Projects Grants & Contracts Officer

Sponsored Projects Grants & Contracts Officer

Job Title Sponsored Projects Grants & Contracts Officer

Working Title

Working Title Sponsored Projects Grants & Contracts Officer

Career Progression Track F

FLSA Code

FLSA Code Administrative

Patient Sensitive Job Code?

Patient Sensitive Job Code? No

Standard Hours per Week 40.0

Full Time or Part Time?

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Shift

Shift Day

Work Schedule Summary

Hybrid

Work Schedule:

Minimum of 16 hours (2 business days) a week in the office. Regular Office

Hours:

Monday through Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

VP Area

VP Area President

Department

Department 00644 - Office of Sponsored Projects

Location

Location Campus

City

City Salt Lake City, UT

Type of Recruitment

Type of Recruitment External Posting

Pay Rate Range

Pay Rate Range $70,000 - $90,000

Close Date

Close Date 04/13/2026

The Contracts Officer will draft and negotiate agreements with extramural partners (industry, state and federal government, foundations and non‑profits, etc.) in support of sponsored project activity at the University. This position supports faculty in their efforts to secure and manage extramural support; the University to meet program objectives and legal, ethical, and financial requirements; and partnerships with sponsors. The position is also responsible for managing the sponsored project activity reporting process.

The value of being an employee at the University of Utah goes far beyond your base salary, so we encourage you to carefully consider and compare our total package offer. This package includes a variety of excellent employee benefits, including health care coverage, retirement plans, and paid leave time as well as other valuable benefits, services, and programs such as tuition reduction.

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• Engage with faculty, staff, and a variety of external sponsors to create contracts for sponsored project activity at the University.
• Contract types include collaborations, subcontracts, clinical research, research, service, testing, data and material use and transfer, confidentially, and other agreement types, including amendments.
• Assists faculty and staff in preparation of contract proposals.
• Reviews and interprets sponsoring agency policies, rules, and regulations.
• Performs pre‑negotiation fact‑finding to support negotiations.
• Review, interpret, draft and negotiate sponsored agreements.
• Track and manage agreement workflow through signing.
• Ensure contracts meet legal, ethical, and financial standards of the University.
• Establish and implement a system to regularly review all agreements and current multi‑year gift agreements to ensure programmatic, legal, ethical, and financial compliance, including reporting.
• Facilitate the regular collection of information and metrics related to the contracting and sponsored project management process, including preparing and submitting reports, analyzing and preparing data of work performed, compile reports, and other tracking and reporting tasks as identified.
• Respond to faculty, staff, and sponsor inquiries.
• Act as OSP liaison with the University’s Office of General Counsel on legal matters pertaining to sponsored contract agreements.
• Act as an OSP liaison with University leadership and other research administration and compliance offices.
• Use information systems to track and manage sponsored agreements through the project lifecycle.
• Record preliminary, contract, and award information in the sponsored project infrastructure, including financial and other compliance systems.
• Serve as the primary resource for campus‑wide research administration professionals and external interested parties and provide expert advice on University policies and procedures, work process and practice, the sponsored programs…