Principal Investigator LBNL Grant

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide PI oversight for the grant during the appointment period.

• Monitor subrecipients and contractors to ensure project activities are completed in accordance with grant requirements.

• Review and verify contractor/subrecipient invoices for accuracy, allowability, and alignment with completed deliverables.

• Confirm that project deliverables and required activities have been completed.

• Review grant expenditures to ensure they are appropriate, allowable, and properly allocated to the award.

• Verify any required effort reporting or project-related documentation.

• Coordinate with Carsey administrative staff, Sponsored Programs, and project partners as needed to support grant closeout activities.

• Respond to questions related to project activities, deliverables, invoices, or expenses during the appointment period.

• Ensure remaining project activities are completed in compliance with sponsor and university
  requirements

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• Doctorate degree in public policy, community development finance, impact finance, economics, planning, or a closely related field.

• Significant experience providing leadership or oversight for externally funded research, policy, or community development finance projects.

• Experience serving in a Principal Investigator, project director, senior advisor, or similar project
  oversight role.

• Experience with sponsored project administration, grant compliance, sponsor requirements, project deliverables, and closeout activities.

• Experience reviewing project activities, deliverables, expenditures, invoices, and supporting
  documentation.

• Experience coordinating with internal administrative, finance, and sponsored programs staff, as well as external project partners, contractors, and/or subrecipients.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of externally funded project oversight and grant compliance requirements.

• Strong knowledge of impact finance, community development finance, public policy, or related policy areas.

• Ability to monitor subrecipients, contractors, and project partners to ensure work is completed in accordance with grant requirements.

• Ability to review invoices for accuracy, allowability, and alignment with completed deliverables.

• Ability to review and verify project expenditures, effort reporting, and supporting documentation.

• Ability to support final reporting, compliance, and grant closeout requirements.

• Ability to coordinate effectively with faculty, staff, sponsored programs, finance staff, external partners, and funders.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to respond to questions related to project status, deliverables, expenses, and closeout requirements.

• Ability to work independently and complete required project oversight within a short-term appointment
  period.

Preferred Qualifications:

• More than 40 years of professional experience in impact finance, community development finance, public policy, applied research, or related fields.

• Prior experience serving as Principal Investigator or senior project lead on externally funded grants or contracts.

• Prior experience working with universities, sponsored programs offices, funders, contractors, and subrecipients.

• Direct experience with grant-funded research, policy development, and community development finance initiatives.

Applicant Instructions: 

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the My Experience: Resume/CV section of the application: (Maximum of 5 Documents)

• Resume/CV

Compensation Pay Range:

$3,198.08