CONTRACT SPECIALIST - 10192026-82037

Job Information State of Tennessee Job Information Opening Date/Time 10/19/2026 12:00AM Central Time Closing Date/Time 11/01/2026 11:59PM Central Time Salary (Monthly) $4,098.00 - $6,160.00 Salary (Annually) $49,176.00 - $73,920.00 Job Type Full-Time City, State Location Nashville, TN. Department Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, DAVIDSON COUNTY This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position. Qualifications Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree AND experience equivalent to four years of full-time increasingly responsible professional staff administrative work. Substitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying full-time increasingly responsible sub professional, paraprofessional, or professional experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years. Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional graduate coursework in public administration, business administration, or other acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years. OR Three years of increasingly responsible professional administrative services experience with the State of Tennessee. Necessary Special Qualifications: None. Overview The Contract Specialist in this position works on both procurement and grant contracts. There is a high volume of contracts moving through the team and it is essential that the candidate not only be knowledgeable on contracting methods, but be well organized, mission driven, a team player, and well versed in technology including Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe, and Edison. Under general supervision, performs professional staff administrative work of considerable difficulty in support of line operations; and performs related work as required. Incumbents in this class function at the lead level and may supervise subordinate staff. This work involves considerable participation in developing, implementing and evaluating policies and procedures having significant impact on a department as a whole or a segment of the public. This class differs from that of Admin Services Assistant 3 in that incumbents of the latter function at the advanced working level and perform duties with less scope and impact in the areas of policy development, fiscal control, and personal contacts. This class differs from that of Admin Services Assistant 5 in that incumbents of the latter independently perform very complex administrative services duties having broad scope and impact and often independently manage fiscal services and budgetary activities of greater size and complexity. Responsibilities Independently develops policies and procedures for implementing new or modifying existing administrative services programs and activities. Oversees a program function such as fiscal services, budgeting, grants administration, contract management and administration, procurement, property administration, space planning and management, personnel, stores, records management, mail, printing, public information, and general research with independent control over grants and/or contracts of significant complexity and monetary value. May supervise staff, write job plans, and conduct performance evaluations. Makes recommendations on staff employment, retention, promotion, demotion, and other human resources actions. Serves as a liaison between the agency and officials, administrators, legal, technical, and business professionals, and the general public in order to explain, interpret, and enforce pertinent laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Prepares and reviews operating budgets to determine agency needs. Conducts grant administration and monitoring to en…

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