Role OverviewThe Grants & Contracts Specialist serves as a research administration professional within Sponsored Programs, accepting workflow assignments and providing the highest level of service to faculty on post-award actions.
What You Will Do
Review, negotiate, and approve terms and conditions for grants and cooperative agreements; Ensure that the Principal Investigator (PI) has obtained all required certifications and assurances.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The successful incumbent must have strong verbal and written communication skills, exceptional interpersonal skills, and ability to interact collaboratively with a diverse constituent population.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher)
- In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, a combination of higher education and administrative experience equaling four (4) years may be considered
- Two (2) years of full-time finance, accounting, and/or administrative experience
- Experience using electronic pre- and post-award systems such as Grants.gov, NIH ASSIST, NSF Research.gov, Grants Solutions, Huron Click, InfoEd, Cayuse
- Experience developing or analyzing grant budgets
- Experience managing grant application processes
- Experience interpreting and applying policies from multiple levels of authority (federal, state, and institutional)
- Customer service experience
- Experience with pre- and/or post-award management in a government, non-profit, and/or academic setting
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