University Procurement Counsel

UNC Finance and Operations; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Finance and Operations seeks a University Procurement Counsel to provide legal guidance on procurement contracts within the Department of Purchasing Services. The role supports Finance & Operations procurement transactions under the Office of University Counsel, ensuring compliance with state and federal laws and university policy.

Additional duties include educating and coordinating legal advice across the university, expanding contracts to multi-party arrangements, and collaborating with

Responsibilities

• Educate and coordinate legal advice on procurement transactions across campus.
• Tackle extended contracts including multi-party engagements, IT, health affairs, and research needs.
• Collaborate with University departments, System Office, and State agencies to ensure compliance with state law, codes, and policies.

Skills

Procurement law

Contract review

Regulatory compliance

Education

Juris Doctor

Job description

The University Procurement Counsel is responsible for providing legal advice regarding procurement-related matters for procurement contracts flowing through the Department of Purchasing Services. The position includes (i) advising on Finance & Operations ('F&O') procurement transactions as part of the F&O team under the supervision of Office of University Counsel ('OUC'), and (ii) serving as the unit counselor and for the F&O's procurement office, ensuring updated compliance with all state and federal laws, rules and regulations, and University policy. University Procurement Counsel will review and advise on variety of matters, including purchasing agreements, independent contractor agreements, software licenses, NDAs, consulting agreements, authorized vendor relationships, equipment loans, template residential lease agreements, facilities use agreements, accounts payable policies, community collaborator agreements, executive search firm agreements, exhibition agreements, performance/speaker agreements, and certain ITS agreements.

Additional Duties Of The Position Include

• Integration of legal expertise in educating, tracking, and coordinating legal advice regarding the management of all procurement-related transactions across various business units within the University;
• Increased volume and complexity of procurement contracts, beyond those limited to F&O, to include complex multi-party contracts; expanding information technology, health affairs, and research needs, including but not limited to contracts involving private industry, both nationally and internationally.
• Responsibility to educate and support all contracting units campus wide in areas such as contract and solicitation (e.g., RFP, RFI) development; clinical research and special contracts; process improvement, wherever possible, to identify high risk situations and work to mitigate risk; and to collaborate with University departments, the System Office, and other State agencies to create a centralized system to serve as a University resource to ensure compliance with applicable State law, administrative code, regulations, policies and procedures.