Senior Contracts Officer

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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content. We need to parse the posting. First paragraph: "Under their direct supervisor, the Senior Contract Officer (SPO) procures a wide variety of goods and services for the 23 VCCS colleges, the System Office and the Shared Services Center. The position also:" then bullet-like lines: "Solicits and issues contracts for goods and services as needed by the SSC customers utilizing a variety of complex procurement methods.Manages a portfolio of term contracts for use by the SSC customers (potentially including other public bodies).Analyze market data to make appropriate sourcing decisions.Ensure that all purchases are performed accurately and timely and in accordance with applicable VCCS and state policies and applicable laws.Employs best business practices to continuously improve performance, compliance, efficiency and effectiveness." These are responsibilities. So we can have a section "Responsibilities" with

• each bullet. Next: "Required KSA’s: Knowledge of:Governmental procurement principles and ability to follow procurement policy and standard operating proceduresKnowledge of eVA (state procurement system) Skills:Extensive expertise in making sourcing decisions for complex procurement of supplies, equipment, and professional and non-professional services, including the ability to analyze market data, exercise sound judgment, take initiative, handle multiple competing priorities, solve problems, and attend to detail while maintaining a big-picture perspectiveProficient written and oral communication skills Ability to:Develop and comprehend highly complex solicitation and contract documents, including the ability to interpret procurement-related law and policies, apply that knowledge, and as needed participate in the development of related policies and proceduresBuild working relationships to solve problems and achieve common goalsProvide exceptional and professional customer service to diverse internal and external customers and suppliersWork effectively with a wide range of constituenciesCollaborate effectively in a team environment with matrix reporting relationshipsMaintain confidentialityTo travel within Virginia and within the United States as needed" This is a mix of knowledge, skills, abilities. We can split into sections: Knowledge, Skills, Abilities. But we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can use "Skills" for skills, "Qualifications" for minimum qualifications, "Requirements" maybe for required KSA? However "Requirements" could be used for required KSA (knowledge, skills, abilities). But we also have a separate "Skills" heading. We need to decide. We have "Minimum Qualifications:" block: "Multiple years of complex procurement experience leading solicitations and negotiating contracts, vendor agreements, orders, statements of work, etc.Experience in a customer service environmentExperience in interpreting and modifying legal agreements for complianceCurrent Virginia Contracting Officer (VCO) certification or ability to obtain Virginia Contracting Associate (VCA) certification within one year of hire and VCO within two years; see https://vip.dgs.virginia.gov/ for more information on VCA & VCO certifications" That's qualifications. Then "Additional Considerations:" block: "Professional procurement certification(s): VCO, CPPO, CPPB, CPM or other nationally recognized procurement/contract management certificationExperience in analyzing, negotiating and generating year-over-year procurement savingsProcurement experience in higher education and/or state governmentExperience using an electronic procurement systemExperience using MS Office products and/or Adobe Acrobat ProKnowledge with AIS/PeopleSoft functionalityKnowledge of Commonwealth of Virginia (VPPA, APSPM, etc.) & VCCS procurement policies" These could be considered "Qualifications" as well, maybe "Preferred Qualifications". But we only have "Qualifications" heading; we could combine both Minimum Qualifications and Additional Considerations under Qualifications. We also have "Hybrid telework available!" That's a benefit or schedule? It's a work arrangement. Could be placed under "Benefits" or maybe "Schedule"? Since it's about telework, could be a benefit. We'll include a Benefits section with that line. Also "Sponsorship will not be offered for this position." That's maybe a note but could be considered under "Benefits"? Not really a benefit; it's a restriction. Could be omitted as minor metadata? Might be considered not substantive? It's a condition. Might be included in a short paragraph under "About the role"? But we should not invent sections. Could put it in a

  under "About the role" maybe. However "About the role" is for a brief description. We have the initial description about role. Could put that as About the role. Thus sections: - About the role: short paragraph summarizing role (first sentence maybe). Could include "Under their direct supervisor, the Senior Contract Officer (SPO) procures a wide variety of goods and services for the 23 VCCS colleges, the System Office and the Shared Services Center." - Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet list after "The position also:"). - Skills: list of skills from Required KSA's (the Skills part). Also maybe include knowledge and abilities? But we have separate headings not allowed. Could combine knowledge, skills, abilities into Skills section? Might be okay but we need to preserve all info. Could split into "Requirements" for knowledge and abilities, and "Skills" for skills. Let's see. We have Required KSA’s broken into Knowledge of:..., Skills:..., Ability to:... We could map: - Knowledge: could go under "Requirements" (as required knowledge). - Skills: go under "Skills" heading. - Ability to: could go under "Requirements" as well (abilities). Or we could have a separate "Abilities" but not allowed. So we put them under Requirements. Thus: Requirements: list of knowledge items and ability items. Skills: list of skills items. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications + Additional Considerations. Benefits: Hybrid telework available! (maybe also note about sponsorship not offered? Could be a note but not a benefit; maybe we can include as a short paragraph under Benefits? It's not a benefit; maybe we can omit as minor metadata? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Sponsorship not offered is not boilerplate; it's a condition. Might be considered minor metadata but could be kept. However we have no section for it; we could include as a short paragraph under "About the role" or "Qualifications"? Probably better to include as a short paragraph under "About the role" after description. We also have "Special Instructions to Applicants" etc which are application instructions, to be removed. EEO statement etc to be removed. Thus final HTML:

