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EQUITY IN COUNTY CONTRACTS PROGRAM MANAGER (ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER 10, ISD)

March 11, 2026

<img class="fr-fic fr-dib" src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/3482/jobpostings/image/New ISD Logo (2) (002) (002).jpg" style="width: 300.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">TYPE OF RECRUITMENT</div><div style="text-align: center;">OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY</div> <div style="text-align: center;">APPLICATION FILING PERIOD</div><div style="text-align: center;">Applications will be accepted from September 4, 2024, at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT).</div> <div style="text-align: center;">This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">EXAM NUMBER</div><div style="text-align: center;">W1078E-EA</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">The LA County Board of Supervisors recently <a href="https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/176661.pdf?" target="_blank">declared a local state of emergency for homelessness</a>, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">Internal Services Department is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Administrative Manager 10, ISD vacancies related to the homelessness crisis. </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Administrative Manager 10, ISD.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">The Opportunity </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Equity in County Contracts Program Manager will serve as a centralized contract authority with specific responsibility for managing and maintaining the strategic direction, approach, and governance framework for the Equity in County Contracting Office. Positions assigned to this Office will also be responsible for providing expert and strategic consultative services in the areas of contracts, purchasing, and procurement and collaborating with County contracting operations, end-user departments, local government agencies, small business, and Community-Based Organizations operations, including those that provide direct services and program support to People Experiencing Homelessness.</div>Act as a consultant to County departments and advise on strategic and systematic approaches in the development of service contracts; provide recommendations on standardizing the County’s contracting processes to ensure solicitations and contracts are developed pursuant to best practices. Review contracting opportunities with applicability to Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), non-profits, small, local, diverse businesses, and Community-Based Enterprises (CBEs) to broaden the diversity of entities that can participate in such solicitations and ensure that proper technical assistance and advertisements are provided and facilitate opportunities for competition. Review Department solicitation practices to provide strategic recommendations and execution plans to achieve the County’s utilization goal for Local Small Business Enterprises (LSBEs), Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBSEs), and CBEs under County contracts, including opportunities for subcontracting as a means to meet target goals. Review applicability for innovative solicitation design opportunities, including the potential unbundling and contract tiering opportunities in solicitations to divide large contract into multiple smaller contracts as a viable procurement strategy to create more opportunities and access to CBOs, Non-Profits, small, local diverse businesses, and CBE utilization. Consult and coordinate contracting efforts with technical or professional specialists in program areas and appropriate department managers to define and establish contract specifications, scope of work to ensure completeness and accuracy of findings to draft contract specifications for services. Conduct, attend and participate in meetings with stakeholders; confer with departments, CBOs, Non-Profits, and Contractors/vendors to continually identify opportunities for improvement and ensure compliance with contract requirements. Assist with implementing program changes that impact contracting processes across departments, including eProcurement modernization. Analyze and conduct research on equity-based Board motions and draft related reports; establish guidelines and processes to report Countywide contract progress/data effectively and accurately to the Board. Provide direction to contracts analysts, managers, and senior level staff in County departments on the most complex contracting matters using best practices developed from the Equity in County Contracts (ECC) Workgroups. Analyze and make recommendations for the preparation, development, negotiation, and administration of highly specialized and technically complex contracts.<div style="text-align: justify;">TO QUALIFY FOR THE OPTIONS BELOW you must POSSESS and CLEARLY EXPRESS detailed years of experience performing relevant duties related to the requirements below and within your online job application under the "Experience" area and Supplemental Questionnaire. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Option I: Three years of experience in an administrative*, advisory**, or staff capacity** dealing with the investigation and solution of procedural, personnel, budgetary, legislative, community, governmental or similar complex problems. Option II: Two years’ experience at the level of Administrative Manager 8, ISD*** or higher. You MUST meet the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment. </div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;">SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> *Administrative is defined as work performed typically in an administrative services branch of an organizational unit, including responsibility for the development of procedures and participation in policy formulation. Experience at the level of independent responsibility for assignments of average difficulty analyzing and making recommendations for the solution of problems of organization, budget, personnel, information services, programs, facilities planning, materials management, and general management. </div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"> **Advisory or Staff capacity is defined as work performed in an advisory capacity to line managers to provide program and administrative support by doing research and making recommendations to administration for the solution of problems of organization, procedure, program, budget, or personnel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> ***Experience in the County of Los Angeles at the level of Administrative Manager 8, ISD or higher is defined as assists in the administration of a variety of activities in an area of expertise, including strategies, policies, and special programs. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> License: A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions. Physical Expectations Physical Class II - Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: </div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Experience working with and/or for non-profits, local small businesses, community-based organizations, disabled veteran businesses, social enterprises, or similar type organizations with responsibility for managing and/or developing contracts from inception to completion which includes: developing contract specifications, statements of work, solicitation vehicles and contracting strategies, conducting proposer’s conferences, evaluating proposals and bids, leading and negotiating contracts, making recommendations for contract awards, consulting with Counsel on contractual issues, and responding to protests from bidders after awards are made.</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Experience providing technical assistance, training, and contracting consulting services to internal or external customers and stakeholders on complex contracting processes, including how to develop contracts specifications, statements of work, evaluate documents, award contracts, and negotiate with vendors and Counsel to arrive at a mutually agreeable term.</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Public Administration, Contract Law, Negotiation, Finance, Economics, Procurement, Purchasing, or a closely related field.</ul>Closely related Fields: Will be determined by the hiring manager. Our Assessment Process: <div style="text-align: justify;">Before the end of your initial work assignment, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.</div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"> </div></div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;">How to Apply: Applications must be filed online only. We must receive your application before 5:30 p.m. (PT), on the last day of filing. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person will not be accepted. Apply online by clicking on the green "Apply" button at the top right of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using the website <a href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty">https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty</a>. Plan to submit your online application well in advance of the deadline as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on <a href="http://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="http://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty">www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty</a>, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address. Note: All notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add <a href="mailto:IOntiveros@isd.lacounty.gov">IOntiveros@isd.lacounty.gov</a>, info@governmentjobs.com, and noreply@governmentjobs.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail. Applicants have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. Please make sure you put in the time and effort when filling out your application and supplemental questions completely. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Minimum Requirements as listed on this bulletin. Provide any relevant job experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected. Please note that all information included in the application materials is subject to verification at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or rescission of appointment. Utilizing verbiage from Class Specification and Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties will not be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and you may be disqualified. Computer and Internet Access at Public Libraries: For Candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County. <div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;">Fair Chance Initiative: </div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;">The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed.</div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"> </div>Have questions about anything listed above? Contact us: Exam Number: W1078E-EA Department Contact Name: Irene Ontiveros Department Contact Email: iontiveros@isd.lacounty.gov California Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922 ADA Coordinator Phone: (323) 881-3932 Teletype Phone: (800) 899-4099 [Alternate Teletype Phone: (800) 897-0077] </div>

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