J231 Contract Administrator I-PEPS Negotiation Center

Oversees and manages policy for highly advanced contract duties in support of large scope, high-dollar or high-risk contracts. This position will be under the direction of the PEPS Negotiations Center Manager. Coordinates with Service Centers on contracting issues and serves as a negotiator and point of contact for the administration of the annual labor rate program. Oversees the execution and administration of contracts by defining requirements, performing and advising on labor rate negotiations and ensuring compliance with policies, laws, and acceptable contracting practices. Monitors progress/benchmarks, financial expenditures, allocations, and inspects final results. Serves as a point of contact for contract negotiations and related issues. Work requires extensive contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.Essential Duties:Confers with procurement staff, legal staff and management on various legal matters; inspects and reviews contracts for compliance with certification requirements, laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.Coordinates analysis oversees interpretation of legislation, statutes, federal regulations and coordinates the development of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Department and governmental regulations.Develops short and long-term strategies and goals for the administration of assigned procurements, contract negotiations and applicable tasks.Negotiates contract labor rates with providers for the rate negotiation process, rate renewals, and contract amendments.Develops, writes, revises and/or prepares procurement documents for contracts.Oversees maintenance, updating, and compilation of detailed labor rate data, reports, summaries, files, records, logs statistics or specific contracts including procurement documents and revisions; oversees writing of routine and unique correspondence.Conducts audits, researches, and identifies issues with contract documents, labor rate portfolios, supplemental agreements and proposes solutions.Oversees the audit of provider certified payrolls for completeness, accuracy and compliance with terms of Negotiation Center policies, contract and governmental contracting rules, regulations and procedures.May conduct training on Negotiation Center policies and procedures for employee on-boarding, service center staff, and customers and on complex contracting issues of statewide significance.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Created: 2026-02-05