  About the role

  Under their direct supervisor, the Senior Contract Officer (SPO) procures a wide variety of goods and services for the 23 VCCS colleges, the System Office and the Shared Services Center. Sponsorship will not be offered for this position.

  Responsibilities

  • Solicits and issues contracts for goods and services as needed by the SSC customers utilizing a variety of complex procurement methods.
  • Manages a portfolio of term contracts for use by the SSC customers (potentially including other public bodies).
  • Analyze market data to make appropriate sourcing decisions.
  • Ensure that all purchases are performed accurately and timely and in accordance with applicable VCCS and state policies and applicable laws.
  • Employs best business practices to continuously improve performance, compliance, efficiency and effectiveness.

  Requirements

  • Knowledge of governmental procurement principles and ability to follow procurement policy and standard operating procedures
  • Knowledge of eVA (state procurement system)
  • Ability to develop and comprehend highly complex solicitation and contract documents, including the ability to interpret procurement-related law and policies, apply that knowledge, and as needed participate in the development of related policies and procedures
  • Ability to build working relationships to solve problems and achieve common goals
  • Ability to provide exceptional and professional customer service to diverse internal and external customers and suppliers
  • Ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies
  • Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment with matrix reporting relationships
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Ability to travel within Virginia and within the United States as needed

  Skills

  • Extensive expertise in making sourcing decisions for complex procurement of supplies, equipment, and professional and non-professional services, including the ability to analyze market data, exercise sound judgment, take initiative, handle multiple competing priorities, solve problems, and attend to detail while maintaining a big-picture perspective
  • Proficient written and oral communication skills

  Qualifications

  • Multiple years of complex procurement experience leading solicitations and negotiating contracts, vendor agreements, orders, statements of work, etc.
  • Experience in a customer service environment
  • Experience in interpreting and modifying legal agreements for compliance
  • Current Virginia Contracting Officer (VCO) certification or ability to obtain Virginia Contracting Associate (VCA) certification within one year of hire and VCO within two years; see https://vip.dgs.virginia.gov/ for more information on VCA & VCO certifications
  • Professional procurement certification(s): VCO, CPPO, CPPB, CPM or other nationally recognized procurement/contract management certification
  • Experience in analyzing, negotiating and generating year-over-year procurement savings
  • Procurement experience in higher education and/or state government
  • Experience using an electronic procurement system
  • Experience using MS Office products and/or Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Knowledge with AIS/PeopleSoft functionality
  • Knowledge of Commonwealth of Virginia (VPPA, APSPM, etc.) & VCCS procurement policies

  Benefits

  • Hybrid telework available
  We should not include Pay or Schedule sections as not present. Check for any duplicated lines: we have not duplicated. Check for any boilerplate removed: we removed EEO, special instructions, etc. Check that we preserved all substantive information: we included the initial description, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities, qualifications (minimum and additional), benefits (hybrid telework). We also included sponsorship note under About the role. Did we miss anything? The line "Under their direct supervisor, the Senior Contract Officer (SPO) procures a wide variety of goods and services for the 23 VCCS colleges, the System Office and the Shared Services Center. The position also:" we captured the first sentence; the "The position also:" is just intro to list; we captured list items. Good. We omitted "Required KSA’s:" heading but we split its content. We omitted "Minimum Qualifications:" and "Additional Considerations:" headings but we included their content. We omitted "Hybrid telework available!" we placed as benefit. We omitted "Sponsorship will not be offered for this position." we placed under About the role. We omitted all application instructions, EEO, etc. Check for any missing info: The line "Current Virginia Contracting Officer (VCO) certification or ability to obtain Virginia Contracting Associate (VCA) certification within one year of hire and VCO within two years; see https://vip.dgs.virginia.gov/ for more information on VCA & VCO certifications" we included. We included "Professional procurement certification(s): VCO, CPPO, CPPB, CPM or other nationally recognized procurement/contract management certification" as qualification. We included "Experience in analyzing, negotiating and generating year-over-year procurement savings