Post-Award Grants and Contracts Officers

Post-award GCO II Salt Lake City, UT Reqid: PRN46197B

Job Category: Administrative Job Type: Full Time Job Shift: Day

Details Open Date Requisition Number PRN46197B Job Title Post-Award Grants and Contracts Officers Working Title Post-award GCO II Career Progression Track P00 Track Level P2 - Developing FLSA Code Administrative Patient Sensitive Job Code? No Standard Hours per Week 40 Full Time or Part Time? Full Time Shift Day Work Schedule Summary VP Area President Department 01214 - HCI Research Admin Dept Location Campus City Salt Lake City, UT Type of Recruitment External Posting Pay Rate Range 58,000 to 63,000 Close Date 11/30/2026 Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

Research Administration’s post-award team provides comprehensive administrative oversight of Sponsored funds awarded to Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Principal Investigators. We work collaboratively with each PI’s home department, HCI’s administrative groups, serve as liaison to the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP), Grants & Contracts Accounting (GCA), and collaborate with other campus entities as necessary. The work is detailed, interesting, and always changing – the perfect environment for an individual interested in deepening their knowledge of post-award support.

Huntsman Cancer Institute is committed to cancer prevention, care, and survivorship for all communities within the area we serve – which includes Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming – with impact worldwide.

In your cover letter or during your interview process, we invite you to share how your professional experiences have prepared you to serve as a member of our team as we work to reduce the cancer burden experienced by all people and communities. This may include description of your prior experiences related to research, prevention, clinical care, community engagement/outreach, training, administration, or other areas relevant to Huntsman Cancer Institute’s mission and this position.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities

• This position is part of HCI’s Post-award team, serving with Post-award’s Junior staff. Our Junior staff team liaises with our PIs for Other Support, works with HCI’s Finance and Administrative teams for payroll support, assists with monthly grant-expenditure detail updates, and performs various tasks in support of our PIs and Post-award Senior staff. A successful candidate for the post-award GCO II role is well versed in various university systems, SciENcv, and Excel.
• This position is not responsible for providing patient care.
• This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
• Minimum Qualifications
• EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

• Post-Award Grants & Contract Officer (GCO), II: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.

• Preferences

• Preferred experience included experience with University of Utah systems, including Management Reports, ePR, UShop and eAward, as well as experience with SciENcv, Word, and Excel. A Bachelors degree in Accounting is helpful but does not outweigh academic department experience.

• Experience working in the University of Utah community is essential; experience working for HCI is beneficial.

• Three years of work experience in financial, administrative, or post-award grant support at the University department-level.

• Competent with Microsoft Office Suite; skilled in Excel.

• Applicants must demonstrate the ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description, as well as the self-discipline integral to successfully telecommute.

• Type Benefited Staff

• Special Instructions Summary

• Additional Information

• The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

• This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

• The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education.

• Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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• As per University of Utah policy 5-108: Transfer of

Benefits

• Eligible Staff Members, a new hire to the University of Utah who is still serving a 12 month probationary period will not be hired into another University of Utah job (a transfer) until the successful completion of the probationary period.