Senior Contracts Lead, Public Health Administration

King County, WA; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Flexible schedules

Telecommuting options

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Public Health – Seattle & King County seeks an experienced contracts leader to act as Administrator III for the Health Sciences Division's Administration and Finance unit.

You will own contracting end‑to‑end, review and sign revenue and expenditure contracts, amendments, and scopes of work, and provide day‑to‑day guidance to staff, ensuring compliance with federal, state, county, and departmental requirements.

Qualifications

• Three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in contract administration and management, including contract development and review, compliance monitoring, invoice and payment review, and closeout, with contracts funded by multiple sources (local, state, and/or federal).
• Demonstrated experience independently interpreting and applying contracting, procurement, and grants compliance requirements, including the ability to reach and defend a sound decision where established guidance does not directly address the situation.
• Lead or supervisory experience, including assigning and reviewing the work of other staff, setting work standards, and providing performance feedback.
• Demonstrated experience monitoring budget‑to‑actuals, performing variance analysis, and developing spending projections for programs with multiple funding sources.
• Intermediate or advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience using enterprise financial, procurement, or contract management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to explain technical contractual and fiscal requirements clearly to program staff and external contractors who do not have a finance background.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple competing deadlines in an organized and timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships and to address complex or sensitive administrative issues constructively.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve revenue and expenditure contracts, amendments, scopes of work, and contract exhibits for the division, ensuring terms and compliance.
• Serve as the division's technical authority on contracting and procurement, interpreting requirements and resolving non-routine questions.
• Prepare and process contracts and procurement documents directly as workload warrants, routing for final approval.
• Supervise assigned administrative staff and balance workload, set quality standards, and conduct performance evaluations.
• Develop and maintain division contracting standards, workflows, checklists, and documentation; train staff accordingly.
• Oversee contract invoice review, payment tracking, and ensure expenditures are allowable and properly funded.
• Monitor budget-to-actuals, provide variance analyses, and inform spending decisions for programs with multiple funding sources.
• Support subrecipient and contractor fiscal monitoring and follow-up on issues.
• Act as liaison between division and central contracts, procurement, accounts payable, and external contractors.
• Analyze systems and recommend improvements to contracting and fiscal processes.

Skills

Contract administration

Budget monitoring

Excel proficiency

Supervisory experience

Contract compliance

Procurement knowledge

Financial systems

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Agiloft

Oracle EBS

iProcurement

iExpense

Job description

Public Health – Seattle & King County seeks an experienced contracts leader to act as Administrator III for the Health Sciences Division's Administration and Finance unit.

You will own contracting end‑to‑end, review and sign revenue and expenditure contracts, amendments, and scopes of work, and provide day‑to‑day guidance to staff, ensuring compliance with federal, state, county, and departmental requirements.