The Latino Research Institute is a research-focused entity within the College of Liberal Arts. The mission of the Latino Research Institute is to provide the infrastructure for the creation and dissemination of quality information about issues affecting Latino populations in the region, state, and nation.
About the Center for Mexican American Studies:
The mission of the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) is to serve Texas and the nation as a leader in the intellectual development of Mexican American and Latina/o studies. Faculty and students affiliated with CMAS study the cultural practices, historical development, and socioeconomic conditions of Mexican American and Latina/o communities.
Latino Research Institute Positions
Administrative Associate
The Administrative Associate of the Latino Research Institute will serve as the primary customer service, financial, and administrative point of contact for the unit and stakeholders within and outside the University.
This full-time, benefits-eligible position is currently offered at 30 hours/week; however, the option to increase hours may be available to interested applicants.
Responsibilities:
- Manage day-to-day tasks including telephone and visitor. reception, managing inquiries, requests, and accommodations with executive-level professionalism. Plan and prepare for visits from official guests. Coordinate travel for unit staff and visitors as appropriate, including creating and revising itineraries, preparing appropriate paperwork, booking travel and accommodations, and processing reimbursements.
- Provide support for special events, conferences, public speaking engagements, and related functions.
- Assist with financial needs of unit
- Assist with processing human resource functions for staff and student appointments
- Organize and track a variety of unit information and maintain unit records
- Establish and document standard operating procedures for unit needs and update as necessary
- Provide administrative support to leadership on tasks such as curriculum vitae maintenance; email correspondence; meeting scheduling, planning, note-taking, and follow-up; calendar management; unit communications; presentation materials; and administrative coordination of unit programs and initiatives
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Research Program Coordinator
This position is essential to the development of the research infrastructure required for the Latino Research Institute to fulfill its mission of creating and disseminating quality research on significant issues affecting Latino populations in the region, state, and nation.
The Research Program Coordinator supports the Latino Research Institute Director and Assistant Director, affiliated investigators, and staff researchers with all aspects of sponsored funding applications (pre-award) and administration (post-award). This is a permanent position and not reliant on grant funding.
Responsibilities:
- Assist researchers at all levels with technical aspects of proposal development, document and budget preparation, copy editing of proposal documents, and submission of funding applications to federal and private funding agencies.
- At the direction of the PI, serve as primary contact with sub-award entities during the pre-award application process and throughout the post-award period. Serve as primary departmental contact for the College of Liberal Arts Grants Office and the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) to facilitate timely, accurate, and complete proposal submission and post-award information requests. Serve as liaison between researchers and OSP/SPAA; communicate with OSP/SPAA reviewers, negotiators, and award administrators.
- Perform grant administration (post-award) duties, including assistance with progress reports; funding extensions; amendments, grant close-outs; facilitation of grant transfers, contracts, purchases, budget modifications, sub-award invoices, and overall expense management.
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Center for Mexican American Studies Position
Administrative Associate
The Administrative Associate of the Center Mexican American Studies will serve as the primary customer service, financial, and administrative point of contact for the unit and stakeholders within and outside the University.
Responsibilities:
- Provide administrative support to leadership on tasks such as email correspondence; meeting scheduling, planning, note-taking, and follow-up; calendar management; unit communications; presentation materials; and administrative coordination of unit programs and initiatives. Manage day-to-day tasks including inquiries, requests, and accommodations with executive-level professionalism. Plan and prepare for visits from official guests. Coordinate travel for unit staff and visitors as appropriate, including creating and revising itineraries, preparing appropriate paperwork, booking travel and accommodations, and processing reimbursements.
- Coordinate annual fellowship and scholarship opportunities including application intake, committee coordination, review, notification, and processing.
- Assist with financial needs of unit, such as front-end expense approval, invoice review and payment, contracts, purchases, and overall expense management. Serve as unit ProCard holder, including purchasing and reconciliation.
- Assist with processing human resource functions for staff and students, including recruitment, support to hiring committee, appointment processing, offer letters, new employee onboarding, and personnel records maintenance. Serve as back-up for human resources functions as needed. Supervise and approve timesheets for student employees.
- Use appropriate tools (e.g., files, databases) to organize and track a variety of unit information and maintain unit records, mailing/contact lists, unit sponsorships, equipment inventory, and unit activity records.
- Provide support for special events, conferences, public speaking engagements, and related functions.Click here to read the full job posting and apply.
