Grant Administrator - Post Award

Department:

RI Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA)

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SPA Post Award

Position Title:

Grant Administrator - Post Award

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:

The Post Award Grant Administrator is responsible for allocating grant monies and providing the administrative and financial oversight of the grant monies to ensure their proper use. The Post Award Grant Administrator will work with the principal investigators and their respective support staff on post-award administration; and function as a liaison to federal, states and private grantor agencies and subcontractor entities. Timely coordination and communication with involved parties regarding grant management issues must be maintained. This individual will be expected to work collaboratively with faculty and research administrators to accomplish the goals of the department.

Job Description:

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Set-up of grant account awards in the Workday Financial systems.

• Review and monitor expenses charged to the grant accounts in accordance with the budget approved by the funding agency and their guidelines.

• Monitor grant accounts to ensure cost principles are adhered to.

• Effectively and professionally interface with principal investigators, administrators, and research staff regarding issues relating to budgets, reporting, and interpretation of the funding agency rules and regulations.

• Preparation and submission of monthly or quarterly billings on cost reimbursement sub-contracts/subaward agreements.

• Monthly monitoring of receivables status

• Preparation and submission of annual or quarterly financial reporting to funding agencies.

• Serves as the point of contact for the funding agency on award administration issues.

• Prepare account closing documents required by funding sources.

• Review and process requests for no-cost extensions and carry-over requests.

• Serve as the point of contact for the funding agency on award administration issues.

• Maintain current in-depth knowledge of NIH and other sponsor’s policies for award administration.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

• Five years of related experience with one of the following in a large corporation or university setting: accounting, financial management of grants, budgeting, financial recordkeeping. Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

• Experience with MS Excel for financial reporting and spreadsheet development.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field of study (accounting, business or life sciences).

Work Experience:

• Experience reading and interpreting funding opportunity announcements and demonstrated knowledge of pre-award grant submission process.

• Knowledge of NIH application requirements and policy regulations and a familiarity with web-based submission software (eg: Cayuse, Altum proposal Central).

Skills

• Written and oral communication skills.

• Customer service skills.

Required Documents
Resume

Cover

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation Statement:

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above. 

Pay Range:

$58,656.00 - $86,000.00

Minimum

$58,656.00

Midpoint

$72,328.00

Maximum

$86,000.00