PROCUREMENT OUTREACH AND DIVERSITY SPECIALIST - 49407

Executive Service

PROCUREMENT OUTREACH AND DIVERSITY SPECIALIST

The Department of General Services

Nashville, TN

Annual Salary: $47,496 - $59,496

This is a Hybrid position (Remote and In-Office) with a flexible work schedule and Some travel will be involved.

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Closing Date: 08/30/2023

Who we are and what we do:

The Department of General Services makes Tennessee State Government work! Literally.

State troopers, and social workers, are a few State employees who couldn't do their jobs without the vehicles we purchase and maintain. The Department of Transportation relies on us to purchase salt to treat icy roads. When you visit the State Capitol or other State buildings across Tennessee, our Department has had a hand in it. We are responsible for operating, managing, and maintaining real estate assets owned by the State. Even the governor relies on our team to document his appearances and various State events through photography.

Selected as one of The Tennessean's Top Workplaces for the last four years, the Department of General Services¿ mission is to serve as a trusted partner to deliver mission-focused general services to support Tennessee State government. Our vision is to create a culture of excellence that produces consistent strategic and innovative support solutions for our State. We do this with a commitment to four core values: thorough, engaged, accountable, and motivated.

Commissioner Christi Branscom leads this incredible team of hard-working professionals. Check out the link at the end of this post to hear what she has to say about working for the Department of General Services.

How you make a difference in this role:

As the Procurement Outreach and Diversity Specialist, you will be responsible for identifying businesses and increasing contract award opportunities to businesses that meet the guidelines related to minority-owned, women-owned, persons with disabilities, service-disabled veteran-owned, and

small business enterprises. You will work with businesses, informing them of the program eligibility requirements and explaining the specific records, documents, and information needed to demonstrate program eligibility. You will coordinate outreach activities to encourage participation in the State of Tennessee procurement activities and network with appropriate community organizations, agencies, and colleges to communicate the initiatives of statewide diversity programs.

This position reports to the Director of the Governor's Office of Diversity Business Enterprise (Go-DBE). The position has a flexible work schedule with a monthly starting salary of $3,958 to $4,958. This position will require extensive fieldwork and in-state travel. The State of Tennessee offers competitive benefits that include flexible remote work schedules; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; tuition assistance; retirement plans; employee discounts for personal purchases; free downtown parking; better-than-average sick and annual leave; plus, State holidays.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate outreach activities to encourage participation in the State of Tennessee's procurement activity network with appropriate community organizations, agencies, colleges, and universities to communicate the initiatives of the statewide diversity program.
• Review and assess records and documents to determine if the business entity meets the guidelines and criteria for eligibility for the program.
• Research and verify that the business entity's documentation supports program eligibility.
• Register those businesses that meet the criteria for eligibility with the State of Tennessee.
• Report and monitor Diversity Business Enterprise awarded contracts.
• Track awarded contracts through queries retrieved from the State's procurement portal.
• Meet with State agencies and department procurement officials annually to assist them with defining and obtaining their agency's internal goals for the participation of minority-owned, women-owned, persons with disabilities, service-disabled veteran-owned, and small business enterprises.

Responsible for sending reminders to diversity businesses that are coming up to expire or have expired.

Required Experience:

Completion of a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university AND two years of experience in marketing or promoting diversity programs or related community outreach program work

OR

Bachelor's degree in business administration, communications, or marketing AND one year of experience in marketing or promoting diversity programs or related community outreach program work.

Preferred by not required:

• Bilingual in English/Spanish

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.