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Grants and Contracts Specialist Sr.

Job Title: Grants and Contracts Specialist Sr.
Status: Full-Time
Job Location: Houston
Requisition Number: 162066

Job Summary: Assists in planning, coordinating and monitoring the research activities of the unit. Develops and administers procedures designed to comply with appropriate regulations relating to the administration of government and private research grants and contracts and for the interpretation and application of such procedures and regulations.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The School of Biomedical Informatics is seeking a Sr. Grants and Contracts Specialist to perform the following tasks:

POSITION KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  1. Assists Principal Investigator with pre and post award administration and coordinating.
  2. Analyzes proposed grants and contract proposals and awards for special conditions/restrictions and establishes controls as needed to ensure full compliance.
  3. Provides assistance to Principal Investigators and their staff to ensure allowability and allocability available to them by counseling and/or disseminating information and guidelines of the various granting agencies.
  4. Distributes to Principal Investigators pertinent information relating to contractual provisions and obligations.
  5. Adjust budgets dependent upon contract requirements.
  6. Coordinates activities in establishing grant protocol with institutions that may be involved in similar activities as named by the grant.
  7. Assists in development of progress plans with professional organizations relative to the objective and purpose of grant funding for a particular area of research or training.
  8. Compiles financial and personnel reports for grants and contracts at the departmental or school level.
  9. Oversees proper close-out of grants and contracts, including final financial reports to grant agency.
  10. Creates and maintains inventory of assets procured under contract and grant accounts.
  11. Maintains basic to complex financial system tables.
  12. Furnishes statements required by funding agencies such as Relinquishing Statements, Inventions Statements, audit reports, etc, as well as preparation of financial reports.
  13. Advises administration and staff regarding available options and budgetary implications.
  14. Responsible for space inventory reporting and effort certification for SBMI.
  15. Submits Personnel Action requests via PASS transaction system in PeopleSoft HCM.
  16. Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree with a minimum of four years experience or relevant work experience in lieu of education. Effective communication and negotiation skills. Database and spreadsheet skills.

PeopleSoft experience preferred.

SALARY: Commensurate with experience

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