CONTRACT MANAGER SPECIALIST - 60005126

Requisition No: 885575 Agency: Children and Families Working Title: CONTRACT MANAGER SPECIALIST - 60005126 Pay Plan: Career Service Position Number: 60005126 Salary: $50,584.67 - $65,000.00 Annually Posting Closing Date: 10/20/2026 Total Compensation Estimator Tool The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency. Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION. THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION. CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE TALLAHASSEE HQ OFFICE. THIS ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE USED TO FILL CONTRACT MANAGER AND CONTRACT MANAGER SPECIALIST POSITIONS. This is a highly responsible and professional position serving as a Contract Manager within the Contracts Unit. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply. Specific Duties and Responsibilities include: This is a professional position performing highly responsible technical, consultative and administrative work. This position serves as a contract manager, managing multiple contracts for the central Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) program offices. The person in this position has the following duties and responsibilities: Contract Management Develop contract and grant agreement documents in accordance with state rules, statutes and department policies. Serve as single point of contact with service providers, ensuring positive provider relations and timely and effective resolution of issues. Review and approve deliverables, monitoring provider performance and ensuring accountability for service provision. Review, approve and process provider invoices and maintain detailed accounting and expenditure documentation. Maintain official contract and grant agreement files in accordance with statute, department operating procedures, funding source requirements and requirements of the Department of Management Services and the Department of Financial Services. Perform contract monitoring for assigned contracts and participate in cross-unit program monitoring team activity as needed. Monitoring activity includes on-site monitoring, desk audits, file reviews, corrective action planning and technical assistance where necessary. Perform contract renewal, amendment and closeout duties, including contract evaluation and review and documentation of provider performance. Coordinate with SAMH programmatic subject matter experts to Negotiate contract terms and conditions, Conduct cost analyses of provider budgets, and Ensure ongoing provider delivery of quality services and adherence to contract terms and performance expectations in a positive, professional, transparent and accountable manner. Procurement Management: When needed, collaborate with SAMH programmatic subject …

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