Contract Specialist, Legal Operations

Posted 22 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in CA
Remote
65K-70K Annually
Entry level
Edtech
The Role
The Contracts Specialist will coordinate and support the contracts process, including creating, revising, and amending agreements while ensuring compliance with FoundationCCC’s Contracts Policy. This role involves tracking contracts and providing customer service related to legal operations across departments.
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Contracts Specialist100% Remote within California, Must reside in California 

We are seeking a Contracts Specialist to join FoundationCCC in its mission of benefitting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Together, we are building stronger communities by getting students and colleges the resources they need to succeed and expanding pathways to economic and social mobility across California. Join us as we continue this important work to uphold the value of community colleges in building a brighter future. 

What You’ll Do

Join a highly creative, collaborative, and multi-faceted team working together to benefit, support, and enhance the California Community Colleges – the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Incorporated in 1998, the Foundation for California Community Colleges (FoundationCCC) is the official non-profit serving the California Community Colleges’ (CCC) system, Board of Governors, and the statewide Chancellor’s Office (CCCC).

The Contracts Specialist supports the FoundationCCC Legal Operations Department with a wide range of contracts and legal matters. Due to the nature of our organizational growth and diversity of programs, this is a generalist role that involves supporting projects across a full range of subject matters. 

  • Coordinate and support the contracts process; create, revise, amend, formatting agreements, and negotiate contracts in compliance with Foundation’s Contracts Policy.

  • Facilitate and assist with tracking contracts and other contract requirements to ensure agreements are current and vendor’s provisions are following Foundation’s Contracts Policy and other legal requirements.

  • Work closely with the Supervisor, Conferences and Events, and all other Foundation departments to provide customer service related to the legal and contracts function.

Attributes for Success

  • Detail oriented, team focused, and customer service oriented with excellent independent follow through.

  • Ability to work remotely and navigate various technology platforms (Zoom, MS Office Suite-Teams, Outlook, Salesforce Lightning, and other database programs, Google Suite, Conga, etc.)

  • FoundationCCC blends the impact of a non-profit, the culture of an entrepreneurial start-up, and the scale of a state agency

  • Team members are hired for their expertise in niche areas across our areas of impact and higher education overall, and for their knowledge of business, philanthropy, technology, communications, and more

What We Offer

FoundationCCC is fully committed to a “remote-first” philosophy, and recruits and hires talent across the state in fully remote positions, where virtual work is possible. Our headquarters are located in Downtown Sacramento, just blocks from California’s State Capitol. 

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, generous PTO, holidays 

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings

  • CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer 

This posting is a condensed version of the full job description. To request the full job description, please email us at [email protected].

Budgeted Annual Salary Pay Range:

$65,000.00 - $70,000.00

Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.

The Company
HQ: Sacramento, CA
552 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

The Foundation for California Community Colleges (FoundationCCC) works to benefit students, colleges, and communities by reducing barriers to opportunities for all Californians and accelerating paths to economic and social mobility. The organization was founded in 1998 and serves as the official statewide nonprofit organization supporting the California Community Colleges, the largest system of higher education in the nation.

FoundationCCC operates just over 70 programs and services that improve educational access and affordability, address basic needs, connect students to work-based learning, and tackle local climate change effects. These programs are organized across six priority Areas of Impact: Student Success, Workforce, Development, Equity, Community Impact, Climate Action, and System Support. The organization’s work is made possible through funding from and partnerships with philanthropy, public agencies, corporations, and donors.

Since inception in 1998, FoundationCCC has grown to be one of the largest operating foundations in higher education, with over 550 full-time employees and annual revenues of over $167 million.

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