Contracts & Grants Specialist

Job description

AIR’s Contracts, Grants, and Procurement (CGP) team seeks a Contract & Grants Specialist to provide end-to-end contract administration for a portfolio of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, ensuring adherence to AIR policies, legal and regulatory requirements, and client provisions. This role advises operations and program staff and leadership on risk management, issue resolution, and interpreting terms in solicitations and awards, and interfaces regularly with both internal and external customers. This position reports to a Senior Contracts Specialist. The position also monitors industry trends and customer relations and is involved in organization-wide initiatives to modernize and future ready in an evolving landscape to ensure AIR’s continued success. The ideal candidate is resourceful, enthusiastic about progress, pays exceptional attention to detail, and embraces diverse and demanding tasks with increasing levels of responsibility and autonomy. This position offers flexibility to be fully remote within the United States (does not include U.S. territories) or to work in a hybrid capacity from AIR’s offices in Crystal City, VA or Chicago, IL with occasional travel req...