Senior Manager, Program Management – Ship Systems Integration
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Contract Manager, Forest Program
The Nature Conservancy
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Arizona • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $57,000 - $70,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Reports to Arizona’s Forest Program Director; responsible for contract, financial and related operations activities for the Arizona Business Unit’s Forest Program
- Serves as Contract Manager and coordinates vendor contracting for multiple projects across the Forest Program
- Supports preparation of scope of work for vendor contracts and prepares internal documents associated with vendor contracts
- Assesses contract risk factors and coordinates communication with legal, Grants, and Contracts staff
- Collaborates with Grants staff for public awards and with Contracts staff for private funds
- Supports vendor selection and engages directly with contractors under guidance of Program Director and external partners
- Approves invoices, addresses discrepancies, communicates approvals for coding and payment, and maintains systems to identify late or missing invoices
- Develops and maintains tracking systems for projects, including tracking project cost against contracts and progress towards deliverables
- May become a TNC certified contracts specialist and share responsibilities with Arizona Operations / grant staff
- Supports development, modification, reporting, and budgeting of Program agreements (federal, public, private)
- Participates in Forest Program, Operations, AZ Business Unit, Division, Regional and TNC-wide meetings, trainings, and administrative tasks
- Prepares manual and automated reports and forecasts; processes forms; completes expense reports, timesheets, objective setting, and performance self-evaluations
- May support office management functions and take meeting notes
- Ensures compliance with Conservancy policies and external requirements; performs analysis, research, and problem-solving
- May supervise operations staff, volunteers, interns, or temporary staff
- Occasionally travel within Arizona (including overnight at least twice annually) and occasional overnight travel to other U.S. locations; occasional long hours, evenings, weekends or holidays; occasional lifting up to 25 pounds
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 3 years’ related experience or equivalent combination
- Organizing and tracking data, generating reports and interpreting data
- Working with computers and related software, such as Windows, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel and Word), “Box”, Teams, web browsers and internet research
- Business writing, editing, and proofreading
- Organizing time and managing diverse activities to meet deadlines
- Coordinating administrative processes
- Working and communicating effectively across teams and with a wide range of people
- Youth certified (completes TNC training within initial 30 days of employment; annually thereafter)
- Valid driver's license
- Desired: Five – 7 years’ experience in tracking financial data and product deliverables or working with contracts
- Desired: Experience tracking incoming contracts and related outgoing expenditures
- Desired: Experience reviewing vendor contracts
- Desired: Experience interpreting guidelines to achieve desired results
- Desired: Experience working in a metrics driven culture
- Desired: Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experiences
- Desired: Database skills, including managing and tracking data, and producing reports
- Desired: Strong customer service skills and focus
- Desired: Experience, coursework, or other training in relevant field
Benefits
- Health care benefits
- Flexible spending accounts
- A 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match
- Parental leave
- Accrued paid time off
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Employee assistance program
- Other life and work well-being benefits
- Competitive, comprehensive benefits package
- Flexible work environment
- Career development, flexible schedules, and training opportunities
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
contract managementfinancial trackingdata organizationreport generationbudgetingvendor selectionrisk assessmentbusiness writingproofreadingdatabase management
Soft skills
communicationtime managementorganizational skillsproblem-solvingcustomer servicecollaborationleadershipinterpersonal skillsadministrative coordinationcross-cultural communication
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeTNC certified contracts specialistyouth certified
