Strategic Contract & Grants Specialist (Public Sector)

State of Tennessee; Nashville (TN); Sur place; USD 49 000 - 74 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

State of Tennessee in Nashville seeks a Contract Specialist to manage procurement and grant contracts within the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services department. The role requires strong policy development, budgeting, contract administration, and cross‑functional coordination.

You’ll develop and review contracts, monitor grant compliance, oversee budgets, and may supervise staff. Proficiency in Word, Excel, Adobe, and Edison is expected, with emphasis on regulatory adherence and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and four years of professional staff administrative work.
• Substitution of Experience for Education: qualifying experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis, up to four years.
• Substitution of Education for Experience: graduate coursework may substitute for the required experience, up to two years.

Responsabilités

• Independently develops policies and procedures for implementing new or modifying existing administrative services programs and activities.
• Oversees a program function such as fiscal services, budgeting, grants administration, contract management and administration, procurement, property administration, space planning and management, personnel, stores, records management, mail, printing, public information, and general research with independent control over grants and/or contracts of significant complexity and monetary value.
• May supervise staff, write job plans, and conduct performance evaluations. Makes recommendations on staff employment, retention, promotion, demotion, and other human resources actions.
• Serves as a liaison between the agency and officials, administrators, legal, technical, and business professionals, and the general public in order to explain, interpret, and enforce pertinent laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Prepares and reviews operating budgets to determine agency needs. Conducts grant administration and monitoring to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
• Maintains agency records based on established guidelines. Communicates managerial directives to program operations to ensure their enforcement.
• Performs human resources administration in one or more of the following areas: employee relations, EEO, recruitment, employee development, and training. May act as the Administrative Services Officer or the Assistant Administrative Services Officer based on the complexity of the administrative services operation and the size of the agency.
• Conducts research in one or more of the following areas to obtain relevant information: fiscal, economic, non-technical legal, legislative, and publications.

Connaissances

Active Learning and Listening

Complex Problem Solving

Management of Financial Resources

Management of Material Resources

Management of Personnel Resources

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Outils

Microsoft Word

Excel

Adobe

Edison

Description du poste

State of Tennessee in Nashville seeks a Contract Specialist to manage procurement and grant contracts within the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services department. The role requires strong policy development, budgeting, contract administration, and cross‑functional coordination.

You’ll develop and review contracts, monitor grant compliance, oversee budgets, and may supervise staff. Proficiency in Word, Excel, Adobe, and Edison is expected, with emphasis on regulatory adherence and