Specialist - Government Contracts

Description & Requirements

The successful candidate will serve as the primary Contracts point of contact to support proposal activities, as well as perform the contracting life cycle from award and execution to close-out and archiving.

The Specialist will work with Contracts Department Managers, Directors and VP, Business Development, Proposal Leads and client facing company VPs, Directors and Program Managers on contractual activities both pre- and post-award.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review solicitations and prepares specialized and/or non-routine response for proposals.
- Work directly with Business Development assisting with the overall procurement approach.
- Analyze significant, and/or unique contract requirements, special provisions, terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, regulations, and corporate policies and business unit procedure, ultimately reducing risk to the company.
- Provide authoritative guidance to internal business teams on corporate goals and objectives relating to contract activity.
- Interact and communicate as appropriate with finance/accounting and business team disciplines for resolution of contract issues and disputes.
- Develop negotiation strategy and assists with negotiation on contractual issues.
- Coordinate with the contracting officer to obtain administrative documentation.
- Manage contract change control process.
- Maintain contract data base and associated files.
- Execute entire contracting life cycle, from participation in proposal preparation through award and execution to close-out and archiving.

- Provide client, project, operations and corporate compliance reporting and analytics.

- Monitor and reports on Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

- Meet with subcontractors, vendors, and customers

- Work directly with Legal and Proposal operations team in developing bid responses, specifically as it relates to compliance, legal representations, operational and legal risk, identification of proprietary materials and coordinating research.

- Provide paralegal support for the legal department in a variety of contexts, including contract drafting, contract review for issue spotting, negotiation of subcontract agreements, assist with risk assessment procedures and compilation of project data related to corrective action plans and service level compliance tracking

- Maintain high level of support-responsiveness, timeliness, and customer service

- Act as subject matter expert in preparation and analysis of proposals

- Support process improvement projects (templates, standard terms, system updates, etc.) to drive such operational efficiencies and standardization of RFP responses

- Performs other related duties and assignments as required

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience.
- May have additional training or education in area of specialization.
- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope & complexity.
- General a...