The difference depends on how the business or governmental agency wants to define the job title. A contracts administrator has those skill set that one can negotiate contracts in the front and they can do all their paperwork during the contract.Primarily, an administrator does most of their work before the contract is signed while a manager does most of their work on existing contracts. The complexity involved in realizing a capital expansion project is often of a level greater than what the owner is capable of managing. Lawyers create the contract language and give contract managers little discretion to tinker with it. Contract Managers are responsible for the Contract Lifecycle once a contract has been negotiated and drafted. This process involves at least four individuals: the Contract Originator; the Contract Administrator; the General Counsel; and the Contract Signatory. D.C. United have resigned goalkeeper Steve Clark to a oneyear contract.