Contract Compliance Specialist

Job Description:

Contract Compliance Specialist

Description

Pay Range: $26.38/hr. - $34.30/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Friday,January 24, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Contract Compliance Specialist job is available with the City of Fort Worth Property Management Department (PMD). The Property Management Department consists of four divisions including Facilities Management, Fleet Services, Real Property and General Services. PMD is seeking to hire a qualified professional to fill the Contract Compliance Specialist position reporting to the Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist of the General Services Division. PMD is a large, fast paced, and rewarding department that is responsible for a wide array of services including: maintenance of the majority of City facilities, maintaining the City’s fleet, land, and property acquisitions including right-of-way and easement acquisitions. Want to learn more about the City of Fort Worth Property Management Department, please click here: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/property-management

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• No prior experience required.
• Valid Texas driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in contract development and contract management.
• Experience in developing and maintaining spreadsheets, analyzing data, and preparing reports.
• Detail oriented: Will have well-developed methods and techniques to monitor tasks and assignments.
• The understanding of governmental procurement procedures.
• The ability to communicate clearly and concisely, with technical writing experience and work with internal and external customers/vendors to meet project-specific goals.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The Contract Compliance Specialist job responsibilities include:

• Conducting research of cost-effective procurement options.
• Developing or updating contract specifications for goods and services needed by the division and initiating the bidding process for the new or expired contracts.
• Contract monitoring and oversight throughout their entire life cycle (e.g. bid advertisement, contract execution, purchase orders, renewals, change orders, etc.).
• Drafting and routing contracts, renewals, and amendments.
• Assisting in the management of our contract tracking database and related information; and the improvement and maintenance of the contract filing system.
• Reviewing revenue, expenditures, and balances for all service contracts and analyzing expenditures to ensure transactions are accurate and comply with contract specifications.
• Compiles and analyzes data for audit; present findings; report discrepancies; and make recommendations for corrective action.
• Assists in the development of General Fund budgets and establish appropriation of funding through the budget process and/or through appropriation ordinance; and
• Perform other duties as required.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.