Менеджер по контрактам/Procurement (Contracting) Assistant

To apply for this position you should complete an application in English at the link provided below. We do NOT accept resumes from rabota.ua 

https://erajobs.state.gov/dos-era/ukr/vacancysearch/searchVacancies.hms

Deadline for applications: April 1, 2023

Position Description:

This position is located in General Services Office (GSO) Procurement unit, and works under supervision of Procurement Specialist and the Contracting Officer (CO). The position’s portfolio currently consists of more than 100 contracts and purchase orders, and is responsible for acquisition and contracting support including initial procurement planning, contract award and post award contract administration as well as contractor’s performance monitoring. The incumbent reports directly to the Contracting Officer (CO) on all contracting issues and reports to the Procurement Specialist for procurement planning and simplified acquisitions. The position is recognized as the Embassy's expert on State Department contracting issues. The job holder also performs procurement of various commodities and services from U.S. and non-U.S. vendors using various procurements methods. On average, on an annual basis the job holder processes over 2000 acquisitions above $10K for total amount of over $2,000,000 USD in servicing 45 customer agencies.

Qualifications required:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Management, Public Administration, Finance, or Law.

Minimum two years of progressive experience in acquisitions with international organizations including customer service and administrative operations duties.

Fluent in English and fluent in Ukrainian.

Must possess developed MS office user skills  especially of MS Excel and in-depth research on the internet. The job holder is expected to independently organize, manage and perform all of the steps involved in award, administration and close out for acquisition/contract  in his/her assigned portfolio for the Contracting Officer's review.