Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist

Pay Range: $31.52/hr. - $40.98/hr. | $ 65,563 - $85,232 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Monday, December 1, 2025 📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist position is available with the City of Fort Worth, Property Management Department. As an employee of the City of Fort Worth’s Property Management Department, the incumbent will contribute to the City’s strategic goals, mission and vision by supporting the Department in the procurement of goods and services, establishing and managing contracts, as well as, providing oversight of vendor’s compliance with contract terms, conditions and policies.  The incumbent will report to Property Management’s Purchasing Manager.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Public Administration, Business Administration, Finance or a related field
• Three (3) years of experience in preparing and monitoring contracts is required
• Valid Texas driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications:

• The understanding of governmental procurement procedures;
• Specialized Certification(s) in Purchasing, Contract and/or Procurement.
• The ability to apply analytical and project management skills;

The Sr. Contract Compliance Specialist job responsibilities include: 

• Supervises staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures.
• Works with Legal department in leading and overseeing the development and improvement of agreements; and assists in policy and procedure development and improvement.
• Draft and/or revise specifications for goods and services, contracts, renewals, amendments and purchase orders.
• Assists in development and management of contract tracking database and related information; and assists in improvement, restructuring and maintenance of the contract filing system.
• Reviews revenue, expenditures and balances for all accounts; analyzes expenditures to ensure transactions are accurate and appropriate; examines purchase requests; and maintains, reviews and monitors financial records and requests for payments.
• Compiles and analyzes data for audit; presents findings; reports discrepancies; and makes recommendations for corrective action.
• Serve as a Departmental Liaison to ensure terms are included in the contract to meet operational needs and city requirements;
• Conduct site visits to audit compliance with contract requirements; analyze operations; present findings; report any discrepancies; and make recommendations for corrective actions; and
• Perform other related duties as required.

Working Conditions

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.  Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position:  Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.