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Program Coordinator

University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85718


Program Coordinator

Posting Numberreq21159

DepartmentResearch Development Services

Department Website Linkhttps://research.arizona.edu/development/rds-new-homepage

LocationMain Campus

AddressTucson, AZ USA

Position HighlightsResearch Development Services (RDS) at the University of Arizona has an opening for a Program Coordinator to provide critical functions in support of our office with program management including scheduling for our external engagement and proposals teams while providing office support in a collaborative environment. This is a fast-paced and multi-tasked environment requiring the incumbent to perform with initiative, resourcefulness, creativity, and sound judgment. Responsibilities include tasks such as managing communications and programs with our external sponsors (including reaching out to professionals in industry, national labs, and with federal sponsors) for meeting support, including agenda development, preparation of meeting documents, assisting with event/meeting organization (largely for external partners and faculty), calendaring, and other duties as assigned. The ideal candidate will be excited to work in an environment focused on advancing transformative excellence in research across campus, with particular attention to our land-grant mission of service to the State of Arizona.Research Development Services (RDS)

Research Development Services (RDS) facilitates effective collaborations between researchers and funders to bring about meaningful discoveries, critical innovation, and real-life impact.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

Duties & responsibilities:* Use of critical thinking and decision-making skills to provide a variety of specialized program management and technical responsibilities to support the external engagement program and proposal development team within the office of Research Development Services. This entails managing our CRM and relational database entries, tracking of action items and deadlines affiliated with external sponsored research, providing coordination for proposal development functions (including templating, calendaring, and meeting arrangements). Specific duties include: develop letters, memos, and reports on behalf of the external engagement and proposals teams, including communications for internal and external consumption. Coordinate communication triage, including agendas and collaborative tools, between other functional units within Research Development.* Collaborate with the RD Operations Team to ensure the smooth and successful implementation of program management, administrative support, and events to engage external sponsors (primarily federal, industry, and community partners) and faculty grants and contracts learning opportunities.* Administrative support - respond to inquiries received from the general help desk line and email; proactively communicate with senior leaders and deans (or designees), direct reports, internal and external stakeholders in establishing new meeting requests, following up on action items, sharing reports and draft scopes of work for sponsored research. Arrange meeting rooms and maintain the conference room and the conference room calendar, golf cart calendar and maintenance, maintain and set up Zoom and other technologies for audio-visual meeting support; make and report the necessary travel reservations and develop itineraries for those traveling (in and out of state); process PCard purchases and reconciliation ensuring all documents are submitted in a timely fashion according to deadlines; process reimbursements; process mail; monitor office needs.* Maintain multiple electronic systems including member access to Teams, the unit's CRM and proposal tracking tools (currently in AirTable and SmartSheet), and support the updating of our Drupal-based website. This also includes collating materials for distribution to key collaborators through our regularly scheduled e-newsletters (TRELLIS/Salesforce).* Additional duties as assigned.Knowledge, skills and abilities:* Understanding of a high-intensity research institution and higher education administration.* Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Outlook email and calendaring, Zoom, Doodle Poll or other similar applications.* Strong organizational skills and excellent verbal and written communication.* The use of sound judgment and the ability to distinguish priorities are important as well as working well with minimal supervision and within a team.* Excellent knowledge of office, research program/project management, and administrative procedures and policies particularly using the Microsoft Office Suite.* Excellent verbal and written communication.* Proficient with Zoom, Teams, and other applications with experience supporting AV equipment.* Skill in developing and maintaining good working relationships.* Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including written and oral communication. With the ability to effectively communicate with external partners.* Exceptional organizational skills: detail-oriented, able to prioritize strategically, and effectively juggle multiple projects simultaneously.* Knowledge of basic accounting principles.* Ability to problem-solve and make decisions.* Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.* Ability to deliver professional and effective customer service with all interactions.Minimum QualificationsBachelor's degree or equivalent advanced learning attained through experience required and a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with UA travel and financial processes.In depth experience using knowledge of external collaboration including industry relations.Experience working in a high-paced environment.

FLSANon-Exempt

Full Time/Part TimeFull Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week40

Job FTE1.0

Work CalendarFiscal

Job CategoryOrganizational Administration

Benefits EligibleYes - Full Benefits

Rate of Pay$25.50 - $31.88 per hour

Compensation Typehourly rate

Grade7

Compensation GuidanceThe

Rate of Pay Field

represents the University of Arizona's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. The University considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity.

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Grade Range Minimum, Midpoint, and Maximum Fields

listed below represent a full range of career compensation growth over time in this position and grade. Each unit typically sets starting pay between minimum and midpoint upon hire. The university offers compensation growth opportunities within its career architecture. To learn more about compensation, please review our Applicant Compensation Guide and our Total Rewards Calculator.

Grade Range Minimum$25.5

Grade Range Midpoint$31.88

Grade Range Maximum$38.24

Career Stream and LevelPC1

Job FamilyAdministrative Support

Job FunctionOrganizational Administration

Type of criminal background check required:Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies1

Target Hire Date

Expected End Date

Contact Information for CandidatesLuz Sandoval/ lvalenzu@arizona.edu

Open Date11/12/2024

Open Until FilledYes

Documents Needed to ApplyResume and Cover Letter

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