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Job Summary Central Washington University is recruiting a Contracts Specialist 2 to join our Contracts and Procurement team in Ellensburg, Washington. This role is an important member of our team as they enhance the vision for the University. The role is a campus-based position, which means you get to see the lives you are impacting. We're offering a salary, depending on experience, from $56,880 - $76,608 annually plus the awesome CWU benefits. Who we are: We are a team of individuals committed to Changing Students' Lives. No matter what job, each of us plays a part in supporting and empowering our students to fulfill their dreams. Working in higher education provides career growth and career choice. Think of a university campus like a mini city, operating across 380 acres. You'll find diverse academics, libraries, athletics and sporting events, full service and quick serve dining, conferences and events from small to large, recreation centers, housing, health services, police and public safety for the campus population of 10,000 students. Central Washington University has been named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Top Producing Institution for the 2022-2023 academic year. In addition, for the seventh time in eight years, CWU is a recipient of the prestigious Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. Come join us on our journey to encourage, inspire, and create spaces where all identities thrive on campus. Tour our campus in Ellensburg here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjdhOegDa9A What we offer: Our investment in you begins the day you join our team, a healthy and successful future for you is important to us. We offer medical, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement and optional savings plans, tuition assistance for you and your dependents, discounts across town, an employee assistance program for individualized counseling, and a wellness incentive program. Learn more: Benefits, Perks, and Leave. The Role: The Contracts Specialist 2 performs the journey level of professional contract administration with responsibility in the negotiation and preparation of complex contracts, interagency agreements, leases, letters of understanding, contract templates, grant agreements, and other agreements to provide or obtain services or goods for the University. Duties include technical contract support activities such as contract compliance administration, contract property administration, and resolution of contract disputes. All employees are expected to support CWU's commitment to diversity and to bring and support inclusion into the university environment. Job Duties Develop, negotiate, review, maintain, administer, and modify contracts, memoranda of understanding, and other complex agreements. Assist University personnel with writing specifications and statements of work. Analyze proposals for technical requirements and cost factors; request regulation, policy or procedure changes as necessary, and obtain special approval when necessary to deviate from regulations, policy or procedures. Ensure compliance with University, State, and Federal contracting rules, policies and procedures. Resolve contract-related issues including, but not limited to, disputes, scope changes, funding, invoicing, and performance issues. Obtain necessary signatures of parties to agreements, maintain a list of authorized contract signatories, and coordinate termination of contracts as necessary. Maintain electronic contracting transaction system, such as PeopleSoft, and paper-based contracting records. Assure compliance with the terms of contracts and resolve problems concerning the obligations of the State or private concerns; work with the involved University departments to address contractor concerns and/or complaints. Interpret and communicate state and University contractin