Contracts & Compliance Specialist

Contracts & Compliance Specialist

Employment Type: Full Time, Mid-Level
Department: Client Success and People

At CGS, the Client Success and People Departments serve by supporting contract administration, compliance, security, and operational initiatives across the organization. As a fast-paced and collaborative team, we play a critical role in ensuring government contracts are effectively managed from award through closeout while maintaining compliance with contractual, regulatory, and organizational requirements. We are seeking a motivated Contracts & Compliance Specialist to join our growing team. If you enjoy organization, problem solving, and working across multiple business functions in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply.

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Coordinate the administrative onboarding of newly awarded government contracts, ensuring projects, documentation, and internal systems are established accurately and efficiently.
• Build and maintain contract records within Unanet, including projects, labor categories (LCATs), assignments, funding levels, option years, and contract status updates.
• Monitor contract utilization, funding, and burn reporting while supporting operational reporting and resource planning.
• Maintain contract documentation, modifications, option exercises, closeout documentation, and supporting files within SharePoint and other internal repositories.
• Manage the lifecycle of subcontract agreements, teaming agreements, and related contractual documents in coordination with internal stakeholders.
• Support ongoing contract administration activities to ensure compliance with contractual requirements throughout the period of performance.
• Coordinate Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) activities in partnership with the Director of Client Success and the VP of Strategic Growth and Solutions.
• Track contract option periods, key milestones, compliance requirements, and renewal deadlines while proactively communicating upcoming actions.
• Support the Facility Security Officer (FSO) function by coordinating personnel security activities, security clearance processing, reinvestigations, and annual security training requirements.
• Assist with personnel security administration and related compliance activities in accordance with applicable government security regulations.
• Support ISO compliance initiatives by maintaining documentation, assisting with audits, and promoting adherence to company quality management processes.
• Coordinate Certificates of Insurance (COIs) and other compliance documentation requested by customers, subcontractors, and business partners.
• Maintain the company’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) library by drafting, organizing, updating, and publishing policies and procedures.
• Partner closely with the Director of Client Success and cross-functional leadership to support operational excellence and organizational compliance.
• Identify opportunities to improve internal processes, documentation standards, and operational workflows.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of business operations and organizational growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 2–5 years of experience in government contracting, contract administration, compliance, operations, or a related field preferred.
• Experience supporting federal government contracts throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Experience working with contract management or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems; Unanet experience is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with SharePoint or other document management platforms.
• Understanding of federal contracting concepts including contract modifications, option periods, subcontract administration, and contract documentation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Familiarity with National Industrial Security Program (NISP) requirements and Facility Security Officer (FSO) responsibilities.
• Experience supporting personnel security clearance processing and reinvestigations.
• Knowledge of ISO quality management systems or similar compliance frameworks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple departments.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize competing responsibilities.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and eager to contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team.
• A continuous improvement mindset with a passion for operational excellence and process efficiency.

Our Commitment:

Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting-edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our clients’ specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.

For the past nine years, we’ve been growing our government contracting portfolio, and along the way, we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.

Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and delivering the best quality to our customers, mending those relations for years to come.

We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Join our team and become part of government innovation!