Contract Closeout Specialist I

Job not on LinkedIn

🕒 September 17

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $20 - $23 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

Where this job comes from

Posted on The Chicago Lighthouse's careers page, not through a job board

First seen by Remote Rocketship September 17

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The Chicago Lighthouse

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1906

🤝 Non-profit

🏥 Healthcare

📚 Education

Non-profit • Healthcare • Education

The Chicago Lighthouse is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization with more than a century of service that provides programs and supports for people who are blind, visually impaired, disabled, and Veterans. It offers clinical vision care and rehabilitation (including the Huber Vision Rehabilitation Center), independent-living services, employment and vocational training, assistive-technology retail (Tools For Living®), plus social-enterprise operations such as contact-center solutions and manufacturing/kitting services. The organization also runs fundraising and community programming and reports serving 50,000+ people annually.

📋 Description

• Perform non-inherently governmental contract management support services using basic contracting methods and contract types • Perform administrative functions and closeout of contracts and delivery orders below and frequently above the simplified acquisition threshold • Complete the contract closeout process according to standard operating procedures and supervisor direction • Maintain 100% accountability of contract folders and documents throughout the closeout process • Reconcile contracts, invoices, and payment records • Check government databases for receiving documentation • Contact vendors for invoice payment information when necessary • Contact manufacturers or contractors to obtain written delivery history electronically or verbally • Prepare de-obligation modifications when required • Prepare DD1594 and DD1597 forms as necessary • Return contract folders to the supervisor for review and submission to the Contracting Officer • Prepare closeout documents for Contracting Officer review and approval • Scan documents as required • Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor • Work with procurement vehicles including competitive purchase orders, delivery orders, and indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contracts covering services, construction, and commodities • No direct supervisory responsibility

🎯 Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent work experience • Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations and federal contracting procedure • Completion of DAU acquisition class (CON 140) • CON 110: Mission-Support Planning (Recommended) • CON 111: Mission-Planning Execution (Recommended) • CON 112: Mission-Performance Assessment (Recommended) • Working knowledge of MS Office software • Lived experience with blindness or low vision is strongly valued • Experience using screen readers or other assisted technologies is encouraged • Commitment to the mission of providing opportunities for people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind, multi-disabled and veterans • Ability to work as a non-government contract employee within the limitations applicable to non-government employees

🏖️ Benefits

• 10 accrued days of paid vacation • 12 paid holidays • 7 accrued days of paid sick leave • Insurance eligibility the 1st of the month after 30 days of employment • 401(k) plan with company match • Hourly Health & Welfare pay • Reasonable accommodation and equal employment opportunity practices

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