Provider Contracts & Operations Lead

DC Department of Human Resources; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Disability Services (DDS) in Washington, DC, seeks a senior contract administrator to lead provider relations, contract management, and invoice processing. You will assign vendor proposals, supervise staff, and ensure payments meet established guidelines.

Responsibilities include evaluating contracts, coordinating with OCP and OCFO, and delivering accurate reports. This role requires strong knowledge of procurement rules, SOWs, and financial controls within the DC government.

Qualifications

• A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field; or At least 24 semester hours in any combination of the fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.
• Eight (7) years of related work experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
• Comprehensive knowledge of applicable District contracting and procurement rules and regulations and payment methods as they relate to provider relations and contract administration.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the Contract Administrators and Business Service Technicians responsible for provider relations, contract administration, sourcing new providers and making vendor payments.
• Assign proposals from prospective vendors to Contract Administrators to perform technical evaluations.
• Oversee the processing of payments for invoices, reconciliation of accounts, and managing purchase orders for contracted services.
• Supports Contract Administrators in resolving provider issues including payment issues.
• Performs contract administration on Department contracts of a million dollars or more.

Skills

Contract administration

Provider relations

Vendor payments

SOW writing

Budgeting / financial management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

40+ semester hours in accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics or related fields

Tools

Ariba

DIFS

Job description

Department of Disability Services (DDS) in Washington, DC, seeks a senior contract administrator to lead provider relations, contract management, and invoice processing. You will assign vendor proposals, supervise staff, and ensure payments meet established guidelines.

Responsibilities include evaluating contracts, coordinating with OCP and OCFO, and delivering accurate reports. This role requires strong knowledge of procurement rules, SOWs, and financial controls within the DC government.