Procurement and Partnership Associate

About Us:

NYSTEC is a nonprofit technology consulting company, advising agencies, organizations, institutions, and businesses since 1996. We’re independent and vendor-neutral, so we have our clients’ best interests at heart. At NYSTEC, we know that we succeed when individuals and teams flourish personally and professionally, so our benefits and perks support that mindset.

About the Role:

As a procurement and partnership associate in the Strategic Partnerships practice area, you will collaborate with team members to learn procurement counseling fundamentals while supporting client services, outreach, research, events, intake, reporting, and administrative activities for procurement and partnership programs.

Serving as a procurement and partnership associate, your day-to-day role will include building foundational knowledge of government contracting and economic development while supporting clients and partners under guidance. The position is focused on accurate execution of assigned tasks, professional communication, and consistent follow-through.

Key Responsibilities

• Support implementation and delivery of procurement and partnership program activities, including client intake, outreach, event coordination, research, and follow-up.
• Assist counselors and program leaders with government contracting research, opportunity tracking, certifications, registrations, and procurement-related client support.
• Coordinate assigned schedules, communications, materials, deliverables, and stakeholder engagement activities for workshops, webinars, meetings, and events.
• Support client service activities by gathering information, organizing documentation, tracking next steps, and helping ensure responsive communication with businesses and partners.
• Assist with partner communications, event logistics, outreach lists, meeting materials, and post-event follow-up to support business recruitment and engagement.
• Conduct foundational research on procurement processes, agency opportunities, market trends, and economic development resources to support counseling and outreach efforts.
• Maintain program documentation, templates, guides, reports, presentations, communications, and other materials in accordance with established practices.
• Support reporting, data entry, activity tracking, and outcome documentation related to clients, events, outreach, deliverables, and program performance.
• Identify routine issues, suggest process improvements, and escalate questions or risks appropriately to more senior staff or leadership.
• Attend events, meetings, and stakeholder activities with guidance to support program visibility and relationship-building.

About you:

Required Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of government procurement processes, business assistance programs, and economic development concepts, or ability to quickly develop this knowledge.
• Strong organizational, coordination, documentation, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to support multiple priorities, deadlines, tasks, and stakeholders with guidance.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare correspondence, meeting notes, summaries, and program materials.
• Ability to conduct research, organize findings, and present information in a clear and usable format.
• Ability to build professional relationships with businesses, public-sector agencies, partner organizations, and internal stakeholders.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, dependability, and willingness to ask questions and escalate issues appropriately.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and related collaboration tools.

Education and Experience

• A bachelors degree in business administration, public administration, communications, marketing, economics, public policy, supply chain, technology or a related field and up to two years of related experience in supporting programs, partnerships, projects, client service, outreach, events, or administrative operations preferred.
• An equivalent combination of advanced education, training, and experience will be considered.

The target base salary for this position is $54,915.00 to $68,644.00 per year. When determining compensation, we analyze and carefully consider several factors, including skill set, experience, location, and job-related qualifications.

It is NYSTEC's policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all individuals, regardless of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex, or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, military service and veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws and ordinances. NYSTEC is strongly committed to this policy and believes in the concept and spirit of the law.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact recruitment@nystec.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for or to perform this job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Learn more about NYSTEC by visiting www.nystec.com.