LABOR CONTRACT MANAGER - 81408

This position may be designated as Hybrid (from and Home and Remote) for the right candidate

For more information, visit the link below:

https://www.tn.gov/workforce/careers.html

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a state agency established to promote workforce development and improve workplace safety and health throughout the state.

Job Overview:

Responsible for procurement work of considerable difficulty and has supervisory responsibilities for purchases pertaining to contracts; performs related work as required. Is responsible for completing special contract requests, amendment request, human resources endorsement request, information technology endorsement request, clickwraps, contract/amendment templates, delegated grant authority templates, request for purchase templates (RFP), request for information, Fiscal Review Committee packets, as well as Central Procurement Office (CPO) and vendor communications.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide executive level administrative support to an Assistant Administrators, Assistant Commissioners, Deputy Commissioner, or Commissioner.

Interprets basic federal and state laws, rules and regulations for internal and external customers to facilitate compliance.

Interprets basic CPO rules and regulations for internal and external customers to explain parameters.

Continually communicates with state to ensure all areas of the procurement are accurate and completed timely.

Work to ensure that contracts are correct and beneficial to the department and the State of Tennessee.

Monitor contracts to ensure adequate funding and that contract services are maximized.

Monitors all contract periods for updates and expirations in order to ensure correct procedures are performed timely.

Develops professional working relationships with subordinates, co-workers, Central Procurement Office staff and external customers to promote a healthy work environment.

Cross-trains with co-workers in assigned job duties to ensure continuity of operations and improve succession planning.

Job duties as requested by the Assistant Administrator and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Fiscal Services.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a related field with 2 years of full-time procurement experience, or 5 years of full-time procurement or contract experience can be substituted.

Basic knowledge of mathematics.

Basic knowledge of legal terminology /contracts.

Basic knowledge of administration and management principles.

Intermediate knowledge of Edison.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.