Administrative and supervisory work in directing and coordinating the activities of a Purchasing Division within the Finance Department. Work includes providing centralized procurement of equipment, materials, supplies, and services used; procuring specialized commodities of a complex nature requiring substantial experience in purchasing. Work also includes providing analytical support, information and assistance to City departments in purchasing and development of standards and specifications for contracting activities; assisting with development of procurement policy and procedures, performs administrative activities, maintains related procurement records, and other related work as required.
Minimum Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree* from an accredited college or university.
- Three (3) years of responsible professional experience which included the large scale purchasing of supplies, materials and equipment for a large company or centralized governmental purchasing agency.
NOTE: Professional experience is paid experience gained in a position that required a Bachelor's degree upon entrance. Civil Service reserves the right to determine what is considered to be professional experience.
* Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify education claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification. A rating of training and experience, weighted 100%. All related previous experience will be considered for qualification purposes; however, credit on the rating of training and experience will only be given for experience gained within the last ten (10) years.
WORKING TEST PERIOD: Effective August 1, 2023, the working test (probationary) period for all positions in the classified service is one year.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING: The City of New Orleans has a comprehensive program of substance abuse testing. Candidates for employment for certain positions where the health, welfare and/or safety of the public, co-workers and the individual employee is at risk will have to undergo pre-employment substance abuse screening. Candidates for all other original entrance positions will have to undergo an unannounced substance abuse screening during their working test period. For further information, see Civil Service Rule V, Section 9.
A MEDICAL EXAMINATION is required for all original entrance probationary appointments to ACTIVE classifications, and may be required for re-employment, promotions and/or transfers.
IMPORTANT: Applicants who are licensed to drive should have a current license on their person for purposes of identification during all phases of an examination. In lieu of such license, the Department of City Civil Service may require that applicants have some form of picture identification.
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