Grants & Lab Administration Specialist (Hybrid)

Details This; Campus (IL); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City seeks an Office Administrator II to provide complex administrative support for Principal Investigators and labs, coordinating with pre- and post-award teams and university systems.

The role is hybrid, requiring three days in the office and two remote days, with opportunities to develop budgets and maintain biosketches, supporting grant and contract management across the department.

Qualifications

• Equivalency statement: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience.
• Office Administrator II requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Assists PI with general grant and lab support, incl. scheduling, purchasing, hiring, travel, biosketch maintenance and other requests.
• Familiar with university pre-award systems, processes, and policies for proposal submission and coordination with Pre-Award GCO teams.
• Familiar with post-award systems, including management reports, account codes, purchasing rules, and compliance oversight.
• Assists with development of department/lab budgets and monthly review of financial accounts; maintains complex salary distributions.
• Implements department and University policies, providing basic admin support and collaborating with colleagues and manager.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Prioritization

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City seeks an Office Administrator II to provide complex administrative support for Principal Investigators and labs, coordinating with pre- and post-award teams and university systems.

The role is hybrid, requiring three days in the office and two remote days, with opportunities to develop budgets and maintain biosketches, supporting grant and contract management across the department.