Director, Contract Strategy & Operation

Company overview:
With an annual budget of $2.3 billion and more than 7,000 employees throughout the five boroughs, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) is one of the largest public health agencies in the world, serving 8 million New Yorkers from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. We're tackling a broad range of public health issues with innovative policies and programs and getting exceptional results, but our work is never finished. The breadth of our innovative programs provides the widest range of choices for every member of our team.   

With grant funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), DOHMH is undertaking a new initiative that will meet critical infrastructure needs and make possible strategic investments that will have lasting effects on public health. Investments and improvements through this initiative will help modernize DOHMH’s foundational capabilities and data infrastructure, enabling it to partner in complex health and health care environments and, in turn, support better public health outcomes, including COVID-19. This initiative supports larger efforts to rebalance investments in public health and more equitably serve communities and populations.

The selected candidate will be an employee of Public Health Solutions, a nonprofit organization which is the fiscal and administrative manager of the grant but will work be supervised by DOHMH.  This is a grant-funded position ending in November 2027.

The Office of External Affairs (OEA) is comprised of the government and community affairs, marketing, publications, language access, language translation, media, public affairs, customer support, and administration units. OEA communicates with City Hall, city agencies, elected officials and other external stakeholders about the Health Department's priorities and projects. Our mission is to advocate for and promote the Health Department's wide range of initiatives and accomplishments and share the agency's goals for the future.

The Administration Unit ensures all media, advertisement, and translation contracts are registered; conduct budget analysis and monitoring; maintains fiscal accountability; laisse with Human Resources and Payroll Management; and provides operational support for all OEA's units to perform the agency's mission.

Job description:

DOHMH has an opening for a Director, Contract Strategy and Operation.  Reporting directly to the Executive Director of Administration, the director will be responsible for overseeing new contracting opportunities and develop new request for proposal (RFP). The position will assist the ED of administration in staff development, identifying recruitment strategies, and automating business process.

Duties:

• Oversee the development of health media and language services contracts and purchase orders
• Review current contracts capacity in MRA and scope for work
• Explore new contract opportunity and work with unit managements on new Request for Proposal
• Meeting with new and current vendors to ensure that services was delivered satisfy contract requirement
• Monitor and work with vendors to have their sub-contractors registered on City system
•            Liaison with ACCO and OBA
•            Assist in staff development, work with vendors in developing training for division staff

 Qualifications:

•           BA/BBA in Finance or business management
•           Previous experience working in fields related to contracts and purchasing for 3 years.
•           Capacity and willingness to learn new city and DOHMH systems
•           The ideal candidate for this position must be a pro-active and self-motivated individual with the ability to work in teams and in a highly dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders and timelines.
•        Salary - 110,000- 110,000

 Additional Desired Qualities:

•          Excellent communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills.
•        Experience with media and Language services vendor
•          Desire to grow professionally, develop new skills and willingness to work outside of comfort zone.
•           Ability to prioritize and work in fast-paced environment with hard deadlines.
•           Fluency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Additional Information:

•         This is a temporary grant-funded position ending in November 2027
•           This individual must reside in the tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT) by their confirmed start date.
•           Preference may be given to individuals residing in New York City (5 boroughs) or surrounding New York State counties.
•          This individual will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies.

PHS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, and veterans.