Required Qualifications:
- Minimum three years experience in grants administration in an academic setting
- Experience applying fiscal and administrative rules, regulations, and procedures for administering sponsored projects
- Experience with pre- and post- award research administration including grant proposal development and/or budget planning/management
- Successful experience working in a team environment
- Highly effective and professional verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated experience working on multiple projects with tight deadlines, highlighting strong attention to detail, organization, prioritization, problem solving, and analytical skills
- Desire and ability to engage in ongoing process improvement projects
- Proficiency with Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Office, and Google Drive
- The selected applicant is responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States on or before the effective date of appointment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with federal sponsors including NIH, NSF, DOE, DOD
- Experience with Workday ERP & UW RAMP
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Research Administration or related field (or equivalent experience) required.
- How to Apply: BOTH a resume and cover letter are REQUIRED. Please upload both documents as a SINGLE PDF file.
- Please ensure that the resume and cover letter address how you meet the required/preferred qualifications and the skills/requirements outlined in the job summary. Please keep in mind, applicants need to articulate all requirements in their cover letter and/or resume. Applicants who have preferred qualifications/skills should share those in the cover letter and/or resume as well. References will only be collected from finalists for the position.
- The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine who may advance to interviews. Incomplete applications may not be considered for the position.
Please note, the selected applicant is responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States on or before the effective date of appointment.
Click the “Apply” button to start the application process. PLEASE upload both required documents as a SINGLE PDF.
Contact Information:
For issues with your application, please contact Allison Miller at allison.miller@wisc.edu .
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Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
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