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Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

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Hourly Range: $21.20 - $26.49 per hour; DOE

Job Description

ASU Knowledge Enterprise is seeking a focused and responsible Management Intern to provide assistance to the Contracting Services (CS) team.  CS supports faculty and staff from various colleges, schools, and departments in their efforts to apply for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. CS specifically plays a role in Research Operations by preparing, reviewing, negotiating, and monitoring complex and non-complex contracts for research-related projects to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, ABOR, federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

In this role, under general supervision of the CS staff, the management intern will work on a variety of tasks and projects to support the Contracting team from responding to inquiries and requests from staff and external parties including providing guidance as to processes to preparing agreements based upon standard ASU templates. This position requires the ability to be organized.

This would be an ideal position for a law student or a student interested in a law career.

Essential Duties

• Duties are technical and/or complex and involve a significant degree of responsibility and judgment.
• Under the general direction of CS staff, may prepare, draft, and monitor complex or non-complex Agreements, including Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), Material Transfer Agreements (MTA), and possibly some Services and Sponsored Research agreements.
• Using written job aids and guidance, will complete a variety of daily/weekly/monthly tasks
• With the assistance of staff, will assist with triaging agreement tasks.
• Work and communicate with, and provide administrative and technical assistance to, ASU departments and Sponsors related to the ASU Contracts process.
• Prepare pre-drafted correspondence and documents as needed.
• Some data entry type tasks within Excel, Word, or ASU’s Enterprise Research Administration (ERA) system
• Perform other duties as assigned in furtherance of the ASU and Contracting Services mission.

Desired Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Basic legal knowledge would be helpful.
• Experience with Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and Outlook
• Ability to learn new computer tasks
• Law student or pre-law preferred

Working Environment

ASU is an inclusive enterprise with a wide variety of work and learning modes, locations, and a commitment to sustainability, innovation, and employee work-life balance. We are determined to maintain our position as an employer of choice in a competitive labor market, as such the following options may be offered dependent on department needs:

Flexible work options: 

• Alternative work schedules can include four, 10-hour workdays in a workweek; a nine-day, 80-hour schedule over two workweeks for exempt employees only; and staggered start and stop times. 
• Hybrid work is an arrangement where employees spend a minimum of 60% of their regular workweek at their primary ASU work location. Dean or vice president-level approval is required.
• Remote work is an arrangement where the employee spends less than 60% of their regular workweek at a regularly assigned ASU work location. Executive vice president-level approval is required. 

Working Environment

• Climate-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of being in a stationary position. 
• Remote setting possible

Department Statement:

ASU Knowledge Enterprise advances research, innovation, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship, and international development. Our success arises from solutions-focused, interdisciplinary research; an entrepreneurial approach that is embedded in every school and department; and a commitment to transform society in a positive way. To learn more about how Knowledge Enterprise is a place for your career to grow, visit https://research.asu.edu/about-us/careers. 

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Current employees, student workers seeking staff opportunities, and students applying for student worker positions must apply directly through the Workday Jobs Hub.

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• Cover letter
• Resume or CV

Multiple documents may be uploaded in the attachments section. Alternatively, applicants may combine all required materials into a single PDF for submission. Please ensure uploaded documents are clearly labeled and include your name.

Please ensure your resume includes all employment information in month and year format, for example 6/04 to 8/14, along with job title, job duties, and employer name for each position. Your resume should clearly demonstrate how your experience and background meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position. Incomplete applications or missing required materials may not be considered.

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Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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