Associate Contracts Officer

at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Opening Id: 50273

Department: Office Sponsored Research
Salary/Grade: EXS/8

Job Summary:

As a professional staff member of Northwestern Sponsored Research (SR), the Associate Contracts Officer is integrally involved in the review and analysis of contractual issues including the preparation, drafting, review, redlining, and negotiation of non-funded sponsored research contracts and related agreements that require advanced knowledge of University, sponsor, and Federal regulations and policy. The Associate Contracts Officer will manage a range of research agreements with federal, corporate and private industry, subcontracts, and associated agreements pertaining to nondisclosure, confidentiality, data use, and material transfer for all academic departments on Northwestern’s Chicago, Evanston and Doha, Qatar campuses.

The Associate Contracts Officer interfaces with a number of individuals in SR, in other Northwestern offices and departments, and outside the university.  Incoming agreements may come from Contract Officers in SR, from the faculty members proposing and conducting the research, or from the entities seeking to sponsor the research.  The Associate Contracts Officer works with these individuals and coordinates compliance with the University’s Innovations and New Ventures (INVO) office, Office of Corporate Relations, Office of General Counsel, Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and others.  Reporting to the Senior Associate Director, Contracts & Negotiations, the Associate Contracts Officer has appropriate autonomy and ownership to negotiate, resolve and execute assigned agreements, transactions, relationships, and issues appropriate with the grade level and responsibilities.

Northwestern Sponsored Research is committed to being BRAVE (Battling Racism And Valuing Equity). Through deliberate words and actions, we endeavor to confirm to our colleagues that we see them and acknowledge their humanity and value. 

The Associate Contracts Officer will support the OR mission and values of understanding empathy, modeling accountability, ensuring fairness, embracing community, and valuing creativity.

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