The UNM Health Sciences Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) operates under the direction of HSC Financial Services. We are a central administration office that provides support to the Health Science Center. Our mission is to support research by providing guidance, administrations, and oversight for extramural sponsored projects. We interpret University policy, sponsor guidelines, and relevant federal and state laws, acting as the official liaison between HSC departments and sponsoring agencies. SPO plays a crucial role in facilitating research administration and compliance for the Health Sciences Center.
This is an intermediate staff level position in a sponsored research office and will mostly focus in the area of data use agreements and unfunded agreements. This position will support one or more functional areas including, but not limited to: funding information; regulatory compliance; proposal review, approval and processing; award negotiation and acceptance (including contracts, subcontracts, material transfer agreements, and data use agreements); and award setup. This is a core function with university wide scope.
Why us:We are the birthplace of Grants, Contracts and Other Agreements that benefit the UNM Health Science Center in its Research, Public Service and Educational goals. The role of the Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) / Pre-Award is reviewing, approving, negotiating, and advising HSC Principal Investigators, Faculty & Staff members who seek external funding from federal, state, local, and business entities. SPO serves as the Official Liaison between the HSC Departments and Sponsoring Agencies.
****The final salary for this position is dependent upon total Education and Experience, is Non-Negotiable and will fall within the posted salary range****
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Bachelor's degree; at least 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
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