Research Contracts Lead — Coordination & Compliance

UT Tyler; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 62,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Position is benefit eligible

Job summary

The University of Texas at Arlington seeks a Research Contract Specialist to manage the administrative lifecycle of research agreements, coordinating intake, review, and execution across offices and external sponsors.

You will ensure compliance, maintain auditable contract records, and collaborate with Pre Award, Grant & Contract Services, and investigators to align language with budgets and milestones. This role is on-site and offers comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of public sector administrative processes, contract intake, workflow tracking, and records management.
• Ability to identify routine contract terms, nonstandard provisions, missing documentation, procedural gaps, and items requiring escalation.
• Strong professional writing, proofreading, organization, database management, and deadline management skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly with faculty, departmental administrators, institutional offices, and external sponsors.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the central operational contact for incoming research contract actions, triages requests from faculty and departments, and coordinates routine status communications regarding active agreement workflows.
• Logs, classifies, and tracks agreement milestones in the institutional database; reviews intake packets for required compliance disclosures, budgets, scopes of work, internal approvals, and other routing requirements before formal review.
• Reviews and populates standard institutional templates for Non Disclosure Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, Data Use Agreements, Sponsored Research Agreements, and related research contract documents; compares external drafts against University guidelines and identifies variances for escalation.
• Coordinates institutional signature routing, final execution steps, document management, and auditable electronic file maintenance consistent with University processes and records expectations.
• Collaborates with Pre Award, the Office of Grant and Contract Services, Principal Investigators, and departmental administrators to align agreement language with project budgets, scopes of work, and procedural milestones.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Public sector processes

Contract intake

Workflow tracking

Records management

Professional writing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Job description

The University of Texas at Arlington seeks a Research Contract Specialist to manage the administrative lifecycle of research agreements, coordinating intake, review, and execution across offices and external sponsors.

You will ensure compliance, maintain auditable contract records, and collaborate with Pre Award, Grant & Contract Services, and investigators to align language with budgets and milestones. This role is on-site and offers comprehensive benefits.