Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Serco is a provider of services to government and commercial clients across defense, citizen services, and transportation. The Subcontracts Administrator prepares and manages subcontracting activities, including RFPs, negotiations, awards, compliance monitoring, supplier performance, reporting, and subcontract closeout. The role supports federal contracting programs and ensures subcontractors meet contractual, legal, and delivery requirements.
Responsibilities
- Conducts request for proposal preparations and competitions for supplies and services
- Performs subcontract negotiations, and administration of subcontracts
- Analyzes estimates of service, material, equipment, and production costs
- Monitors suppliers performance for conformance to original proposal and maintain continual reviews to ensure that all terms and conditions are met and that the subcontractor is performing in accordance with legal requirements, customer specifications, and government regulations
- Prepares and disseminates information throughout the company regarding subcontract status, compliance, modification, deviation, negotiation, and termination
- Initiates documentation to authorize and direct work in accordance with contractual specifications
- Prepares special reports and analyses as required
- Works effectively in a project team environment to ensure that programmatic timelines for pricing/ proposal support and subcontract/purchase order awards are met
- Develops competitive and single/sole source Request For Proposals (RFPs) for federal products and services of high complexity and price. Understands how to tailor prime contract requirements; understand various contract type options and their proper use to ensure selected contract will result in the lowest risk and best performance for Serco and its clients
- Leads program team in subcontractor negotiations concerning price, terms, and delivery schedule
- Awards subcontracts of high complexity, price, and documents all actions within department compliance standards
- Provides effective subcontractor management ensuring compliance with negotiated price, terms and delivery schedule. Communicates/ escalates performance issues promptly
- Closes out subcontracts, including cost-reimbursable subcontracts, timely
Skills
- Experience must include working in a government contracting environment
- Degree must be in Business Administration or related field
- Additional training in contract law also required
- US Citizenship
- Requires a High School degree and 5 years experience
- Ability to effectively manage multiple simultaneous and rapidly changing priorities, and work to agreed-upon schedules
- Skilled communicator – verbal and written – dealing with subcontractors/suppliers and all levels of Serco staff
- Comprehensive understanding of federal contracting requirements (FAR/ DFAR)
- Proven problem-solving skills
Benefits
- Performance-based incentives
- Benefits that promote well-being and work-life balance
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement plans
- Life and disability insurance
- Time-off programs that support work-life balance
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Robust vacation and sick leave benefits
- Flexible work arrangements where permitted by role or contract
- 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional pet insurance
- Optional home and auto insurance
- Optional additional life and accident insurance
- Optional critical illness insurance
- Optional group legal coverage
- Optional ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Annual bonuses for eligible positions
- Long-term incentive opportunities for eligible positions
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