Pre-Award Grants Management Specialist - Office of Grants and Sponsored Research

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.