Sponsored Projects Splst,Sr

University of New Mexico • Albuquerque, NM

5d • $3,883 - $6,238 • Hybrid

About The Position

The University of New Mexico’s Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) is looking for a motivated, detail-oriented self-starter for the role of Sr. Sponsored Projects Specialist. OSP is a core office of the University, serving the Main and Branch Campus research communities. OSP provides administration, management, and oversight of the world class extramural sponsored research projects being conducted at our R1 Carnegie-designated University. We provide an exciting, multifaceted, and fast-paced work environment that emphasizes customer service, professionalism, and growth. This staff position supports one or more functional areas. The function of the Sr. Sponsored Projects Specialist position is to provide sponsored projects knowledge and professional skills to the research community. This position will provide internal proposal review, approval and submission processing to external funding agencies. This position will also provide award acceptance and set-up processing of sponsored research grants and contracts in the form of new awards as well as amendments to existing awards. To be successful in this position, the candidate must be knowledgeable of regulatory compliance both internally through UNM policies, but also familiar with external polices including but not limited to state/federal agencies, OMB Uniform Guidance, and Federal Acquisition Regulations. The selected candidate will have the ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills, problem recognition and problem-solving ability, independent analysis and judgement, strong attention to detail, and keen organizational skills. A strong candidate will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate with a variety of stakeholders in a positive tone using clear and concise messaging (in both oral and written communication), while balancing compliance with customer service. The candidate will be able to demonstrate their ability to utilize an enterprise-wide-system as a resourceful tool to access historical information and maintain accurate, detailed records. The candidate will be responsible for assuring quality control within the assigned duties as well as within our systems. During the probationary period, new employees are trained on-site in the Office of Sponsored Projects. After the probationary period is complete, and new employees have successfully demonstrated completion of workload actions according to standard operating procedures and maintained consistency in production volume, the option to enter into hybrid or remote arrangements in coordination with OSP Management may be available.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; at least 1 year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and comfortable working in computer database systems.
• Excellent customer service and strong sense of professionalism
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated and resourceful with the ability to work autonomously with a significant degree of organization and interpersonal skills to work efficiently with a wide range of constituents and as a member of a team.
• Skilled in time management and ability to use good business judgement.

Responsibilities

• Review proposals and budgets for compliance with sponsor policies, University policy, State and Federal regulations, including but not limited to 2CFR 200 Uniform Guidance.
• Endorse completed proposals and submit to extramural sponsors.
• Review new awards and modifications to agreements for compliance with University policy, State and Federal regulations, including but not limited to 2CFR 200 Uniform Guidance.
• Prepare, process, and finalize award set-up.
• Demonstrate the ability to navigate and utilize various electronic research portals to process actions.
• Maintain knowledge of and interpret applicable policies, regulations and procedures from the University, State and Federal government, granting agencies, and various private foundations and industries.
• Effectively communicate with and serve as a liaison between sponsoring agencies, University administration, and Principal Investigators to resolve internal policy, solicitation or award-related concerns and issues.
• Coordinate with compliance offices (e.g. Export Control (EC), Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI), Internal Review Board (IRB)) to ensure PI meets the minimum requirements for sponsored project actions.
• Review and negotiate sponsored agreements with federal, state and private industry sponsors.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes to maximize and streamline for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide the highest level of customer service.
• Complete other duties or special projects as assigned.

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• discounts on events
• generous leave allowances
• holiday paid time off
• tuition remission
• competitive retirement plans
• vision insurance
• life insurance
• educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior