Grants and Contracts Specialist, Provost Finance - (Job Number: 679888)

UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center seeks a Grants and Contracts Specialist to provide comprehensive support in funding and contracts. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and experience in business/public administration. Join a premier institution in Dallas with a commitment to innovation and community.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package including healthcare

PTO and paid holidays

On-site childcare

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field.
• Two years of experience in business or public administration with emphasis on customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provides funding opportunity information to potential applicants.
• Guides researchers for proposal development and submission.
• Negotiates and processes awards to achieve agreements.

Skills

Customer Service

Negotiation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, or related field

Job description

Grants and Contracts Specialist, Provost Finance - (Job Number: 679888)

Pay Competitive

Employment type Other

Job Description

Req#: 272536 !*!

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development that align with your future goals and help to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more that are all available on the day you start work. UT Southwestern is honored to be a Veteran Friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country. We’re proud to support your next mission. Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 10 National Employers, we invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth.

Job Summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center is hiring for Grants and Contracts Specialist, Provost Finance

Experience and Education

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, or related field, and two (2) years’ experience in business or public administration with emphasis on customer service in financial or contracting position.
• Applicants without the stated degree, but with significant additional professional applicable experience may be considered in lieu of education requirement.

Job Duties

• Provides funding opportunity information to potential applicants by reading newsletters and announcements, searching directories and funding files, identifying and matching sponsor with researcher, and mailing out information.
• Provides guidance to researchers for proposal development and submission by interpreting sponsor and university announcements and guidelines on application preparation and content by reviewing proposals for completeness and adherence to guidelines and mailing out proposals in timely manner.
• Provides grants management support to researchers by negotiating and processing awards, interpreting award conditions, obtaining approvals for award changes, and obtaining required reports.
• Drafts and negotiates contracts with various agencies (state and federal government, private organizations), pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnology companies to achieve agreements satisfactory to all parties, following state laws and Board of Regents' guidelines.
• Provides guidance and assistance to researchers as necessary for implementation and negotiation of research contracts, including sponsored research agreements and material transfer agreements.
• Monitors status of contracts for completion.
• **Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

For COVID-19 vaccine information, applicants should visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/covid-19/work-on-campus/

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion


5323 Harry Hines Blvd (5323H)
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas , 75390

About the company

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas.

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