Job Description

Reporting to the CMO for Contracts and Grants, the Contracts Officer will be responsible for the negotiation, administration, and termination of prime contracts, subcontracts, and cooperative agreements. This position works closely with the senior Marketing officers, managers, and the Program Development unit. Duties include but are not limited to: - Reviewing bid solicitations and preparing cost proposals with supporting data for conformity with government agency and company policies. - Negotiating and administering contracts, subcontracts and cooperative agreements so approvals, extensions, modifications and amendments, supplemental funding requests, key personnel notifications, close-outs and other actions are handled promptly. - Monitoring financial activity of prime and sub-contracts, including contract, subcontract, and grant closeouts (computing rate variance for final release). - Familiarity with the insurance and tax matters of contracts - Coordinating with program managers on financial and administrative matters that impact on contracts - Coordinating budget realignments, when necessary - Liaison with the Finance Department on contractually-related matters - Reviewing and providing input to Contracts Database