Contract Specialist/Procurement Specialist; Grant/Grants
Position: Contract Specialist/ Procurement Specialist (Grant/ Grants) (HYBRID ROLE)
Contract Specialist/ Procurement Specialist (Grant/ Grants) (HYBRID ROLE)
Job Title: Contract Specialist/ Procurement Specialist (Grant/ Grants) (HYBRID ROLE)
Pay Rate: $29.00/hr. on w2 without benefits
Location: Nashville, TN, 37243
Duration: 12+ months
- Shift Timing: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PMMust:
- 4 Years of Experience in Procurement.
- 4 years of experience in contracts management
- 4 years of experience in RFA/RFGP.
- 3 years of experience in grants management.
- Must Have Bachelor's degree. Roles and Responsibilities:
- Receive and triage contract requests from program staff; confirm the service need, period of performance, funding source, and required timeline.
- Develop (or support development of) the Scope of Services and ensure alignment with program intent, grant/appropriation allowability, and state contracting requirements.
- Prepare or validate the contract budget, including max liability, line-item structure, and any required budget attachments.
- Identify the appropriate contract pathway (new, renewal, amendment, termination) and plan backwards from deadlines. Competitive procurement management (RFA/RFGP and related requirements):
- Determine whether the procurement must be competitive and coordinate early with the appropriate procurement/competitive coordinator.
- Support development of competitive documents and packages (e.g., RFA or RFGP) using approved templates and required scoring structure.
- Manage the competitive timeline and logistics, including schedule-of-events coordination, required postings, evaluator coordination (as applicable), and timely submission of required forms.
- Ensure competitive integrity and compliance steps are met (required forms, attachment consistency, and documentation standards). Caspi Contract Tracking System (active daily use):
- Actively use Caspitinitiate, route, and track contracts across the full lifecycle (new contracts, renewals, and amendments).
- Create and maintain contract records in Caspio, ensuring required fields are complete and accurate (e.g., contract identifiers, vendor, term dates, maximum liability, funding source, competitive status, and key milestones).
- Monitor workflow/status stages in Caspio; respond to send back items, correct documentation, and resubmit packages promptly.
- Use Caspi reporting views to identify expiring contracts, prioritize renewals, and track open requests by workflow stage. Submission to Service Procurement Office and contract execution support:
- Ensure the full submission package is complete and submitted to the Service Procurement Office by scheduled deadlines, including all required forms, endorsements, and attachments.
- Coordinate revisions requested by procurement, legal, fiscal, or leadership to keep execution on track.
- Confirm execution and ensure executed agreements and identifiers are uploaded/recorded in Caspi and communicated to the program team. Contract tracker and lifecycle management (Caspi or Excel):
- Maintain a live contract tracker/report that includes, at minimum:
- contract name
- date request received
- date submitted to Service Procurement
- current status
- execution date
- key identifiers (as applicable)
- Proactively manage the contract lifecycle:
- initiate new contracts early enough to prevent service gaps,
- start renewals well before end dates,
- process amendments to funding, dates, or terms with proper documentation and approvals,
- support terminations/closeouts as needed and ensure documentation is retained. Invoice review and payment processing (timeliness + compliance):
- Review contract invoices for accuracy, alignment to contract terms/budget, required documentation, and deliverable requirements.
- Ensure invoices are properly stamped, reviewed, accurately coded, and routed/processed for payment within five business days of receiving the invoice and required supporting documentation.
- Track invoice status using Caspi and follow up on invoices stalled in workflow. Ongoing monitoring, reconciliation, and reporting:
- Maintain monitoring files and/or Caspio/Excel reports to track:
- cumulative spend and remaining balance,
- invoicing cadence and late invoices,
- contract end-date risk and renewal status,
- issues requiring corrective action.
- Identify and elevate risks early (late…
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