Dear Colleagues,
This Contract and Grant Specialist position has been newly created to
expand the Grants and Contracts Team in the Office of Research and
Development, which manages approximately $180 million in sponsored
project funding annually.  Please forward this job announcement to
anyone you believe may have an interest in the position.  Applications
should be sent to our Office of Human Resources Management; the address
is in the announcement.

Janet B. Simons
Manager, Grants and Contracts
University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Contract and Grant Specialist
Office of Research and Development
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Reporting to the Manager/Team Leader, the Contract and Grant Specialist
is responsible for coordinating and administering contracts and grants
from proposal review and submission through award.  The Specialist will
ensure that proposed terms and conditions are in compliance with
applicable regulations and do not conflict with existing commitments.
Additional responsibilities include:
**Provide review and oversight of grant application and contract
proposal submission, ensuring compliance with sponsor guidelines
**With training, review terms and conditions of new contractual
agreements and evaluate changes to pre-existing agreements
**With training, review and negotiate clinical testing, material
transfer and confidential disclosure agreements
**Negotiate and/or recommend modifications to subrecipient agreements
**Review final award documents prior to the establishment of accounts
**Review post-award changes to grants and contracts including changes in
scope of work, budget modifications, pre-award expenditures and no-cost
extensions.

Qualifications:  Requires a Bachelor's degree in business or public
administration or another appropriate field plus three years of related
experience.  Candidate should have knowledge of key practices in the
field as well as established statutes, regulations, directives and
procedures.  Selected candidate will have excellent oral/written
communication skills as well as the ability to prioritize, plan and
execute complicated contract and grant assignments in a timely manner.
Computer experience in a MAC environment and experience in an academic
environment preferred.

Salary:  Commensurate with experience and qualifications
Position available immediately.
For full consideration, a letter of application with resume and list of
three references with telephone numbers should be submitted to:  Jolene
Lantz, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Office of Human Resources
Management, 737 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

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Janet B. Simons     xxxxxx@ordmail.umaryland.edu
Manager, Grants and Contracts
Office of Research and Development
University of Maryland, Baltimore
phone:  (410)706-8054    fax: (410)706-6630
http://www.ord.umaryland.edu

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