Sr Contracts Specialist

## Company Description **Chamberlain** With more than 135 years of history in healthcare education and as the largest nursing school in the country, Chamberlain University is committed to delivering a high-value education that prepares students to thrive as healthcare professionals. We call this commitment Chamberlain Care®—our dedication to providing students with the tools and resources to succeed while immersed in a community of care. By living Chamberlain Care®, we graduate healthcare professionals who transform the health of people worldwide. Chamberlain is comprised of the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions. The College of Nursing offers a three-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program and flexible post-licensure programs, such as the RN to BSN option, Master of Science in Nursing degree program, Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program and graduate certificates. The College of Health Professions also offers the Master in Public Health, Master of Social Work and Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree programs. We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment. Chamberlain is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (https://www.hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Learn more about Chamberlain at https://www.chamberlain.edu, and follow Chamberlain on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/chamberlainedu/?hl=en), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/chamberlainedu/) and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/school/chamberlain-university/posts/?feedView=all). ## Job Description Opportunity at a Glance As the senior contract specialist for our clinical operations team, you will be responsible for the full clinical contract lifecycle including partnering closely with the contract team manager, clinical operations teams, hospitals and site partners, legal, insurance, and compliance groups to lead the execution of a variety of clinical contracts while applying legal and clinical expertise. This is a collaborative role that requires relationship building, outreach and care for the student during the contracting process. Responsibilities - Serve as the subject matter expert and liaison for contracting needs, escalations and regulatory questions. - Manage case assignment in b2b, ensuring that all contracts are being worked on effectively. - Serve as liaison to the academic programs as the Data Use contract specialist. - Monitor and facilitate the progress of contracts through the contract process and all phases through contract completion. - Interface with Legal to support one off contracts that serve the needs of various academic partners. - Manage Contracts SharePoint site. Create and update data views, and reports, to support scheduled and ad-hoc requests. Generate financial reports as needed. - Analyze historical contract data to provide critical information to management, Legal and Finance. This includes providing reports to highlight recommendations to improve or change process with little to no input from management. - Orient new staff on contracting policies and procedures. - Represent team at pertinent department meetings. - Support Contract Manager role through things such as scheduling, onboarding and systems access requests, and special projects. - Act as a change agent to improve current procedures and systems. - Cross-functional support of departmental teams, on such occasion as need arises due to capacity constraints. - Remain current on corporate contract & finance policies, procedures, and systems. - Designs workflows and procedure, manages workflow and adjusts when necessary. - Performs other duties as assigned - Complies with all policies and standards ## Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's degree Required and - Master's…