Grants & Contracts Strategist

UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is seeking an administrative professional to support researchers by identifying funding opportunities, assisting with proposals, negotiating contracts, and processing awards.

The Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern leads in neurological care and research; you will help coordinate sponsored projects, advise on guidelines, and ensure timely submission, with opportunities for collaboration across institutes.

Qualifications

• Education Bachelor's Degree in business administration, public administration, or related field.
• Experience 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.
• Provides guidance and assistance to researchers as necessary for implementation and negotiation of research contracts, including sponsored research agreements and material transfer agreements.

Skills

Customer service

Education

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

Job description

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is seeking an administrative professional to support researchers by identifying funding opportunities, assisting with proposals, negotiating contracts, and processing awards.

The Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern leads in neurological care and research; you will help coordinate sponsored projects, advise on guidelines, and ensure timely submission, with opportunities for collaboration across institutes.