Job Details for Procurement Administrator
| Court Name/Organization | Nevada Probation Office |
| Location | Las Vegas, NV |
| Opening and Closing Dates | 03/21/2025 - 04/11/2025 |
| Appointment Type | Permanent |
| Classification Level/Grade | CL 27 |
| Salary | $60,401 - $98,209 |
| Announcement Number | 2025-08 |
| Link to Job Announcement | |
Position Description
The U.S. Probation Office, District of Nevada is seeking a highly motivated, and experienced individual to serve as a Procurement Administrator. The Procurement Administrator performs and coordinates the administrative, technical, and professional tasks necessary to ensure that the court unit is supplied with the materials, equipment, and services required to function optimally. This position also conducts research, reviews, analyzes, audits data, and develops a variety of organizational, financial, budgetary, statistical, and/or operational reports for the purpose of analyzing operations, administering budgets, improving operations, and providing recommendations to senior management.
The incumbent will perform procurement activities requiring advanced knowledge of procurement policies and practices, such as preparing complicated specifications, negotiating service contracts, and preparing significant and large purchase orders.
Qualifications
To qualify for CL-27 an individual must have two years of specialized experience or completion of the requirements for a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and one of the following superior academic achievement requirements:
- An overall “B” grade point average equaling 2.90 or better of a possible 4.0
- Standing in the upper third of the class
- “3.5” average or better in the major field of study, such as business or public administration, human resources management, industrial relations, or psychology
- Election to membership of one of the National Honorary Scholastic Societies meeting the minimum requirements of the Association of College Honor Societies, other than Freshman Honor Societies, or
- Completion of one academic year (18 semester or 27 quarter hours) of graduate study in an accredited university in business or public administration, political science, criminal justice, law, or other fields closely related to the subject matter of the position
Specialized Experience
Specialized experience includes progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience that provided knowledge of the rules, regulations, practices and principles, of procurement and/or accounting; and involved the routine use of automated financial and accounting systems or other computer-based systems and applications such as word processing, spreadsheets or databases.
Employee Benefits
Miscellaneous
The U.S. Probation Office, District of Nevada is seeking a highly motivated, and experienced individual to serve as a Procurement Administrator. The Procurement Administrator performs and coordinates the administrative, technical, and professional tasks necessary to ensure that the court unit is supplied with the materials, equipment, and services required to function optimally. This position also conducts research, reviews, analyzes, audits data, and develops a variety of organizational, financial, budgetary, statistical, and/or operational reports for the purpose of analyzing operations, administering budgets, improving operations, and providing recommendations to senior management.
The incumbent will perform procurement activities requiring advanced knowledge of procurement policies and practices, such as preparing complicated specifications, negotiating service contracts, and preparing significant and large purchase orders.
Application Info
To apply for the Procurement Administrator position, qualified candidates are required to submit the following in one PDF document in the following order:
- Cover letter - Addressed to Chief U.S. Probation Officer Sarah R. Johnson, 300 South Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada 89011. *The cover letter should be no longer than two pages and include information highlighting your knowledge, skills, experience, and ability to effectively perform the duties required for this position.
- Resume
- AO-78, Application for Judicial Branch Employment (AO 78) or download at www.nvp.uscourts.gov
- Last two performance evaluations or two professional letters of recommendation
Title the pdf document as follows: Last Name, First Name-2025-08-Procurement Administrator. Please email the single PDF document, to careers@nvp.uscourts.gov. Applications are limited to the first 150 applicants.
Failure to submit the above-mentioned required documents, in one pdf document, will result in immediate disqualification. Incomplete applications will not be considered, retained, or returned.
Only one application per candidate will be accepted.
The federal Judiciary is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.