Contracts & Grants Officer ** Largely Remote **

Overview:Our client, a Medical Center facility under the aegis of a California Public Ivy university and one of largest health delivery systems in California, seeks accomplished Contracts & Grants Officer.*** Candidate must be authorized to work in USA without requiring sponsorship ************************************************************************* Location: 1975 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158*** Duration: 6 months contract w/ possibility of extensionsNotes:Hybrid role, candidate may be required to make onsite visit about once per month.Work hours: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 5:00pm Pacific Time.Description:60% - Prepares and negotiates terms and conditions of complex business contracts. Drafts and negotiates training affiliations agreements, clinical professional services agreements, medical director services agreements, core lab service agreements, and sales and service agreements, and customizes contracts where no applicable template exists. Consults with faculty, departments and internal stakeholders and offer solutions to contracting issues.10% - Provides guidance, counsel, coaching and mentoring on wide variety of highly complex contractual matters to senior departmental administrators and less experienced department staff; offers solutions and recommendations regarding contracting issues.5% - Maintains appropriate approvals from applicable compliance committees or units. Utilizes internal systems for compliance with office policy & procedures. The systems include a variety of databases CACTAS (Centralized Agreement Contract and Approval System), PSA/Affiliation Application, and any other systems identified to secure compliance documentation and approval.5% - Updates contract agreement records with requisite communications, status changes, and file versions. Runs both the unit level and the personal reports to facilitate independent workload management.5% - The institutional representative is defined as an individual, appointed by company, who is authorized to act on behalf of the organization and to assume the obligations imposed by Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, requirements, conditions as well as company policies that apply to the contracting principles.5% - Develops and maintains professional relationships with internal and external partners. Delivers specialized training and / or develops content for education workshops in business contracting.5% - Obtains increasing mastery and skill level, as related to this role and to industry standards, in order to be granted institutional signature authority for contracts with greater annual direct costs. Attends and actively participates in ongoing educational and collaborative sessions. Participates in conference presentations, as opportunities arise and as expertise allows.5% - Works on special projects as assigned by the Director - Contract/Awards and Principal Business Contracts Supervisor. Projects may include taking on the lead on difficult agreement or becoming a Subject Matter Expert on an area needed to support the team. These projects may also be identified to provide individual growth development for preparation of future opportunities.Required Qualifications:Must have experience in Contracts and grants, FAR clauses, subcontracts.Ability to demonstrate requisite knowledge of contracts and agreements to be assigned signature authority on behalf of company upon demonstration of proficiency to the satisfaction of the Principal Contracts Specialist Supervisor and Director and Assistant Director - Contracts/Awards. Criteria include ability to apply contract law and legal terms, as well as company policy to a variety of contract types, timely negotiation of agreements, development of effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders and demonstrated ability to protect the company's interests.Maintains knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply sponsor, institutional and departmental policies. Knowledge of current compliance regulations in all areas of research administration.Demonstrated leadership and resource management skills: ability to coach, mentor, develop others; provide feedback and distribute work.Ability to maintain independent judgment; strong organization and communication skills; and a customer service focus across broad and diverse subject areas.Skill in analyzing information and objectives to define problems, identify relevant issues or concerns, formulating alternatives to affect resolution and selecting alternative problem resolutions having evaluated all implications for implementation of a given solution.Demonstrated experience negotiating contracts and the ability to demonstrate requisite knowledge of contracts to be assigned additional signature authority.Ability to use a variety of database applications and word processing and Microsoft Office software.Ability to manage high volume and complex transactions.Ability to provide high quality customer service. Maintain professional communication with faculty, campus administrators and sponsor representatives.Ability to be a team player. Works with OSR staff in identifying areas for improvement in office procedures and policies and creating and implementing new methods.Proven ability to write reports, prepare presentations and other documents that convey information and ideas to the reader.Ability to support change management objectives including ability to learn and negotiate a variety of agreements.Ability to work independently under heavy pressure and to know when to ask questions.Ability to manage the responsibilities of signature authority; considers impact to University, sister campuses, faculty, students, and programs in making significant institutional commitments.Five (5) or more years of related work experience that demonstrates the necessary level of analytical, problem-solving, initiative, judgment, decision-making, organizational and communications skills.*************************************************************************Id love to talk to you if you think this position is right up your alley, and assure a prompt communication, whichever direction. If youre looking for rewarding employment and a company that puts its employees first, wed like to work with you.Satwinder "Sat" SinghLead Technical RecruiterCompany Overview:Amerit Consulting is an extremely fast-growing staffing and consulting firm. Amerit Consulting was founded in 2002 to provide consulting, temporary staffing, direct hire, and payrolling services to Fortune 500 companies nationally; as well as small to mid-sized organizations on a local & regional level. Currently, Amerit has over 2,000 employees in 47 states. We develop and implement solutions that help our clients operate more efficiently, deliver greater customer satisfaction, and see a positive impact on their bottom line. We create value by bringing together the right people to achieve results. Our clients and employees say they choose to work with Amerit because of how we work with them - with service that exceeds their expectations and a personal commitment to their success. Our deep expertise in human capital management has fueled our expansion into direct hire placements, temporary staffing, contract placements, and additional staffing and consulting services that propel our clients' businesses forward.Amerit Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.Applicants, with criminal histories, are considered in a manner that is consistent with local, state, and federal laws.

Created: 2025-03-14