The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is the Philadelphia region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization. We believe DVRPC is a place to work, learn, and create a career in a professional and stimulating environment that values diversity, innovation, and bringing your best self to work. If your background and experience match the following vacancy, we would like to hear from you.
Job Description
The Office of Contracts and Purchasing oversees all contractual agreements and serves as the Commission’s central resource for the purchase of goods, services, and equipment. The new position within the office will work on all administrative aspects of the department and provide some technical assistance, while having a customer-service approach to problem-solving.
This is interdependent work using knowledge of purchasing concepts, and contract terms and their structures, while having the ability to operate within the Commission’s procurement, contract and purchasing processes, and the applicable Federal, State and Commission rules that govern it. The work utilizes high levels of attention to detail and of staying organized during the multiple stages of these processes and maintaining communication lines with DVRPC staff and external partners. Work is assigned, reviewed, and evaluated by the Manager, Office of Contracts and Purchasing, while in process or upon completion for quality and adherence to established procedures.