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
Position Information:
This is a full-time, permanent (probationary) position.
Special Working Conditions: May need to use the campus cart and attend off-campus meetings periodically.
Department: Procurement, Contracts, Logistical and Support Services (PCLASS)
Procurement, Contracts and Support Services is comprised of the following units within the Division of Administration and Finance: Procurement, Contracts, Records Management, and Facilities Leasing and Scheduling. The mission of the department is to procure goods and services, assist and organize university needs to realize overall cost savings and cost avoidance, and to ensure compliance with all aspects of State procurement and contracting law and CSU policies.
Major Job Duties:
Under the general supervision of the Director of Procurement, Contracts, Logistical and Support Services, the Contract Specialist III is responsible for preparing highly complex contracts and/or coordination of a specific purchasing function, including independent problem solving for major purchasing campus-wide. These responsibilities include assistance with long term planning, policy recommendations, and/or procedural changes for a particular functional area. The incumbent's main focus will be the processing of affiliation agreements, including nursing, teaching, and clinical agreements, service learning, Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's), major and minor construction/public works projects, architecture and engineering agreements. The incumbent will be responsible for administrating processes such as project job walks, bidder's conferences, evaluation of bids and contractor management; and service agreements terms and conditions writing and assisting departments to write specifications. The incumbent will also be expected to procure goods and services, and other associated purchasing activities. The incumbent shall be able to apply and interpret the public code regulations, standard business practices and the CSU ICSUAM for Contracts and Procurement. The Contract Specialist Ill is the highest technical specialist for agreements, contracts, consortium projects, public works, repair projects, insurance matters and annual reporting. The majority of assignments are at the advanced level.
Qualifications:
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Thorough knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of purchasing, including administration of contracts and service agreements; thorough knowledge of accounting principles as related to purchasing and contracts; comprehensive knowledge of formal competitive bid administration process; thorough knowledge of California State Statutes and Codes applicable to campus procurement as demonstrated by:
Ability to administer all aspects of bid procedures according to State laws and CSU policy; issue and monitor contracts and service agreements; develop, interpret, and apply highly technical and varied material and equipment specifications requiring such activities as integration of performance schedules, do research and gather data, and apply computer technology to the total purchasing process.
Ability to lead or review the work others; act promptly to actual or potential problems when required; develop long-range plans, including recommendation for policies and procedures affected by the plans; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with vendors and with faculty, students, staff, administrators, and members of the general public; read and write clearly in English. Working knowledge of functions such as receiving and properly accounting as they relate to the purchasing and contracting process.
Skill in: Contract writing, insurance, leases, and agreements.
Knowledge and use of PeopleSoft Financial System.
Certification: Valid drivers license
Experience and Education:
Required Education:
Equivalent to an undergraduate degree in purchasing, marketing, accounting, business, or other appropriate field. Additional experience which has demonstrated that the applicant has acquired and successfully applied the knowledge and abilities shown above may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
Required Experience:
Equivalent to three years of increasingly responsible purchasing experience of which two years must have involved major aspects of the purchasing function, i.e., high-technology and building and construction, utilizing competitive bidding or contract development, and including the writing of specifications and justifications to support them.
Salary Range:
The salary range for this classification is: $4,024 - $7,068 monthly.
How to apply: You can only apply by completing an electronic application at the campus job web site at https://www.csudh.edu/hr/job-opportunities/ . Click on "view job opportunities" under "New and returning applicants." View the list of jobs and click on the one with the job title listed above. The application deadline is: Monday, July 30, 2018.
CSU Dominguez Hills is an Equal Opportunity /ADA Employer.
California State University, Dominguez Hills
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Carson, CA 90747
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