Contract Specialist

Office: Office of Fiscal Strategy Date Posted: 6/22/2026 Salary Range: 1-5 / $72,711 - $82,055 NTE Date: N/A Position Overview The Office of Fiscal Strategy (OFS) is a catalyst for ensuring excellence, equity, and efficiency to ensure DCPS achieves our goals for our students. We want employees who recognize and embrace the importance of a strong partnership between schools and Central Services. When Central Services runs efficiently, and provides high-quality customer service, our school-based employees can concentrate on educating our children and leading our schools. By combining financial planning with strategic planning, this office supports DCPS with actively identifying resources, costs and budget and aligning them with our mission and goals. Divisions/Teams: The Office of Fiscal Strategy is organized into four divisions Finance: Ensures school and central services finances are allocated and expended in alignment with the agency’s strategic plan, in a manner that fosters transparency, maximizes funds, promotes equity, and ensures compliance with requirements. Contracts and Acquisitions: Provides procurement services to schools and Central Services programs through contract and purchase order processes in alignment with District and Federal procurement laws and regulations. Manages and facilitates the procurement of goods and services for all DCPS schools and central services, that fosters transparency, maximizes buying power, promotes equity of spending with local vendors, and ensures compliance with contractual requirements. Operational Finance (Core): Works to improve organizational effectiveness and to ensure daily fiscal operations are managed efficiently across DCPS. The Operational Finance Team advocates for DCPS programs and schools by shepherding collaboration with procurement, budget, and HR teams. Operational Finance provides oversight to ensure equitable, transparent, and compliant personnel and non-personnel spending through quality customer service. Fiscal Operations Systems: Supports schools and central services by leading OFS’s efforts to design efficient and effective operational finance structures and processes. Promotes agency financial data literacy by leading finance data visualization initiatives that equip DCPS stakeholders with comprehensive information. The Contract Specialist ensures all contracting and procurement activity is consistently executed in accordance with District of Columbia laws and regulations while working independently in managing all procurement assignments. The Contract Specialist generally focuses primarily on procurements valued between $10,000 and $100,000. This position has been designated as Security Sensitive. Pursuant to section 410 of Chapter 4 of the D.C. Personnel Regulations; in addition to the general suitability screening, individuals applying for or occupying security sensitive positions are subject to the following checks and tests: Criminal background check; Sex Offender Registry check; Traffic record check (as applicable); Consumer credit check (as applicable); Reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol test; and Post-accident or incident drug and alcohol test. The Contract Specialist will report to the Manager, Contracts and Acquisitions. Essential Duties and Responsibilities The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned. Advises program and school officials in procurement planning meetings, advises program and school officials of the procurement objectives to be used, and assists in the preparation of statements of work. Monitors acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related procurement tasks until contract award. Implements and reacts to procurement strategies including overall goals and metrics, and identifies the level and type of services to be prov…

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