Job Abstract

Provides contract management to include negotiating physician professional service contracts and educational contracts. Responsible for overseeing, planning and monitoring contract progress.

Duties:

• Responsible for leading contract negotiations with hospital partners, educational affiliates, and corporate entities.
• Provides reports and memoranda of explanation to executive leadership regarding contract issues.
• Responsible for reviewing, understanding, and applying applicable University policy as well as applicable law and educational accreditation requirements to contracts.
• Responsible for coordinating with the Office of Research Administration, Office of Legal Counsel, Purchasing, Export Control, and other University offices in the review and management of contracts.
• Provides direct administrative and ?scal management of the grant or contract. Manages the day-to-day business operations of the grant or contract program.
• Responsible for ?scal oversight and management to including negotiating physician professional service and educational contracts for operations activities and the College.
• Responsible for monitoring contract progress. Develops and manages budget relating to grants or contract. Ensures the fiscal viability and advises department leadership on long range planning and development of new initiatives.
• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the functions of the position.

Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Management, or closely-related field AND:

• 60 months experience in business management, administration, accounting, finance, operations management or closely related area. 24 months of the required experience must be directly related to coordinating; managing sponsored grants or contracts.

Equivalency/Substitution: Will accept 48 months experience in lieu of Bachelor's Degree for a total of 108 months experience.

Skills:

• Advanced working knowledge of databases and electronic tools related to funding opportunity dissemination (e.g. Community of Science).
• Microsoft O?ce Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Knowledge of pre-award grant submission process and federal application requirements. Advanced organization skills.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Ability to perform multitasks and handle stressful situations.

Advertised Physical Requirements:

• Physical: Sit for prolonged periods. Use of a computer. Manual dexterity. Communicate effectively and listen.
• Environmental: Office Work Environment. Stressful environment when meeting deadlines.

Departmental Preferences:

• JD or Paralegal

Supervision: N/A

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