Grants and Contracts (G&C) Coordinator - Job Training Program
<p>As the <strong><span style="color:#FF8200;">University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI)</span></strong> grows and becomes more involved in research with local industries and federal agencies, the Grants and Contracts Office is vital to ensuring proposals, awards, subawards, and other contracts are submitted and dispersed appropriately. The university wants to lead in workforce development for the Huntsville/southern middle Tennessee region and plans to achieve this by increasing its research presence in the area with local industries and federal agencies. The Grants and Contracts Coordinator role is an entry-level position critical to the university. This position will work in conjunction with UTSI faculty and staff to ensure proposals and awards are submitted correctly. This position will also work with the UTSI Industrial Security Office to ensure compliance with export control, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), controlled unclassified information (CUI), and other applicable regulations.</p
The grants and contracts (G&C) coordinator will support the UTSI Office of Grants and Contracts by assisting with tasks related to proposal preparation, submittal and distribution of awards. Duties may include entering data into the University internal tracking system, Cayuse, to ensure efficient and up-to-date information for reporting purposes. This position will provide support, as necessary, to proposal submissions that utilize a variety of industrial or government portals (federal, state, industry). The coordinator will use the federal acquisition regulations (FAR) and the defense federal acquisition regulations (DFAR) to determine the applicability of FAR/DFAR grant/contract requirements. The coordinator will also evaluate non-research contracts for requirements utilizing the standard contract manual as developed by the UT System office.
<li><strong>We are open to accepting any rank, skills designator, military service, or level of experience for placements that last anywhere from 90–180 days.</strong></li
Research Administration Support, Administration Support, Administrative assistant
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- ▸ "How many of your past SkillBridge interns received full-time offers?" — a serious program knows the number.
- ▸ "Who will my day-to-day mentor be, and what does week one look like?"
- ▸ "The listing says 91 - 120 days — can that flex to my approved window if my command shortens it?"
- ▸ "Is relocation expected for a full-time offer, or can I convert where I am?"
- ▸ "You list LI, WE, ARE — what did interns from those specialties end up doing here?"
- ✓ Your projected start window and separation date (from your profile)
- ✓ Your command's approval status — even "packet drafted" signals you're serious
- ✓ Your civilian-translated resume bullets (generate them here)
- ✓ A written training-plan ask — you'll need it for your packet anyway
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