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Pre-Award Sponsored Programs, Grants & Contracts Specialist (S/C/D)

Job Group: Sponsored Programs, Grants, and Contracts
Job Subgroup: Sponsored Programs, Grants, and Contract Administration (Pre-Award)
Salary Range (Annual): 20: $46,000-93,940
Employee Category: Academic Staff
Job Code: SC022
  • Job Summary:
    Manages and/or provides pre-award administration of sponsored grants, contracts, and awards. Reviews and approves proposal submission documents on behalf of a unit to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and terms and conditions. Issues sub-awards and sub-contracts.
  • Job Responsibilities:
    • Reviews, interprets, negotiates, and processes extramural award documents, proposals, and agreements according to established policies and procedures to adhere to timelines and meet unit objectives
    • Serves as a unit liaison to legal professionals and internal and external stakeholders in negotiating terms and conditions, fiscal reporting requirements, and payment schedules as needed
    • Develops and facilitates trainings for designated work units on extramural negotiation, contracting conditions, and associated policies and procedures
    • May establish accounts in the financial accounting system
    • May identify funding opportunities and disseminate to researchers
    • May contribute to non-technical components of proposals submissions
  • Education:
    Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Academic Staff
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    20: $46,000-93,940
  • Job Code:
    SC022: Pre-Award Sponsored Programs, Grants & Contracts Specialist (S/C/D)
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SC022

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