Grants and Contracts Associate - Health Policy & Administration, School of Public Health

Grants and Contracts Associate - Health Policy & Administration, School of Public Health

Hiring Department
:
Health Policy & Administration

Location
:
Chicago, IL USA

Requisition : 1039633

FTE
: 1

Work Schedule
:
Monday - Friday 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Shift
:
Days

# of Positions
: 1

Workplace Type
:
Hybrid

Posting Close Date
:
March 12, 2026

Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $65,000. / Annual Salary

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities.

UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

HPA is a research-intensive unit, and responsibilities will include identifying funding sources for Principal Investigators (PIs), drafting pre-award proposals for submission, contract negotiation, sub-award issuance, and pre- and post- award administration. Serves as a subject matter expert on grant management to principal investigators, project coordinators and directors, and acts as a liaison to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). The position will work closely with divisional colleagues in business/finance administration and human resources to ensure smooth divisional operations.

• Acting as a liaison to OSP and external and internal auditors; managing, reviewing, editing, and administering all financial activities of grants, contracts, consulting agreements, subcontracts, and vendor agreements for sponsored projects
• Initiating all purchasing and travel for specified sponsored projects and maintain compliant records of all purchases/grant expenditures
• Informing PIs and research staff of changes in sponsor policies and regulations
• Manage, coordinate and ensure compliance with changes; managing and resolving compliance issues including conflict of interest, sub recipient reporting, etc.
• Collaborating with the unit business manager to respond to internal and external auditors for the audit of research projects by collecting and preparing all necessary information, informing PI and department administration of audit findings
• Obtaining approval of the PI for all financial activities associated with sponsored projects
• Managing personnel appointments and projections to comply with award budget
• Prepare regular expense reports for PI review
• Prepare and process invoices for subawards, consulting agreements, MOUs, and vendor agreements
• Managing requests for no-cost extensions, progress reports, prior approvals, and grant closeouts on behalf of PIs
• Tracking and reporting all effort associated with sponsored research awards; and training all grant personnel including student trainees and student research assistants.

• Preparing IRB progress reports, final reports, and related forms in collaboration with PIs
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