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SalaryMinimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent and three years related experience.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent and three years related experience.
Job Summary:
Negotiates standard extramurally funded agreements and / or issues subcontracts to subrecipient partners on behalf of 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 sponsors requirements and deadlines.
Job Duties:
- Ensures all contracts and subrecipient agreements are in conformity 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
- 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 nonstandard language to resolve agreement issues
- Reviews study requirements, analyzes needs & 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 i.e. HIPAA, Debarment, and Conflict of Interest
- Provides support to principal investigator in resolution of issues related to agreements.
- This task includes, but is not limited to, serving as a resource to principal investigator, providing expertise, and offering the benefit of professional development training/education in Research Administration
- Processes all amendment 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
- Ability to reconcile project budget.
- Attends workshops/conferences and reads newsletters/bulletins as part of a continuing education process.
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
Salary Range:
Actual salary commensurate with experience.
Actual salary commensurate with experience.
Work Schedule:
Remote; Must be available to work on campus when needed.
Equal Employment Opportunity
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
