Program Specialist II (PreAward Research Support)

Location: College Station, Texas, United States; full-time onsite role

Salary: $45,000–$55,000 per year, commensurate with education and experience

Company

Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences is establishing a PreAward Research Support Services unit to strengthen proposal development and support the college’s research enterprise.

What you will do

• Support faculty and staff with planning, developing, and coordinating intramural and extramural research proposals.
• Collect, organize, review, and maintain proposal documents, budgets, forms, templates, files, databases, and tracking tools.
• Coordinate research-related conferences, seminars, workshops, meetings, communications, and outreach activities.
• Prepare program and proposal reports, track multidisciplinary grant submissions, and maintain document versions and deadlines.
• Research sponsor programs and funding opportunities, maintain reference information, and distribute funding-opportunity communications.
• Coordinate grant-related administrative activities, including travel arrangements, reimbursements, stipends, scheduling, and stakeholder workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least two years of administrative, coordination, or related experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, organizational, customer service, multitasking, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Experience with word processing, spreadsheet, database, and survey software.
• Ability to work cooperatively with faculty, staff, internal stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with research administration or sponsored research services.
• Proofreading, content editing, or grant-writing experience.
• Familiarity with Grants.gov and proposal requirements for foundations and other external funders.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary research proposals.

Culture & Benefits

• Respectful, collaborative work environment built around Texas A&M’s values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and selfless service.
• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, flexible spending, and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid holidays, monthly paid sick leave, and paid vacation.
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
• Professional development through LinkedIn Learning, webinars, conference support, tuition assistance, and educational release time.
• Health and wellness programs, including free exercise programs and release time.

Hiring process

• Submit a cover letter and CV/resume with the application.
• Employment is contingent on credential verification and completion of a criminal history investigation.