Job Title
Pre-Award Grants Management Specialist
Department
Office of Grants and Sponsored Research
Campus
Queens
Responsibilities
- Identifying and communicating funding sources information for
faculty, administrators and graduate students.
- Conducts daily review of Federal Register and FEDBIZOPPS.
- Conduct weekly review of NYSTAR, NIH, Grants.gov, NSF, US
Department of Education, NYS Department of Education, and NYC
Department of Education grant publication/sites.
- Conduct periodic review of funding opportunities databases
(InfoED, SPIN, FC Search).
- Assist project directors in creating SPIN Profiles and signing
up for on-line notification of grant competitions.
- Develop familiarity and stay abreast of departmental/decanal
and individual project director areas of interest (in collaboration
with Director and Development Office).
Proposal Submission Support - Act as University’s co-lead support person for all electronic
proposal submission systems. Will learn systems and
assist/train others in their use.
- Write and edit grant proposals: coach applicants, read and
interpret guidelines, organize submissions.
- Develop proposal budgets and budget justifications.
- Provide support for proposal routing and submissions; review
submissions for compliance with formats required by agency
guidelines; monitor electronic submissions, NIH Just-in-Time,
agency inquiries.
Campus Education
- Conduct campus-wide workshops/activities.
- Update and maintain pre-award website.
- Assume primary responsibility for OGSR newsletter or news
column in Center for Teaching and Learning newsletter.
Other
- Keep records for Seed Grant/Venture Capital Programs.
- Compile data for Annual Grants Reception.
- Provide support to Director on review and routing of
Independent Contractor Agreements and contracts with other
institutions.
- Provide support to Director for reporting on proposal
submissions/awards.
- Assist with implementation of electronic research
administration systems.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelors’ Degree required; Master’s Degree
preferred.
- Two (2) years experience with sponsored projects desired,
preferably at an institution of higher education.
- Ability to lead and advise on emerging information technology
needs in the field of Electronic Research Administration.
- Substantial experience in writing and editing proposals.
- Familiarity with use of databases and other resources for
identification of funding sources.
- Familiarity with Federal regulations related to sponsored
projects.
- Familiarity with NYC Department of Education contracting
process highly desirable.
- Knowledge of MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS
PowerPoint)
- Desire to learn and grow in field and develop facility with
regulations and requirements related to sponsored projects – re:
biohazards, human subjects, laboratory animals, conflict of
interest, etc.
Salary
Salary commensurate with your qualifications, experience, and
contingent upon the departmental budget.
Submitting for this Position
Please send a cover letter and a resume to work@stjohns.edu and Reference
Job 1081 in the subject line.