Government Contract Specialist

Government Contract Specialist
Pro-VIO helps small businesses with emerging technologies access federal government funding. This role is for a government contract specialist.

As a contract specialist, you'll be responsible for building proposal templates and compliance matrixes based on government requirements. You'll also assist with our color team reviews to ensure our proposals are well-written, compliant and responsive.

The ideal candidate will have vast contracting experience, excellent writing skills, an ability to quickly grasp technical concepts, and be familiar with government entities/contracts.

We're a 100% remote team hailing from across the United States. Candidates must be living in the US with authorization to work. Candidates must be available during core work hours between 9-3 CST Monday to Friday.

We offer competitive pay and a range of bonuses based on individual and team performance.

Responsibilities

• Be an expert on government contracting processes. SBIR is our most common contract type, but we do a considerable amount of OTA, FAR and GSA acquisition work as well.
• Under the supervision of a contracting officer, plan, solicit, evaluate, negotiate, analyze, advise, and assist with contract proposals, awards, and post award administration, including complex contracts and high dollar acquisitions.

• Provide an analysis and evaluation of certified cost and pricing data and other types of pricing information to determine price reasonableness, preparation of contract files and electronic documentation.

• Prepare contracting recommendations that require research and interpretation of evolving government regulations, policies, guidance, and laws.

• Research, analyze and review all applicable policies, guidance, and regulations.

• Provide cost and price analysis recommendations as requested.

• Recommend business solutions for day-to-day contractual challenges.

• Become minimally conversant in a wide variety of technology and government mission areas with the help of our team and our clients.
• Assist in developing a government strategy that aligns with the clients' goals.
• Attend regularly scheduled and pop-up meetings with clients.
• Collaborate with the proposal team to ensure timely submission of proposals.
• Use government requirements documents (RFP, RFI, etc.) to produce proposal templates and compliance matrixes.
• Edit proposals for compliance with government requirements and accuracy.
• Assist with color team meetings to provide the highest-quality feedback to the Client and the writing team and maximize our proposals' chances of success.
• Conduct government-facing business development efforts to gain support for contracts and proposals.
• Ensure both the company and clients adhere to contract terms.

Requirements

• 5 years as a warranted federal government contract officer, contract specialist or government certified acquisition program manager. DoD experience is strongly preferred.
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to communicate orally and in writing.

• You are a self-starter capable of managing workloads and schedules with minimal oversight.
• Highly organized and adaptable to different proposal requirements.

• You have strong personal practices and processes in place to ensure your work is of the highest quality, even in a remote environment.
• Professional personality with excellent customer service skills
• Reliable access to a computer, webcam, internet connection, and a reasonably dedicated workspace
• Travel very occasionally (less than 10% travel anticipated)
• Comfortable with all remote work and video conferencing platforms
• Able to reliably contribute a high volume of work and thrive within a 100% remote team.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

COVID-19 considerations:
We're a 100% remote team with few travel requirements.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Government: 5 years (Required)
• Contracting: 5 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location:

• Fully Remote

Work Location: Remote