Research Program Coordinator

Research Program Coordinator

The Research Program Coordinator will work within a Space geodesy research at UTCSR is supported by multiple research grants and contracts from NASA, DoD, and industry, each lasting from anywhere to two to twenty years. The work for each project engages faculty, professional research staff, and graduate and undergraduate students. Each staff member contributes to multiple projects, with assignments changing over time. This mix requires active research program coordination across people and projects.

Coordinate operations of research program and manage administrative duties related to research grants, specifically:

• Assist with discovery, planning, budgeting, writing and formatting of grant proposal submissions.
• Prepare templates and write reports and other correspondence related to the research and program in accordance with grant guidelines, collating technical contributions from researchers.
• Assist with labor allocation and budget tracking across multiple grants/contracts.
• Develop research program guidelines/activities and provides recommendations for improvement.
• Discover and report on work by peers in blogs, websites, and trade articles.
• May participate in the writing and editing process of manuscripts for submission to scientific journals.
• Other duties assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degrees in related field.
• Three (3) years of experience of coordinatoring or administrating a program.

Preferred Qualifications:

• B.S. or B.A. in STEM or Liberal Arts in technical disciplines.
• More than three years of experience in research program coordination.
• Experience with composition using MS Office and LaTex.
• Experience with MS Excel tools for planning.
• Strong verbal communication, technical writing and teamwork skills.
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results, and to work effectively in an interrupt-driven, fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
• Prior work experience in higher education with particularly in STEM or research operation.

Salary Range: $50,000+ depending on qualifications and experience.

Working Conditions:

• May work around standard office conditions.
• Climbing of stairs.
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation, manual dexterity (ex: using a mouse).
• Work Shift: Monday – Friday, typical office hours plus occasional after-hours work.

Required Materials:

• Resume/CV
• Letter of Interest
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.