GRANTS & CONTRACTS SPECIALIST SENIOR

General Responsibilities

To act as a university representative for extramural grants and contracts administration and to review complex grant and/or contract proposals and awards.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Reviews grant and/or contract proposals and awards which involve consortia, continuing medical education and fellowships for compliance with sponsor regulations and University policies.
• Advises faculty and staff on grant and contract administration and provides advice and assistance for compliance with grant and contract application policies and procedures, budget preparation and presentations.
• Reviews, prepares, negotiates and monitors grant and contract modifications and amendments, re-budgeting requests, correspondence and subcontracts.
• Acts as University representative to sponsors and others and mentors internal and external customers.
• Provides training and assistance to other staff, campus liaison and also acts as a resource for other department personnel.
• Provides technical or topical expertise, information, training and problem resolution for grant and/or contract related activities.
• For the Federal/nonprofit area, reviews grant applications and provides the department with timely and accurate advice and assistance, ensuring compliance with sponsor and policies.
• Reviews, validates, and negotiates federal and non-profit research awards including negotiation of legal terms and conditions and validation and approval of final award budgets.
• Creates and processes data use agreements for sponsors, including negotiation of legal terms and conditions.
• Processes research project re-budgeting requests to ensure that each request is sponsored allowed.
• For the industry area, reviews and negotiates amendments with industry sponsors to existing contracts, work orders under master agreements, including those with multiple sponsors, consortia, and complex business arrangements.
• Drafts, reviews and negotiates industry outgoing subcontracts/amendments for research projects that require contractual negotiation and collaboration with multiple sub-sites.
• Identifies and reports potential problems, actions, and policy issues which require clarification or corrective action.
• May report to the officer as applicable for guidance.
• Attends various committee and department meetings and maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field by reading appropriate publications and attending related conferences and seminars.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, Science, or related field and four (4) years of related experience required.
• Work experience may NOT substitute for the education requirement.