Senior Contracts Specialist (Remote From Anywhere In Colorado).

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Description Of Job

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Do you want to make our beautiful state even better? At OIT, we provide secure digital services that put Coloradans first. The Senior Contracts Specialist plays a pivotal role in supporting our mission by collaboratively leading their team to establish contracts, OIT Enterprise Agreements, set policies and procedures, and review State Agency Contracts for compliance with established requirements.

As Senior Contracts Specialist, your responsibilities will include negotiating, drafting, and reviewing a wide array of documents and agreements, such as IT service contracts, project development, and construction agreements.

If you thrive on the challenge of engaging with complex contracts, fostering compliance, and contributing to the betterment of Colorado, apply today! Your expertise and innovation will play a crucial role in shaping the state you love. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity and skilled at moving forward on initiatives with a high degree of independence.

Some Of Your Important Duties Will Include

• Negotiate and draft contracts and grants, from initial inception through final signatures.
• Ensure fair and equitable treatment of everyone working with the procurement process.
• Coordinate data gathering to develop, revise, and evaluate strategies for administering and monitoring contractor and grantee complia nce.
• Guide and counsel state agencies, providing explanations and/or clarifications as needed.
• Assist in the implementation of policies, procedures, operations, and program processes.
• Participate in the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of bidders.
• Identify compliance issues and proactively develop solutions for improvement.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions Of Employment & Appeal Rights

STATE-ONLY RECRUITMENT: This recruitment is open only to current State of Colorado employees.

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis.

Minimum Qualifications

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills) are as follows:

• A minimum of three (3) years of professional experience as a dedicated contract administrator performing general contracting tasks (negotiation, drafting, and ongoing management).
• Must have an understanding of contract law, general legal issues, and legal interpretation.
• State contracts experience.
  
  

Substitutions

• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with Federal Grant funding.
• State Procurement Experience.
• Contract experience within the Information Technology Industry.
• Knowledge of the Colorado procurement rules, fiscal rules, and contracting laws and policies.
• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-approved Law School.
  
  

Conditions Of Employment

OIT candidates and employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

Positions supporting some agencies, such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety, will also require a pre-employment drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area and to locations across the state as needed.

This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.

Supplemental Information

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.

We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time, and benefits that allow us all to have fulfilling lives.

Our application process and what to expect after you apply are described in the videos found here .

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at [email protected] or call (303) 764-7900.

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need.

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