Pre-Award Grants & Contracts Specialist, Research

Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefited Staff

Job summary

The Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) seeks a collaborative and service-oriented Pre-Award Grants & Contracts Officer (GCO) to join a centralized college research administration team supporting pre-award activities across multiple departments, centers, and research initiatives.

This position provides comprehensive proposal development and research administration support to faculty pursuing external funding from federal agencies, industry sponsors, foundations, and other entities.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 6 years or master’s (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.
• Strong communication and analytic thinking.
• Ability to manage multiple complex deadlines in fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the grant process pre-award for the university.
• Coordinate cross-departmentally to research, prepare, finalize, submit, and follow-up on industry, foundation, and/or government grants.
• Research and draft proposals, develop budgets, and manage the submission process ensuring deadlines are met.
• Maintain records, and communicate with funders.
• Establish relationships with foundations and private contributors.
• Independently complete pre-award administration of research grants &/or contracts, including both basic and complex proposals.

Skills

Organized

Detail-oriented

Collaborative

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) or equivalent

Minimum 6 years related experience (or 4 with Master’s)

Job description

The Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) seeks a collaborative and service-oriented Pre-Award Grants & Contracts Officer (GCO) to join a centralized college research administration team supporting pre-award activities across multiple departments, centers, and research initiatives.

This position provides comprehensive proposal development and research administration support to faculty pursuing external funding from federal agencies, industry sponsors, foundations, and other entities.