Position Overview
Contract Management Specialist
The Company:
Censeo Consulting Group is a top Washington D.C. based management consulting firm dedicated to helping public sector and non-profit clients build operational excellence, deliver better outcomes, and lower cost. We take a personalized approach to strategic consulting to solve our clients’ most complex problems and build operational excellence that transforms their organizations, allowing them to better deliver on their public and social missions.
At Censeo, our award-winning culture means you’ll join a tight-knit community of 50 brilliant and passionate colleagues. We are advocates for a better functioning public sector, and we’re also good friends who know the names of each other’s dogs. Our philosophy is horizontal, not hierarchical, and our open-door policy encourages a culture of entrepreneurship at all levels. We share successes, make decisions together, and foster an environment for those with passion and initiative to lead. Our colleagues bring their own unique personalities to work every day and use them to help shape our growing firm in ways that reach far beyond client projects.
The Position:
We are looking for passionate, driven candidates to help solve our client’s complex problems and guide them towards operational success. As a Contract Management Specialist, you will work closely with our federal clients to monitor and manage the performance of vendors on a series of recently awarded, high-profile contracts. Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Monitor and track vendor timelines and milestones against performance work statement (PWS)
- Review vendor deliverables for compliance
- Analyze performance metrics and identify key insights/trends
- Analyze timesheets/invoices for compliance, and other insights
- Coordinate issue identification/escalation and remediation/resolution
- Help draft slide decks for leadership status updates, among other presentations
- Capture notes and action items for meetings
- Coordinate ad hoc and recurring meeting schedules
- Review vendor resumes for compliance
The Ideal Candidate:
At Censeo, we are looking for unique candidates whose passion and enthusiasm will help shape Censeo’s client insights and workplace culture. Our staff have a wide range of backgrounds, areas of expertise, personality types, and favorite breakfast foods. Our client and cultural successes are rooted in our team’s innovation, creative problem solving, and collaboration. The unique perspective that you bring and the way you tackle problems are much more important to us than what’s printed on your diploma. We believe a successful Contract Management Specialist will have:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 3+ years of relevant experience in overseeing/monitoring performance of government contracts
- Background as a COR and/or Contract Specialist is a plus
- Professional certification preferred (CPCM, CFCM, and/or DAWIA/FAC-C III)
- Possess knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
- Strong understanding of various acquisition approaches and ability to formulate analyses and create comprehensive documentation
- Strong organization skills and attention to detail
- Excellent verbal communication and writing skills
- Ability to add value in semi-unstructured roles, working with diverse groups of stakeholders
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of tools, to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint
The Location:
Censeo Consulting Group is based in Washington D.C., a fantastic city for working professionals. For now, we’re all working from home. But normally, we work at an office conveniently located in the heart of downtown D.C., just a few blocks away from the White House. And with many of our clients also based in D.C., we have the luxury of leaving for a meeting and being back in the office in time for post-work happy hours, team dinners, and game nights.
The Fine Print:
- This is an exempt, full-time position
- Expected start: April - 2022
Censeo offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave, flexible and remote work opportunities, and tuition and training reimbursement. More information on our benefits and perks can be found at: https://www.censeoconsulting.com/about/join-us/.
Censeo is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law.
Join Our Award-Winning Culture!
Our passion wins awards. But don’t just take it from us…
- 2020 Vault #21 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2019 Ivy Exec #7 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2018 Consulting Magazine Best Small Firms to Work For
- 2017 Vault #12 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2016 Forbes Best Management Consulting Firms in America
- 2015 Washington Business Journal’s Philanthropy List