Projects Splst,Sr

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 2
  
  CFR 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 2
  
  CFR 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…