Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist

Job Description:

Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist

Description

Pay Range: $31.52/hr. - $40.98/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday; Full-Time position at Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist position is available with The City of Fort Worth Fire Department Administration. The Fort Worth Fire Department protects one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country with a wide range of services, including: emergency preparedness, education, prevention and response.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college with major course work in Business Management, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field
• Three years of contract drafting, negotiating skills and purchasing strategies experience
• Valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications:

• Principles and practices of finance and accounting.
• Methods and techniques of monitoring contract compliance
• Experience working in a high paced environment with competing deadlines
• Methods and techniques of conducting research
• Basic principles of contractual agreement law

The job responsibilities include:

• Works with Legal department in leading and overseeing the development and improvement of standardized agreements
• Conducts routine program monitoring; reviews files, policies, procedures Answer questions related to the department’s activities, programs, policies, and procedures
• Contract renewals, amendments and drafting PeopleSoft Contracts as well as Cooperative Purchasing contracts (COOP’s) such as HGAC, GSA, etc.
• Overseeing contract compliance, contract issues and monitor contract performance
• Receive, review, and create requisitions and issue purchase orders
• Serves as backup for various staff positions in their absence
• Contribute to special projects as assigned
• Other duties as assigned

Working Conditions

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Physical Demand

Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.