Purchasing Specialist (People and Internal Operations Department)

This position involves centralized purchasing activities within the PIOD Business Services Division. The incumbent is responsible for managing the procurement process of various essential goods and services for the division’s operations. Other responsibilities include monitoring the proper usage of contracts and managing contract allocations. The Business Services Division has an essential role during Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activation in support of the Logistics Unit of the Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management, and the incumbent may be required to assist.

The People and Internal Operations Department (PIOD) provides a wide range of internal support services for the ongoing operation of County government which focuses on promoting operational best practices and efficient government operations. PIOD provides various customer-based business services that include, but not limited to facility management, design and construction management, fleet management, risk management, surplus property disposition services, capital inventory management, and large-scale printing services. Through these various business lines, PIOD is engaged in real estate development and management, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, materials management, and parking services.

Miami-Dade County Benefits

Miami-Dade County offers an outstanding comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you and your family. You may cover your spouse/domestic partner and dependent children under your medical and dental. There are many great benefits that you will be eligible for such as:

• Medical coverage on day one.
• Employees may participate in one of the two County’s health insurance plans, Select Advantage or First Choice Advantage.
• Employees also have the option to participate in the following optional benefits programs: Group Term Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Legal Insurance, Flexible Spending Account and Vision Programs.
• Employees can elect to contribute a portion of their pay to a personal investment plan. Everyone is eligible; there is no waiting period or minimum number of hours to qualify. Miami- Dade County offers two non-contributory 457(b) deferred compensation plans offered through Nationwide and MissionSquare, which allow for pre-tax and post-tax employee contributions towards retirement investments.
• Depending on the health plan selected you will receive annual flex dollars (either $999.96 or $1,129.96), which are contributed toward your benefits.
• Miami-Dade County provides retirement benefits for eligible employees through the Florida Retirement System (FRS). Enrollment is automatic for full-time employees. As an FRS member, you must contribute 3% of your salary towards your retirement benefit, on a pre-tax basis (contributions are taken from your gross salary before Federal Withholding taxes are calculated). Miami-Dade County also contributes towards your retirement based on the employee classification.

• Vacation (Annual Leave) 2 weeks, plus eligible for additional leave based on longevity
• Sick Leave: 96 hours – rolls over each year with no max
• Leave cash out provisions (depending on eligibility, each year on employee’s leave anniversary)
• 13 County Holidays
• 1 Birthday Holiday
• 3 Floating Holidays
• Bereavement Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• 50% Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Recognition and Longevity Awards
• Employee Discount Program
• Basic Life Insurance

For more information about Miami-Dade County’s benefits package, please visit the Human Resources Benefits website at:

https://www.miamidade.gov/global/humanresources/benefits/home.page