Sr Contracts Specialist

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Sr Contracts Specialist

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Company Description

Chamberlain

With more than 135 years of history in healthcare education and as the largest nursing school in the country, Chamberlain University is committed to delivering a high-value education that prepares students to thrive as healthcare professionals. We call this commitment Chamberlain Care-our dedication to providing students with the tools and resources to succeed while immersed in a community of care. By living Chamberlain Care, we graduate healthcare professionals who transform the health of people worldwide.

Chamberlain is comprised of the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions. The College of Nursing offers a three-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program and flexible post-licensure programs, such as the RN to BSN option, Master of Science in Nursing degree program, Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program and graduate certificates. The College of Health Professions also offers the Master in Public Health, Master of Social Work and Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree programs.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday-Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

Chamberlain is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (www.hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Learn more about Chamberlain at www.chamberlain.edu, and follow Chamberlain on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Opportunity at a Glance

As the senior contract specialist for our clinical operations team, you will be responsible for the full clinical contract lifecycle including partnering closely with the contract team manager, clinical operations teams, hospitals and site partners, legal, insurance, and compliance groups to lead the execution of a variety of clinical contracts while applying legal and clinical expertise. This is a collaborative role that requires relationship building, outreach and care for the student during the contracting process.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert and liaison for contracting needs, escalations and regulatory questions.
• Manage case assignment in b2b, ensuring that all contracts are being worked on effectively.
• Serve as liaison to the academic programs as the Data Use contract specialist.
• Monitor and facilitate the progress of contracts through the contract process and all phases through contract completion.
• Interface with Legal to support one off contracts that serve the needs of various academic partners.
• Manage Contracts SharePoint site. Create and update data views, and reports, to support scheduled and ad-hoc requests. Generate financial reports as needed.
• Analyze historical contract data to provide critical information to management, Legal and Finance. This includes providing reports to highlight recommendations to improve or change process with little to no input from management.
• Orient new staff on contracting policies and procedures.
• Represent team at pertinent department meetings.
• Support Contract Manager role through things such as scheduling, onboarding and systems access requests, and special projects.
• Act as a change agent to improve current procedures and systems.
• Cross-functional support of departmental teams, on such occasion as need arises due to capacity constraints.
• Remain current on corporate contract & finance policies, procedures, and systems.
• Designs workflows and procedure, manages workflow and adjusts when necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor"s Degree Bachelor"s degree Required and
• Master"s Degree or equivalent experience in business administration, contract management, or a related field. Preferred
• 3+ years years of professional work experience preferably in online higher education industry Required
• 3+ years years experience negotiating contracts with academic partners for clinical sites. Required
• 3+ years Salesforce b2b & DocuSign experience Required
• To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Incumbents will be evaluated, in part, based on performance of each essential function.
• Successful experience in relationship management across a range of partners.
• Models leadership, professionalism and accountability.
• Proven organizational, analytic, project management and presentation skills with an ability to communicate at all organizational levels.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organizational, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be thorough and detail-oriented. Must have excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• Creative, innovative, able to work independently on several projects simultaneously with little or no supervision.
• Ability to handle sensitive and private company matters confidentially and with integrity.
• Proven mastery of MS Excel, Outlook, SharePoint and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Must have demonstrated evidence of consistently exhibiting healthy organizational behaviors.
• Must gain & maintain confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Must be able to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.

Additional Information

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $49,199.33 and $$86,253.75. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Covista offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista's Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays

For more information related to our benefits please visit:

https://careers.covista.com/benefits

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