Director of Contracts and Procurement Bureau of Hepatitis HIV and STI

** OPEN TO APPLICANTS WHO ARE PERMANENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCUREMENT ANALYST.

Division/Program Summary Description:
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)s Bureau of Hepatitis HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the Citys response to viral hepatitis HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including testing initiatives; prevention care and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. BHHS works to end viral hepatitis HIV and STIs in New York City using an approach that is strengthsbased communitydriven and intersectional accounting for how factors such as race ethnicity gender sex and socioeconomic status among others come together to impact public health. The mission of the Administration Unit of the Bureau is to provide administrative support and coordination in the areas of contract administration; procurement; human resources management; fiscal administration; and contracts management to enable the other units (Prevention; Care and Treatment; Epidemiology and Field Services; External Affairs; and Clinical Operations) to function effectively and efficiently. BHIV maintains a human services funded provider portfolio containing over 400 agreements with more than 150 unique service provider agencies.

We strongly encourage people to apply and contribute your diversity in thought racial identity national origin gender age religion disability status veteran status and/or LGBTQI status to enhance the work of the DOHMH and promote the health of all New Yorkers.

Position Summary:

The Director of Contracts and Procurements will be a dynamic individual with extensive contracting oversight and management experience as well as some information systems experience. The incumbent will work with all units within the Bureau to manage BHHS contract agreement with PHS for the contracting of all human service contracts required for the bureau as well as any internal contracts required through the BHHS portfolio.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Oversee and provide leadership general direction to Business Systems Unit staff.

Analyzes all procurement documents including RFPs Sole Source Negotiated Acquisitions and Intergovernmental agreements.

Develop and implement policies protocols standards and business processes for effective contract and grant management.

Liaisons with all bureau programs central divisions and fiscal agent to oversee bureau contracts and procurement portfolio.

Oversee contract execution renewals amendments and closeouts with fiscal agent.

Reviews contract proposals and performance reports to ensure compliance with the agencys requirements and federal/state/city guidelines.

Makes recommendations to higher management concerning the awarding of contracts provision of additional funding or defunding of contracted programs. Makes regular summary reports to higher management on contract performance including a final report at contract closure. Monitors the programs performance to ensure optimum effectiveness and efficiency.

Directs contract negotiations making the final recommendation to higher management concerning awarding of contracts and the provision of additional funding and defunding.

Work with bureau administration in the development of database/system to streamline requests related to contract management and grants administration.

Why you should work for us:

Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs that lessen your payments or even fully forgive your full balance. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website ()

Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as:
o a premiumfree health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually per a 2024 assessment.
o additional health fitness and financial benefits may be available based on the positions associated union/benefit fund.
o a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
o a taxdeferred savings program and
o a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.

Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.

Job Security you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.

Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the U.S. dedicated to protecting and improving the health of NYC. Our mission is to safeguard the health of every resident and cultivate a city where everyone regardless of age background or location can achieve their optimal health. We provide a wide array of programs and services focused on food and nutrition antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and social justice initiatives. As the primary population health strategist and policy authority for NYC with a rich history of public health initiatives and scientific advancements from addressing the 1822 yellow fever outbreak to the COVID19 pandemic we serve as a global leader in public health innovation and expertise.

Come join us and help to continue our efforts in making a difference in the lives of all New Yorkers!

The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process contact SyeEun Ahn Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at or.

Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of fulltime satisfactory professional experience in purchasing procurement contract administration or a related field at least eighteen months of which must have been in an administrative managerial or executive capacity or supervising professional personnel performing duties in one or more of the above fields; or

2. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to 1 above. However all candidates must have the eighteen months of administrative managerial executive or supervisory experience described in 1 above.

Possession of an acceptable professional procurement certification may be substituted for up to one year of the experience described in 1 above. However all candidates must have the eighteen months of administrative managerial executive or supervisory experience described in1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime