Administrative Associate, Office of Sponsored Projects

Job Posting Title: Administrative Associate, Office of Sponsored Projects

• Hiring Department: Office of Sponsored Projects
• Position Open To: All Applicants
• Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40
• FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
• Earliest Start Date: Immediately
• Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until May 31, 2024
• Location: AUSTIN, TX

Benefits

UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
• Retirement contributions
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid holidays

Please visit our Human Resources (HR) website to learn more about the total benefits offered.

The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) serves as the coordinating office for externally funded research and sponsored projects at The University of Texas at Austin. The mission of OSP is to assist faculty and professional research staff in their efforts to secure and ensure proper stewardship of external funding. We do that by assisting research faculty and staff with the following: proposal review, authorization, and submission; award negotiations and acceptance; account management; close-out, reports, audits, collection; professional development and education; export control, and research compliance.

Purpose

Provide billing and financial reporting support to the billing staff and the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the billing and reporting processes for federal, state, and private grants. Gathers backup documentation. Supports billing staff by submitting completed invoices to the sponsors per contracted terms. Collaborates with the billers to outline billing terms and financial deliverable tracking.
• Provides support to the OSP leadership with sponsor portal maintenance and invoice submission. Follows up on submission confirmations and address any errors or issues under the guidance of the billers.
• Supports special projects and data cleanup as advised by the OSP leadership. Collaborates with the team to meet project deadlines and objectives.
• Communicates effectively with principal investigators and departments to assist with the completion of patent reporting.
• Learns professional communication practices for interacting with internal and external customers. Helps maintain positive and respectful working relationships with stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and one year of administrative experience or high school diploma/GED plus five years of administrative experience.
• Must be able to work independently and/or in a team environment.
• Must be able to work well managing deadlines on a daily basis.
• Experience utilizing various software applications, online information resources, and maintaining electronic files.
• Excellent customer service skills, organizational skills, and ability to problem solve.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to a large population in both oral and written form.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a sponsored projects office and experience working directly with administrative support tasks related to grants or contracts management.
• Experience in governmental or commercial accounting and budgets.
• Experience with a Research Management System (RMS).
• Familiar with UT Austin's policies and procedures.
• Successful customer service background.
• Exceptional problem solving, organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

Working Conditions

• Work location will be in north Austin, Texas at the West Pickle Research (WPR) campus.
• Repetitive use of keyboard at workstation
• Repetitive use of standard office equipment

Required Materials

Please mark "yes" on the application for required materials. Failure to attach all additional materials listed may affect candidates being considered for the position.

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Additional information

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply.

This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Pay Transparency

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.