Contract Administrator III

Posting number: IHA 04130 08/11/2026

Department: Colorado Department of Human Services

Division: OCYF (Office of Children, Youth & Families)

Job classification: Contract Administrator III

Posting type: Open

Categories: Health Services, Mental Health, Human Services, Training, Security, Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Services, Faculty - Other

Summary

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

 

About the Division of Youth Services:  The Division of Youth Services (DYS) provides a continuum of residential and non-residential services that encompass juvenile detention, commitment, and parole. DYS is the agency statutorily mandated to provide for the care and supervision of youth committed by the District Court to the custody of the Colorado Department of Human Services. The Division operates twelve secure facilities that serve youth between the ages of 10 and 21 who are pre-adjudicated, sentenced, or committed. The Division also contracts with numerous private residential and non-residential service providers throughout the State.  For pre-adjudicated youth, the Division is also responsible for the management and oversight of Senate Bill 91-94; a State-funded, locally administered program that provides services to youth at risk of further progressing into the juvenile justice system. In addition to residential programming, the Division administers juvenile parole services throughout the State.

The Division of Youth Services (DYS) Director's office exists to provide comprehensive administration of the operations of all State operated institutions, privately contracted residential and non-residential programs, Regional Offices and centrally managed programming. The Director's office consists of the Division's Central Administration, Medical and Psychological services, Education services, Assessment, Training and Staff Development, Food Services, Research and Evaluation, Quality Control, Financial Services/Contract Management, and Senate Bill 94 Alternatives to Detention

Examples of duties

Weekly Hybrid Working Arrangements

Minimum 2 days In Office and Maximum 3 days Remote Work

Summary of Position:
This position is a permanent, full-time position that serves as a Division Contracts and Purchasing Administrator and Contract Monitoring Lead. 

This position performs a full range of financial, contractual, budgetary, and analysis services to the Division, which includes writing and revising scopes of work (SOW) that accurately reflect program workplans, compiling and routing full contract package, providing consultation and guidance to program staff to ensure understanding and adherence to federal and state requirements, assisting with the development of standards, guidance and tools to support SOW creation, coordinating with finance team members, program staff and departmental contracts and purchasing staff to efficiently and effectively process contracts and purchase orders in a timely manner. Position makes recommendations to the DYS Finance Director, Budget Analysts, and Program Managers to support complete and appropriate utilization of funds in contracts. This position creates and maintains assigned tracking spreadsheets, send executed contracts and purchases orders to vendors, create and perform entry into assigned databases, draft correspondence, maintain electronic files, and serve as a Contract and Purchasing division specialist. 

This position performs a set of documented planned, ongoing and periodic activities to determine whether the contractor (contractor, vendor, or subrecipient) is in fiscal compliance with commitment document agreement terms and conditions and all applicable laws and regulations. The position must maintain current knowledge of department contract monitoring policy and guidance, and the laws, rules, and policies associated with procurement and contracting. This position works closely with program staff to train, support, monitor and document programmatic contract monitoring efforts and practices, and makes recommendations to responsible program staff to improve programmatic contract monitoring practices and documentation. 

Contracts and Purchasing:
Independently draft contracts, amendments, and renewals