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Sponsored Projects Grants & Contracts Officer
University of UtahSalt Lake City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Jun 2026
💰 $85,000/yr($70,000/yr – $85,000/yr)
About the role
Details
Open Date
06/30/2026
Requisition Number
PRN45509B
Job Title
Sponsored Projects Grants & Contracts Officer
Working Title
Sponsored Projects Grants & Contracts Officer
Career Progression Track
F
Track Level
FLSA Code
Administrative
Patient Sensitive Job Code?
No
Standard Hours per Week
40.0
Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time
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
President
Department
00644 - Office of Sponsored Projects
Location
Campus
City
Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment
External Posting
Pay Rate Range
$70,000 to $85,000
Close Date
09/30/2026
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)
Job Summary
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. One example is the U’s retirement benefits which amount to a 14.2% contribution in addition to your annual salary. You may view the U’s total compensation estimator to calculate the approximate value of your total compensation at www.hr.utah.edu/comp/totalcomp.php. If you have any questions on how to use the estimator tool, please contact Human Resources at 801-581-7447.
Responsibilities
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. One example is the U’s retirement benefits which amount to a 14.2% contribution in addition to your annual salary. You may view the U’s total compensation estimator to calculate the approximate value of your total compensation at www.hr.utah.edu/comp/totalcomp.php. If you have any questions on how to use the estimator tool, please contact Human Resources at 801-581-7447.
- Work 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 inquires.
- 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 lifecycle, IT systems, contacting, compliance issues, reporting, and stewardship.
- Ensure that University practice and policy related to sponsored contracts reflect current state and federal laws and regulations for sponsored program activity and provide training and updates to faculty, leadership, and research administration professionals across campus.
- Other duties as assigned.
Comments:
This position provides support in highly specialized areas of Research Administration. The Office of Sponsored Projects is a customer service organization dedicated to supporting a diverse client set
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