Research Contracts Analyst, Research Administration (Hybrid)

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and three years of related experience.

About the role

Negotiates standard extramurally funded agreements and/or issues subcontracts to subrecipient partners on behalf of the University, with support from UT System's Office of General Counsel and OSP management, to ensure compliance with University and UT System policies and procedures and meet sponsor's requirements and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all contracts and subrecipient agreements conform with institutional and UT System’s guidelines and the laws of the State of Texas.
• Drafts, issues, and negotiates all outgoing subrecipient agreements in accordance with sponsor and institutional requirements.
• Assists departments in issuing requisitions for blanket purchase orders to render payments to subrecipients, ensuring proper F&A collection for the University and PeopleSoft coding for future indirect cost rate negotiations with the federal government.
• Prepares private industry budget loads for Project Set-Up in PeopleSoft.
• Resolves contractual and budget problems between sponsor, principal investigator, and University.
• Interacts with UT System’s Office of General Counsel and sponsor’s attorney regarding any non-standard language to resolve agreement issues.
• Reviews study requirements, analyzes needs, and modifies standard agreement formats and other pertinent agreement attachments.
• Keeps abreast of and incorporates new contract language associated with federal, state, and institutional laws and regulations (e.g., HIPAA, Debarment, and Conflict of Interest).
• Provides support to principal investigators in resolving issues related to agreements, including serving as a resource, providing expertise, and offering professional development training/education in research administration.
• Processes all amendments and/or modifications and resolves any issues related to execution of changes.
• Ensures all institutional approvals are in place as required by sponsors for issues such as human subjects use, animal use, biohazard materials, recombinant DNA, etc.
• Ensures application of the correct F&A rate, where appropriate.
• Attends workshops/conferences and reads newsletters/bulletins as part of a continuing education process.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as required.

Work environment

Standard office environment located in Galveston, Texas. Standard office equipment provided.