Admin GCO II

Overview

Job Summary
:
This position provides complex administrative support for various Principal Investigators (PI's) and their labs and/or shared resources cores; including working closely with the pre- and post-award grant support, finance, purchasing, human resources.

This Huntsman Cancer Institute Administrative Grants and Contracts Officer II role works directly with Principal Investigators (PI's) and is essential to their success. They collaborate with both the Pre-Award and Post-Award Grants and Contracts Officers teams at HCI to provide support in submitting successful applications and supporting the management of funded grants and/or contracts to ensure compliance and assist in routine needs of the project.

Members perform a diverse set of tasks at a challenging and rewarding tempo in a nationally recognized NCI Designated Cancer Center. The ideal candidate intends to stay with us for at least three years, with opportunities for experience and training that can translate into a long-term administrative career with the University of Utah.

Desirable qualifications
: demonstrated strong organizational capacity, excellent communication skills, and the ability to balance priorities while ensuring follow-through with a diverse set of responsibilities. This position is hybrid with in-office work 3 days a week and remote 2 days; this may change based on departmental needs.

• Assists PI with general grant and lab support, including scheduling, purchasing, hiring, travel, CV/biosketch/other support maintenance, shipping, and other requests as needed.
• Familiar with University pre-award systems, processes, and policies required for proposal submission. The Administrative GCO II assists the PI and Pre-Award GCO in applying for grants, including developing budgets, updating/collecting biosketches, other support documents, and letters of support.
• Familiar with University post-award systems including management reports, university account codes, and purchasing rules/regulations and systems. The Post-Award GCO team at HCI manages overall grants/contracts; the Administrative GCO II helps ensure compliance through oversight of expenditures, manages grant distributions for lab staff, assists with reporting requirements, and performs additional actions as assigned.
• Assists HCI Finance and the PI with the development of department/lab budgets for the yearly budget process for each grant awarded, and reviews financial accounts on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy. Maintains complex salary distributions for PI lab members.
• Assists with implementation of department and University policies and procedures.
• Provides basic support for administrative tasks, collaborating with colleagues and manager to complete and track assignments.
• Demonstrates specialized or multi-skilled capabilities through job-related training and on-the-job experience.
• Problem resolution is generally based on precedent; may require some analysis and interpretation, with the need for innovation and creativity.
• Issues are typically routine; resolution involves applying established policies and procedures and may require moderate innovation and creativity.

Associate's degree in business or equivalency required.
Three years full-time administrative experience and demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills required. Knowledge of basic bookkeeping practices preferred. This position has no responsibility for providing care to patients.

Work Environment
:
Nearly continuously:
Office environment.

Physical Requirements
:
Nearly continuously:
Sitting, hearing, listening, talking. Often:
Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking. Seldom:
Bending, reaching overhead.

Minimum Qualifications (see Qualifications above).
Requisition Number
: PRN
43971B.
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time.
Department
: 01214 - HCI Research Admin Dept.
Location
:
Campus.
Pay Rate Range
: $47,700 to $58,300.
Close Date
: 4/1/2026.
Open Until Filled
.