Contracts and Grants Coordinator

The College of Arts & Sciences is the largest academic unit within the University and consists of about 71 units, including centers, programs, institutional support and 42 academic departments and interdisciplinary curricula, which offer both undergraduate bachelor's degrees and graduate-level masters and PhD degrees. The College is divided into four academic divisions: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education oversees all academic student support units, including but not limited to Academic Advising, Honors, and the Academic Success Center. The Senior Associate Dean for Research & Innovation drives strategic planning and provides guidance across the academic divisions and research programs, fostering new models of innovation, new initiatives and new collaborations. The Office of the Dean is responsible for all of the academic, academic student support, financial and administrative operations in the College of Arts & Sciences.

The College of Arts & Sciences Business Operations Office is housed in the Office of the Dean and supports the fiscal and human resources operations of the departments, curricula, and programs by consolidating their business operations into one center. The Business Operations Office enables transparency of operations and information, creating a more responsive organization that utilizes online systems and automation to streamline processes. It consistently applies policies, ensuring compliance to UNC, State, and Federal regulations and laws.

The College of Arts and Sciences Research Support Team has both a Research Administration Team and a Research Development Team. The Research Administration Team is a shared services team that coordinates, administers, and consults on both pre- and post-award contract/grant activities within the College units. The team provides centralized proposal development support for all requesting units. The team handles the administration of both grant and contract proposal submissions and specified post-award responsibilities. Ultimately, we assist with and coordinate pre-award planning, proposal development, processing, and reporting.

The team also assists with the coordination and review of post-award materials with direct troubleshooting assistance on any related issues and activities. The team provides guidance to ensure that compliance is exceeded with all terms and conditions for all fund types and for establishing and supervisory oversight of both pre- and post-award sponsored projects administration and non-sponsored fund administration. This area of work includes preparing and packaging proposals, cost-estimating, budgeting, accounting, and reporting systems that include program operations at the University and all participating sites and subcontractors. The Research Administration team also provides support to the 'field' staff and the units.

This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.

The Contracts and Grants Coordinator is responsible for generally managing and providing direction, guidance, and leadership related to pre-award and post-award contract and grant activities within the College of Arts & Sciences. The selected candidate will play a critical role in meeting the proposal development and grants management needs of assigned units within the College while also serving as a divisional contact for faculty and staff regarding university and sponsor policies, processes, rules, and regulations.

This position is expected to perform high level tasks related to budgeting, proposal preparation, reporting, and overall grants management on a broad scale for many funding agencies - ranging from large, complex proposals and projects involving multiple faculty and departments at UNC and/or multiple collaborative universities (including subcontractors and/or consultants) to smaller, single-investigator awards or application submissions for student fellowships.

The Contracts and Grants Coordinator will:

Mid-career with Masters and 1-2 yrs experience; or Bachelors and 2-4 yrs experience

It is necessary for the candidate to demonstrate the following: