CONTRACT MANAGER SPECIALIST - 60005666

Requisition No: 847315 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: CONTRACT MANAGER SPECIALIST - 60005666

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60005666 

Salary:  $47,500 - $60,000 Annually (Commensurate with experience) 

Posting Closing Date: 03/09/2025 

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

 

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION. CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE TALLAHASSEE OFFICE.

THIS ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE USED TO FILL CONTRACT MANAGER AND CONTRACT MANAGER SPECIALIST POSITIONS.

 

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as a Contract Manager, managing multiple contracts for the Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH). This is a professional position performing highly responsible technical, consultative, and administrative work.  This position will manage multiple contracts and grant agreements and will be responsible for mission critical contract management and business administration functions to support statewide SAMH operational, client-service, and ancillary support needs. This position will collaborate with each section within the program office and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail oriented. 

 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Serves as single point of contact with service providers, ensuring positive provider relations. Works to resolve issues timely and effectively.
• Serves as the certified contract manager for the contract oversight team as specified in Section 287.057(26), if applicable.
• Performs contract management activities in accordance with goals and objectives of the agency and state and federal laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines.
• Develops and execute provider contracts/competitive solicitations addressing standard contract documents, services to be provided, manner of service provision, method of payment, and special provisions in concert with applicable rules and statutes and Department policies. When applicable, develops appropriate documentation for review and approval of solicitation and resulting contracts.
• Collaborates with program office liaison and other offices as necessary to identify upcoming projects and the most appropriate mechanisms for contracting and procurement.
• In collaboration with program office liaison, negotiates contract terms and conditions, performing cost analyses of provider budgets. Maintains proper documentation of negotiations and final contract terms and conditions.
• Coordinates with and assists the Department’s Contract Oversight Unit with contract monitoring for assigned contracts with providers. Imposes and monitors corrective action where necessary.