Grants & Contracts Lead — Budget, Negotiations & Awards

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

Paid time off & holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Retirement programs

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center is seeking an administrative support specialist to assist researchers with funding opportunities, proposal preparation, and contract processing. This role focuses on day-to-day regulatory activities within the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Research Office, with no patient contact.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in business/public administration and at least 2 years in a related field, including customer service in financial or

Qualifications

• 2 years of 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Customer service

Budgeting

Education

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

Job description

UT Southwestern Medical Center is seeking an administrative support specialist to assist researchers with funding opportunities, proposal preparation, and contract processing. This role focuses on day-to-day regulatory activities within the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Research Office, with no patient contact.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in business/public administration and at least 2 years in a related field, including customer service in financial or