Title: Procurement Specialist Senior (White Bark): Virginia Correctional Enterprises #00195

State Role Title: General Admin Supv/Coord I

Hiring Range: $59,640 - $89,462

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Dept of Corr - Central Admin

Location: VCE Headquarters

Agency Website: www.vadoc.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Virginia Correctional Enterprises (VCE) is a manufacturing and service agency dedicated to providing meaningful jobs and developing valuable work skills for offenders, supporting successful reentry after release. VCE fulfills this mission by offering high‑quality goods and services to our customers across the Commonwealth. For more information about VCE, including our products, services, and locations, please visit www.govce.net.

If hired by VCE you will start or restart a 12 month probationary period. This is for all New Hires, Transfers, returning State Employees.

Procurement Specialist Seniors procure goods and services and provide procurement guidance for all VCE end users. Assists and supports manufacturing operations as needed to achieve strategic objectives for:

• Quality products
• Accurate and complete orders delivered on time.

Minimum Qualifications

• Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations, effectively model professional business conduct, ethical dealing, and procurement expertise.
• Working knowledge of State procurement laws, contract law, and contract administration and management.
• Current experience in purchasing, procurement/staff training, researching/analyzing and negotiating contracts.
• Effective writing skills to develop complex solicitations. Experience using office automation tools (to include MS Office), automated procurement systems, and e-commerce.
• Provide back-up oversight of the Small Purchase Credit Card (SPCC) program, and to provide support and training to credit card holders.

Additional Considerations

• VCO certification or ability to obtain within 12 months of hire.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, internet navigation/use, and basic to intermediate proficiency in SyteLine.
• Intermediate proficiency in purchasing, planning, organizing, record-keeping, problem-solving, and negotiation.
• Intermediate proficiency in time management, attention to detail, prioritizing, and decision making.
• Intermediate knowledge in general business, contract administration, strategic planning, resource allocation, raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other factors impacting the manufacturing and procurement of goods and services.
• Intermediate knowledge of sources of supply, commodities, price indices, and manufacturing markets.
• Ability to work independently, resolves problems, and performs effectively in complex work situations that involve extensive procedural requirements.
• Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, communicate technical information, confer with vendors, make presentations, write business correspondence, and prepare contracts and Invitations for Bid (IFB) and Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Ability to listen effectively, handles difficult situations, get along well with others, demonstrate a positive attitude, and earn the respect of workforce and colleagues.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Background Investigation Requirements: All applicants are subject to a background investigation. Investigations may include fingerprint checks (State Police, FBI); local agency checks; employment verification; verification of education (relevant to employment); credit checks; and other checks based on the position.

Drug Testing Requirements: Applicants applying to a designated safety sensitive position are subject to a pre-employment drug screen. Marijuana use is prohibited for positions that require possession of a firearm or a Commercial Driver’s License in the performance of official duties such as Corrections Officers, Probation Officers, Tractor Trailer Drivers and others.

Application Requirements: Application and/or résumé for this position are only accepted electronically through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Electronic Recruitment System. All applications should be submitted by 11:55pm on the closing date for the position. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this position from the electronic application and/or résumé.

Layoff Preferences: Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of VA employees only) MUST attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or résumé.

VADOC is an EEO employer and is committed to supporting workforce diversity, equitable opportunities and inclusivity. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

VADOC values our Veterans and encourages all to apply and receive preference in the hiring process. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other nation service alumni are also encouraged to apply. Click here for more information: Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program - Virginia Department of Veterans Services.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Phone: VCEHR.input@vadoc.virginia.gov

Email: EMAILED APPLICATIONS/RÉSUMÉS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS POSITION

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.