Contracts Specialist

Overview

IT Contracts Specialist/Paralegal/Tech Writer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Business Services Division. The position involves developing and maintaining legal documents for information technology (IT) agreements. The successful candidate will interview team members, vendors, and business associates to confirm technical specifications for IT procurements and write these details into contracts, amendments, and statements of work. The role requires delivering contract documents on schedule and ensuring consistency and efficiency in legal and technical writing according to State methodology, policies, procedures, and standards.

This is primarily a remote position with some on-site requirements as needed.

Location:

Nashville, TN/REMOTE. Local candidates within driving distance of Nashville, Tennessee are preferred. Davidson and surrounding counties preferred. Duration: 12+ months. Candidate must be local and available for onboarding, technology needs, and as required by leadership or stakeholders.

Contract is renewable at the beginning of the State s fiscal year.

• With limited supervision, review and/or draft accurate contract documents and ancillary documents for information technology projects. Provide effective legal and technical writing.
• Build and manage productive business relationships. Facilitate online group meetings with cross-functional teams to gather and document technical requirements for IT contracts.
• Contract writing and full lifecycle contract administration. Maintain organized project files.
• Write competitive solicitations to select vendors for complex IT projects using State template documents and solicitation methods such as RFP, ITB, and RFI.
• Peer review, contract analysis, and audit of contract wording to ensure regulatory and legal compliance. Communicate findings and report project status in logs and staff meetings.
• Act as a liaison between internal customers, the State chain-of-command, vendors, and suppliers to support contract activities. Work with all levels of State staff.
• Create alternative wording in contract language to meet internal customer and vendor needs while complying with State and Federal laws and regulations as required.
• Research IT industry and market developments, analyze data, and incorporate findings into written technical contract specifications.
• Effective written communication using electronic communication and conferencing tools.
• Other duties as required.

• Bachelor’s degree or Paralegal Certificate is preferred.
• Four years of increasingly complex and responsible experience relating to contract creation, legal, and technical writing.
• Any equivalent combination of related education and work experience that satisfies the requirements of the job will be considered.