Hybrid Federal Agreements Specialist

Lynker; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits (employee)

PTO and paid holidays

401(k) with company match

ESOP – employee owners

Tuition assistance

Bonuses and recognition

Learning Management System access

Job summary

Lynker Corporation in Maryland seeks an experienced Agreements Specialist to manage a broad portfolio of federal agreements for NOAA’s National Ocean Service. The role covers development, execution, administration, and close-out of agreements while ensuring compliance with federal policies in a hybrid work setting (two days in-office, three days telework).

You will build and maintain tracking tools, support G-Invoicing and other systems, and collaborate with leadership, program staff, contracts

Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal agreements, grants, contracts, or interagency activities.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and managing agreement tracking systems.
• Familiarity with MOUs, MOAs, Interagency Agreements, and reimbursable agreements.
• Ability to communicate with federal employees, leadership, program offices, and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, coordination, and management of internal and external agreements, including MOUs, MOAs, Interagency Agreements, and other reimbursable and partnership arrangements, while developing and maintaining a real-time Annual Agreements Plan that tracks agreements across their full lifecycle from development through close-out.
• Prepare and route agreement packages through administrative review, legal review, allotment, and approval processes while ensuring all required documentation is complete, accurate, and compliant with NOAA and federal requirements.
• Independently manage agreement actions across the full lifecycle, including planning, negotiation, execution, administration, and close-out, ensuring alignment with NOAA policies, documentation standards, and internal controls.
• Analyze agreements, processes, and supporting documentation to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and compliance, and develop more effective and standardized workflows.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, including leadership, program staff, grants and agreements personnel, contracting officials, and counsel, as well as external partners, to support agreement development, execution, and mission delivery.
• Support tracking, reporting, and status updates related to agreements, including maintaining internal tracking systems and contributing to data calls, briefings, and documentation as needed.
• Further develop, maintain, and improve agreements tracking and management tools, including supporting the use of G-Invoicing and other federal systems necessary for agreement execution, tracking, and financial coordination.
• Provide limited support to office operations, including basic purchasing coordination (e.g., micropurchasing price comparisons and tracking) and routine facilities/logistical coordination, ensuring these activities align with operational needs and applicable policies.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Independent work

Stakeholder collaboration

Federal contracts experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Google Sheets

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lynker Corporation in Maryland seeks an experienced Agreements Specialist to manage a broad portfolio of federal agreements for NOAA’s National Ocean Service. The role covers development, execution, administration, and close-out of agreements while ensuring compliance with federal policies in a hybrid work setting (two days in-office, three days telework).

You will build and maintain tracking tools, support G-Invoicing and other systems, and collaborate with leadership, program staff, contracts