Junior Project Analyst

Description

**Who we are:** For 50 years, Fundep has been the support foundation of UFMG, responsible for managing research, teaching, extension, and institutional development projects. Authorized also to support other science and technology institutions across the country, Fundep serves as a bridge connecting diverse actors in the Brazilian science, technology, and innovation (S&T) landscape. **Responsibilities and duties** As a **Junior Project Analyst**, you will be responsible for: * Participating in meetings with the Project Negotiation Department to plan project implementation with researchers; * Planning projects regarding timelines, costs, procurement activities, and personnel payments, in coordination with the Coordination team; * Implementing projects; * Providing technical user training to researchers and their teams to enable them to operate the system effectively; * Monitoring all activities outlined in each project; * Contacting researchers via phone calls, emails, or meetings; * Managing project closure through the predefined closure workflow, resolving pending issues, and liaising with other departments; * Preparing responses to funding agencies’ requests for clarification, via official letters and technical and documentary analysis; * Analyzing contracts and payments by reviewing supporting documentation, verifying approvals, processing requests, and forwarding them to the responsible department; * Analyzing purchase requests, monitoring those executed, and resolving pending items. **Requirements and qualifications** * Be organized, proactive, possess clear and objective communication skills, work autonomously, and collaborate effectively; * Completed undergraduate degree in Administration, Management Processes, Law, or related fields; * Experience as a Project Analyst; * Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; * Basic knowledge of Labor Legislation; * Experience in budgetary analysis processes; * Familiarity with performance indicators; * Knowledge of Project Management tools and techniques. **Additional information** Benefits and advantages: * Free parking or transportation allowance aligned with individual needs; * Meal allowance/meal voucher — including during vacation periods; * Breakfast and afternoon snack; * Collective life insurance and personal accident insurance; * Comprehensive medical and hospital assistance; * Extended paternity leave; * Birthday Day-Off — one paid day off granted on your birthday; * Partnership with Drogaria Araújo pharmacy; * Membership in UFMG’s CEU Club; * Discounts on UFMG extension courses; * 20% discount on books published by UFMG Press. Join Fundep! For nearly 50 years, Fundep has been UFMG’s support foundation, responsible for managing research, teaching, extension, and institutional development projects. Authorized also to support other national Science and Technology Institutions, Fundep connects diverse actors in the S&T and innovation ecosystem. To assist institutions in fulfilling their societal role, Fundep operates across three complementary dimensions, offering solutions and services in Project Management, Public Tenders, and Programs. Across these three areas, Fundep delivers end-to-end management, covering opportunity prospecting, resource acquisition, legal advisory, procurement, imports, personnel hiring, and financial reporting. Its mission is to serve as a benchmark support foundation, recognized for administrative excellence and credibility in sustainable management. The Foundation is present in researchers’ daily lives, manifesting its impact in numerous ways. It supports the national COVID-19 vaccine effort by assisting CTVacinas and Spintech. It aids Minas Gerais’ judiciary in decisions related to the country’s largest humanitarian and environmental tragedy, managing the Brumadinho project. It bridges the automotive industry’s needs with solutions developed at research, technology, and innovation centers nationwide, coordinating lines under the Mover Program. It ensures transparency and integrity in supporting public agencies and civil society organizations in conducting tenders, selection processes, and professional qualification initiatives. These represent just some of the over 3,000 projects Fundep manages annually. The Foundation also fosters new business ventures, supports technology-based entrepreneurship, and promotes innovative approaches to conducting and disseminating research. It operates as a network, mediating complex ecosystems that support science and technology. **FUNDEP VALUES** Fundep operates based on the following values: ***Excellence*****:** Commitment to continuous improvement, aiming to deliver high-quality services recognized by the research, teaching, and innovation ecosystem. ***Diversity*****:** Respect, appreciation, and encouragement of an environment embracing diversity of people, projects, ideas, and cultures. ***Sustainability*****:** Social, economic, and environmental principles ensuring the Foundation’s long-term sustainability and contributing positively to society. ***Integrity*****:** Ethical, transparent, and responsible conduct in all of the Foundation’s relationships. ***Creativity:***Internalization of innovative practices, encouraging the pursuit of solutions and new opportunities.