Job Details

Grants and Contracts Officer GCO

Position Number: 6660514
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Sponsored Programs, Grants, and Contracts

Grants and Contracts Officer GCO

Job Summary

Post-Award Grants and Contracts Officers
Facilitate the grant process post-award for the university. Coordinate cross-departmentally to research, prepare, finalize, submit, and follow-up on industry, foundation, and/or government grants. Research and draft proposals, develop budgets, and manage the submission process ensuring deadlines are met. Maintain records, and communicate with funders. Establish relationships with foundations and private contributors.

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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
Job Responsibilities:

Will work closely with DFPM PIs and administration.
Assists PIs in completing monthly EOR on projects that they support
Create cost transfer forms and documents
Creates and reviews PARs for grants they support
Forecasts expenses and budgets spend down
Ensures compliance with sponsor and grant guidelines
Serves as liaison with OSP and GCA
Completes documents and forms in eAward for project setup, modification, carry forward, closure, etc
Sets up sub-award agreements and coordinates invoicing
Pulls financial information for the PI, sponsor and progress reports
May coordinate with sponsor
Reviews and approves project expenses and reports (Ushop, Concur, ePR, etc)
Other duties as assigned

Post-Award Grants & Contract Officer (GCO), I Facilitate the grant process post-award for the university. Coordinate cross-departmentally to research, prepare, finalize, submit, and follow-up on industry, foundation, and/or government grants. Research and draft proposals, develop budgets, and manage the submission process ensuring deadlines are met. Maintain records, and communicate with funders. Establish relationships with foundations and private contributors. With basic oversight completes various routine post-award administration of grant &/or contract activities.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a master's (or equivalency) degree.This is an Entry-Level position in the General Professional track.Job Code: P27621Grade: P13

Post-Award Grants & Contract Officer (GCO), IIFacilitate the grant process post-award for the university. Coordinate cross-departmentally to research, prepare, finalize, submit, and follow-up on industry, foundation, and/or government grants. Research and draft proposals, develop budgets, and manage the submission process ensuring deadlines are met. Maintain records, and communicate with funders. Establish relationships with foundations and private contributors. Independently and with some basic oversight, completes various routine post-award administration of research grants &/or contracts.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.This is a Developing-Level position in the General Professional track.Job Code: P27622Grade: P14

Post-Award Grants & Contract Officer (GCO), IIIFacilitate the grant process post-award for the university. Coordinate cross-departmentally to research, prepare, finalize, submit, and follow-up on industry, foundation, and/or government grants. Research and draft proposals, develop budgets, and manage the submission process ensuring deadlines are met. Maintain records, and communicate with funders. Establish relationships with foundations and private contributors. Independently completes post-award administration of research grants &/or contracts.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.This is a Career-Level position in the General Professional track.Job Code: P27623Grade: P16

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), I: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a master's (or equivalency) degree.
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.
Post-Award Grants & Contract Officer (GCO), III: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.

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Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN43362B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: M-F 8am-5pm. Potentially hybrid
Department: 00958 - DFPM-Administration
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: $50,000-$77,167
Close Date: 1/17/2026
Open Until Filled:

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