Manager Grants & Contracts Specialist (Pediatric Surgery)

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That is where you come in. Candidates should have 6 years of strong experience in pre and post award submission and management of clinical trials, federal agency, and industry for clinical departments.  This candidate supervisors other team members. This position includes policy and process enhancements. Once you join us you will not want to leave. It is because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you would expect from a top healthcare organization which include benefits, insurance, & PTO.:  

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees.  
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time, all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year. 
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you will accrue! 
• Longevity Pay which are monthly payments after two years of service. 
• Build your future with our impressive retirement/pension plan! 

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... 

• Free financial and legal counseling 
• Free mental health counseling services 
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs 
• Other employee discounts include entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. 
• Resources for child and elder care 
• Plus, many more! 

Position Summary:

Plans, coordinates, and monitors the research activities of the unit. Oversees the procedures designed to comply with appropriate regulations relating to the administration of government and private research grants and contracts and for the interpretation and application of such procedures and regulations.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Assists Principal Investigator with supervising and leading the pre and post award administration and coordinating. 
• May provide daily operational leadership including coordinating the daily activities of the team.
• Reviews and analyzes proposed grants and contract proposals and awards for special conditions/restrictions and establishes controls to ensure full compliance.
• Provides guidance on complex proposals; approves grant proposal submissions.
• Provides advanced level assistance to Principal Investigators and their staff to ensure allowability and allocability available to them by counseling and/or disseminating information and guidelines of the various granting agencies.
• Distributes to Principal Investigators pertinent information relating to contractual provisions and obligations.
• Adjusts budgets dependent upon contract requirements.
• Coordinates activities in establishing grant protocol with institutions that may be involved in similar activities as named by the grant.
• Leads the development of progress plans with professional organizations relative to the objective and purpose of grant funding for a particular area of research or training.
• Compiles financial and personnel reports for grants and contracts at the departmental or school level.
• Negotiates with agency regarding renewal of contract/subcontract.
• Oversees proper close-out of grants and contracts, including final financial reports to grant agency.
• Creates and maintains inventory of assets procured under contract and grant accounts.
• Serves as liaison to provide and ensure a smooth, efficient, and appropriate flow of information.
• May train lower-level staff; develops and maintains a processes and procedures manual.
• May manage Human Resources activities for direct reports regarding recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations and salary planning. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

* Effective communication and negotiation skills
* Database and spreadsheet skills

Minimum Education:

Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree preferred or relevant work experience in lieu of education.

Minimum Experience:

Six (6) years of experience.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to twenty pounds of force occasionally and/or up to ten pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

If you are looking for a great healthcare career in Houston, visit http://go.uth.edu/careers!

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

UTHealth Houston Benefits

UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to our benefits page. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law or university policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy. The University maintains affirmative action programs with respect to women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and eligible veterans in accordance with applicable law.

All UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth Houston’s rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations.