Contracts Specialist, Senior

Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute • Albuquerque, NM

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Contracts Manager and under general direction, the Senior Contracts Specialist will provide technical and administrative contracts support to scientific and administrative staff in support of the Institute's mission.
The Senior Contracts Specialist will provide end-to-end execution of Federal and commercial contracts by ensuring compliance with Institute policies, Federal regulations affecting grants, competitive contracts and/or solicitations, and the terms of commercial contracts. Will review and ensure accuracy of pricing data of budgets, review contractual documents and agreements, make recommendations about best practices for contract compliance, and assist the Contracts Manager with all other related contractual administration duties and tasks as required or assigned.
Will also generate and complete pre and post award documents including but not limited to, Service Agreements, Work, Delivery and Task Orders, Amendments and shall conduct customer contract reviews as necessary.
Will work in a fast paced, team-oriented environment and will provide general direction and support to junior specialists, and may assist with oversight of the Office of Research Contracts (ORC) in the absence of the Contracts Manager.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Accounting, Public, or related field and 4+ years of directly related professional-level contract administration experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been attained.
• Must have demonstrated experience working in a commercial or Federal contracting environment and a fundamental understanding of standard best practices surrounding contractual agreements.
• Must be able to perform basic mathematical calculations on budget and proposal reviews in Excel and other similar software products and have the ability to independently explain financial data to management and scientific personnel as needed.
• This position requires a fundamental understanding of and previous experience applying contractual regulations including, but not limited to, FAR, DFARS and Federal cost principles contained in 2 CFR 200.
• Must have superior professional-level written and verbal communication skills; a high degree of professionalism, excellent judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability in managing a wide variety of complex tasks and projects simultaneously while meeting multiple deadlines is required.
• Must have the ability to work independently or as a part of a team and have computer proficiency with Microsoft Office and the ability to learn department-specific computer systems as needed.
• This position requires a post-offer credit check.

Nice To Haves

• Basic knowledge of and experience with the Institute's major funding agencies—NIH, DOD, NSF, DHS—is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Pro-Pricer or other similar budgeting databases as well as experience in a research environment and knowledge of government acquisitions is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Cost Point, Banner, or other similar software package as well as experience in a scientific research environment and training in government acquisitions, and/or Shipley or equivalent proposal development principles strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and administrative contracts support to scientific and administrative staff.
• Provide end-to-end execution of Federal and commercial contracts by ensuring compliance with Institute policies, Federal regulations affecting grants, competitive contracts and/or solicitations, and the terms of commercial contracts.
• Review and ensure accuracy of pricing data of budgets, review contractual documents and agreements, make recommendations about best practices for contract compliance, and assist the Contracts Manager with all other related contractual administration duties and tasks as required or assigned.
• Generate and complete pre and post award documents including but not limited to, Service Agreements, Work, Delivery and Task Orders, Amendments and shall conduct customer contract reviews as necessary.
• Provide general direction and support to junior specialists, and may assist with oversight of the Office of Research Contracts (ORC) in the absence of the Contracts Manager.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level