Contracts Manager - Contracting Specialist

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Contracts Manager - Contracting Specialist

The candidate will be responsible for accounting, budgets and financial controls, payroll, purchasing, risk management, and treasury for the University. Sets financial strategy that impacts University functions such as grant awards, clinical research, and investments of capital. Provides central pre-award and post-award coordination and oversight of all sponsored projects at the University. Manages the review and endorsement of sponsored project proposals, negotiate and accept awards and issue subawards on behalf of the University. Provides guidance of various grants and contracts for the support of research, training, and other sponsored activities at the University. Assists in the development of research compliance education programs. Requires knowledge and experience in own discipline; still acquiring higher-level knowledge and skills. Builds knowledge of the organization, processes and customers. Solves a range of straightforward problems. Analyzes possible solutions using standard procedures. Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction. The job executes a range of activities to support the functional areas of University Research Administration. Supports research, training, and other sponsored activities at the University, building upon knowledge of the University, processes, and customers. Assists in the development of research compliance education programs. hrough interaction with a variety of federal and non-federal funding agencies, faculty, and staff, provides professional assistance with the administration and coordination of proposals and awards in research and training., Provides faculty and administrators with application preparation, analyzing possible solutions to problems that arise using standard procedures. Reviews, interprets, and negotiates contract and grant terms to determine compliance and/or conflict with federal regulations and procedures. Maintains correspondence between the agency and University community to obtain and process necessary pre- and post-award information. Reviews and processes various pre- and post-award activities. With moderate guidance, helps to obtain sponsor approvals for major changes to project work scope. Transmits proposals and manages post award administration, gathers and submits closeout documentation, and maintains records. Ensures completeness and accuracy and coordinates any internal controls prior to the submission of documents to awarding agency. Performs other related work as needed. Responsible for administering and coordinating proposals, awards, incoming subawards, clinical trial agreements, corporate sponsored research agreements, and other contract types as needed, for support of research, training, and other sponsored activities at The University from external funding provided by various sources - federal; non-profit; for-profit; pharmaceutical companies and other non-federal biomedical sponsors; and governmental non-federal sources, including foreign entities. Will responsible for pre-award and non-financial post-award activities for all sponsored projects for the University departments and units assigned to the position; the individual is a member of a Team and must contribute to the team effort, as needed, which might involve assisting colleagues to ensure timely campus service. Will have contact with individuals at companies and institutions regarding all agreement/contract types; the individual has contact with faculty and administrative staff at the University; and on occasions with staff of the federal government, non-federal sponsors and other organizations. Negotiates acceptable terms and conditions in accordance with the specific primary funding sponsors' provisions, University's policies applicable to sponsored projects; partner institution's/organization's input; input from the University's principal investigators, administrators and central administration. Monitor post-award activities, such as requests for supplemental funding; requests for extension of the period of performance for sponsored projects; obtaining sponsor approvals for major changes to project workscope or major changes to anticipated expenditures. Review binding contractual terms in applications and assist faculty and administrative staff in the preparation of applications for compliance with sponsor and institutional policies, procedures, guidelines and regulations. Transmit proposals and other documents, including report submission, using various sponsors’ systems – federal and non-federal. Confirm appropriate evidence of approvals that commitments made in proposals can be honored, to help protect the University from harm and potential claims that might arise against the University from work done under a sponsored agreement.

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The University of Chicago.
5801 South Ellis Avenue Administration 503
Chicago
Illinois
United States 60637
Website : http://www.uchicago.edu