Student Worker: VP Research & Sponsored Programs- Pre-Award
East Texas A&M University
- Commerce, Texas
- 16 days ago
Highlights
Total number of hours to be worked per week cannot exceed 19 hours while taking classes (if employed by multiple departments, the total combined must not exceed 19 hours). Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Commerce, Texas |
| Industry | Education |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1876 |
| Website | http://www.tamu.edu/index.html |
Description
Job Title
Student Worker: VP Research & Sponsored Programs- Pre-AwardAgency
East Texas A&M UniversityDepartment
Office Of Research And Sponsored ProgramsProposed Minimum Salary
$13.00 hourlyJob Location
Commerce, TexasJob Type
Student WorkerJob Description
Student Assistant-Sponsored Programs (Pre-Award Focus)
IMPORTANT:
Total number of hours to be worked per week cannot exceed 19 hours while taking classes (if employed by multiple departments, the total combined must not exceed 19 hours). Student workers may work full-time during interim periods (between semesters) and during the summer. Position is paid bi-weekly and hourly wage will be based upon experience.
SUMMARY:
The Sponsored Programs Unit, operating within the Division of Research & Economic Development at East Texas A&M University, is seeking a Student Assistant. This role supports the university's research enterprise by helping manage grant development, compliance, and award administration.
DUTIES&RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Greet visitors to Vice President for Research and Economic Development (VPRED) suite of offices and relay information to appropriate personnel
- Assist students, staff, faculty, and university community with general questions
- Maintain and update webpages for Sponsored Programs with preaward tools, templates, and funding opportunities
- Maintain Excel spreadsheets (editing formulas, entering accurate information)
- Organize and file digital research grants and proposal packets, including supporting documentation
- Help track internal proposal routing, approvals, denials, and submission statuses within the Maestro system
- Distribute regional funding opportunities to campus investigators
- Route critical financial paperwork to university budget administrators
- Coordinate student, staff, and/or faculty sign-ins for scheduled training events on grant writing or proposal development
- Assist with the Annual Research Symposium as needed
- Shred confidential data once shredding has been approved by university
- Clean and maintain office work area
- Keep copy machine filled with paper
- Collaborate and communicate with supervisor
- And other duties as
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
About Company
Texas A&M University is dedicated to the discovery, development, communication, and application of knowledge in a wide range of academic and professional fields. Its mission of providing the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs is inseparable from its mission of developing new understandings through research and creativity. It prepares students to assume roles in leadership, responsibility and service to society. Texas A&M assumes as its historic trust the maintenance of freedom of inquiry and an intellectual environment nurturing the human mind and spirit. It welcomes and seeks to serve persons of all racial, ethnic and geographic groups as it addresses the needs of an increasingly diverse population and a global economy. In the 21st century, Texas A&M University seeks to assume a place of preeminence among public universities while respecting its history and traditions.