Contracts Specialist

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Review and/or draft accurate contract documents and ancillary documents as required for information technology projects.
• Effectively legal and technical writing.
• Build and manage productive business relationships.
• Facilitate online group meetings with cross-functional teams to gather and document technical requirements for IT contracts.
• Contract writing and full lifecycle contract administration.
• Maintain organized project files.
• Write competitive solicitations to select vendors for complex IT projects using State template documents and various solicitation methods such as Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation to Bid (ITB), and Request for Information (RFI).
• Peer review, contract analysis, and audit of contract wording to ensure compliance of all parties with regulatory and legal requirements. Effectively communicate findings.
• Report project status in written logs and staff meetings.
• Act as a liaison between internal customers, the State chain-of-command, vendors, and suppliers in support of contract activities. Work effectively with all levels of State staff from clerical to executive management.
• Create alternative wording in contract language to simultaneously meet internal customer and vendor needs, as well as comply with State and Federal laws and regulations as required.
• Research IT industry and market developments, analyze research data, and incorporate findings into written technical contract specifications.
• Effective written communication using electronic communication and conferencing tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Paralegal Certificate is preferred.
• Four years of increasingly complex and responsible experience relating to contract creation, legal, and technical writing.

Skills

• Effective legal and technical writing.
• Business relationship building.
• Technical requirement gathering.
• Contract writing and administration.
• Competitive solicitation writing.
• Contract peer review and analysis.
• Project file maintenance.
• Alternative wording creation.
• Industry and market research.
• Electronic communication and conferencing.

Pay

Compensation for travel/lodging to attend required training or field work is not provided.