Responsibilities:

• Gathering information from both internal and external parties regarding for integration into contracts
• Tracking contract development and execution
• Maintain correspondence and documentation related to contracts
• Filing development documents and fully executed contracts in logical and discoverable folder locations
• Thinking about issues related to company exposure related to new legal agreements to communicate to legal counsel for consideration for inclusion in agreements
• Copyediting contracts and other documents for grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors
• Tracking compliance with company’s standard operating procedures
• Tracking company compliance with federal procurement regulations
• Reviewing federal guidelines regarding research grants and contracts, and alignment with the company’s standard operating procedures
• Ensure that for all contracts and procurement activities appropriate documentation is obtained, tracked, and maintained within corporate databases in an accurate, systematic, and timely manner
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes and devise plans to implement these changes
• Ensure timely contract close-out, extension, or renewal, as well as modifications
• Monitor transaction compliance (e.g., milestones, deliverables, invoicing)

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree with coursework in business writing, legal writing, public policy, communications, or English
• A minimum one year of work experience involving written communication.
• Administrative management, general management experience, or legal experience, a plus.
• Strong attention to detail is required
• Must be proficient with MS Office