What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Contract & Grant Admnstrtr (CASAA) position at unm?
***THE BEST CONSIDERATION DATE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 11.18.2025***
The Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA), a Category III research intensive center, which reports to The Vice President for Research, seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to work as a member of the Research Administration team to provide support in both pre and post award areas of research administration. The successful candidate will support CASAA investigators and researchers in collaboration with the Research Administration team, and report to the Program Operations Director. CASAA’s number one priority is to reduce suffering caused by substance use and other addictive behaviors. We do this by generating high quality prevention and treatment research.
Core duties for this position will include:
- Preparation of proposals for external funding
- Development of non-technical documents of proposals, including but not limited to budgets and budget justifications ensuring both UNM’s and sponsor’s guidelines are met
- Development of proposal record using UNM’s research administration software and sponsor portals
- Assisting in the review of funding announcements to address sponsor-required criteria
- Preparation of award extensions and continuations following sponsor guidelines
- Manage and update required investigators and researcher’s sponsor documents such as bio sketches and other support
- Development of department pre and post award procedures to assist in streamlining internal processes
- Track all planned and pending grant and contract applications using tracking and project management tools.
- Serve as a liaison between the PI and the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP), as appropriate.
- Willingness to become familiar with sponsor portals and provide technical assistance as needed to investigators and researchers