Procurement & Facilities Specialist

Explore a World of Opportunity with the State of Georgia! We are the force that drives Georgia! Georgia State Government is a large enterprise, composed of various agencies and entities with a common goal to improve the lives of Georgia's more than 10 million citizens! Join Team Georgia and impact lives everyday while receiving a robust benefits package designed for every stage of your career! Job Title: Procurement & Facilities Specialist Agency: Department of Early Care and Learning Job Requisition ID: JR0000005796 Shift: Day (United States of America) Compensation Details: $41,569.83 - $54,428.52 Job Description: Job Code: GSP130 Pay Grade : J Salary Range: $41,569.83 - $54,428.52 Commensurate with education and experience Location: 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning is responsible for meeting the child care and early education needs of Georgia's children and their families. It administers the nationally recognized Georgia's Pre-K Program, licenses child care centers and home-based child care, administers Georgia Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) program, federal nutrition programs, and manages Quality Rated, Georgia's community powered child care rating system. The department also houses the Head Start State Collaboration Office, distributes federal funding to enhance the quality and availability of child care, and works collaboratively with Georgia child care resource and referral agencies and organizations throughout the state to enhance early care and education. Job Description/Responsibilities: Under supervision, performs complex administrative duties, financial, and operational data analysis and reporting in support of management decision making in functional area. Will partner with GBA and DOAS to perform facilities management and purchases for the department. Exercises various latitudes of independent judgment. May administer or provide high level support for various projects, grants, contracts, implementation of procedures, and/or specialized functions. The selected candidate must pass a credit check and be qualified to obtain a state purchasing card as a precondition for hiring. Major Job Responsibilities: Make purchases for the division using the State’s Purchasing Card and Team Georgia Marketplace Coordinate, conduct and compile the results of the annual fixed asset process for the agency Coordinates building space usage and processes building maintenance issues with the Georgia Building Authority Serves as the Department’s risk management coordinator. Works risk management using DOAS risk management process and systems Serve as building fire drill and emergency evacuation coordinator Establishes and maintains positive working relationship with internal and external customers and other related contacts Gathers, compiles, analyze data Prepares reports of findings and analysis. May make recommendations to management for operational changes using formal narratives Physical Requirements: Requires the ability receive detailed information through oral communication. Requires the ability to speak clearly. Requires the ability to occasionally continuously stand or walk for long periods of time; regularly requires bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling and moving items or materials occasionally of moderate weight up to 30 pounds. Requires close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading and visual inspection. Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification. Requires the ability to exercise judgement, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or …

View the full posting and apply