Senior Grants and Contracts, OBGYN

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist will serve as a key resource for managing the full lifecycle of research funding and contractual agreements. This position will provide comprehensive support to faculty and research teams by guiding proposal development, ensuring compliance with sponsor and institutional requirements, and facilitating both pre-award and post-award processes. The role will be responsible for negotiating and drafting contracts, managing awards, monitoring expenditures, and preparing financial reports. Additionally, the specialist will interpret complex regulations, will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and may supervise grants and contracts staff or other research positions. Advanced skills in Excel and Power BI are highly desired.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in business administration, public administration, or related field
• 4 years of experience in business or public administration with emphasis on customer service in financial or contracting position
• Applicants without the stated degree, but with significant additional professional applicable experience may be considered in lieu of education requirement.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Research Administrator (CRA) Upon Hire
• Advanced skills in Excel and Power BI are highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Gathers and provides information regarding funding opportunities and application procedures to applicants by reading newsletters and announcements, search directories, funding files, and other relevant resources.
• Provides guidance to researchers for proposal development and submission by interpreting and ensuring adherence to sponsor and university announcements and guidelines.
• Provides grants management support to researchers by negotiating and processing awards, interpreting award conditions, obtaining approvals for award modifications, and completing required reports.
• Negotiates contracts with various agencies (state and federal government, private organizations), pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnological companies to achieve agreements satisfactory to all parties.
• May draft entire contracts of various types following state laws and Board of Regents' guidelines.
• Provides working supervision to Grants and Contracts Specialist and administrative positions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees