Sponsored Projects Splst,Sr

Join our Team!
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, to join our team of
professionals. 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.
As one of the top employers of the state, UNM is a great place to work and
offers great benefits including: medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible
spending accounts; discounts on events; generous leave allowances; holiday paid
time off; tuition remission and competitive retirement plans.

What we're seeking!
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.

Key responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• 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; and
• Complete other duties or special projects as assigned.

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.

See the Position Description for additional information.

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.

• 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.
  

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visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

Positions posted with a Staff Type of Regular or Term are eligible for the Veteran Preference Program. See the Veteran Preference Program webpage for additional details.

The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

The University of New Mexico requires all regular staff positions successfully pass a pre-employment background check. This may include, but is not limited to, a criminal history background check, New Mexico Department of Health fingerprint screening, New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department fingerprint screening, verification of education credentials, and/or verification of prior employment. For more information about background checks, visit https://policy.unm.edu/university-policies/3000/3280.html. Refer to https://policy.unm.edu/university-policies/3000/3200.html for a definition of Regular Staff.