Grant Program Manager - Palliative Care & Rehab Med Research

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is one of the world's most respected centers focused on cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. It was named the nation's No. 1 hospital for cancer care in U.S. News & World Report's 2021-2022 rankings. It is one of the nation's original three comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.

MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation, and the world through outstanding programs that integrate patient care, research and prevention, and through education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the public.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Pre- & Post-Award, Grants Submissions, Planning and Tracking Assists Admin Director, Protocol Research with support independently planning, implementation, and management of all funding and grant initiatives. Prepares and develops grants, budgets and justifications. Ensures that administrative and financial support and other resources are available and in place. Ensures accuracy and compliance with sponsor regulations and institutional policy. Prepares and submits progress and other reports including no-cost extensions, carry- forward requests, budget transfers, effort reduction requests, etc. Monitors the progress of existing grants. Responsible for routing subcontract items and consultant/vendor setup. Communicates with faculty, institutional, federal, private, program and other officials in grant related matters relying on independent decision making. Coordinates special meetings and workshops for large multi-project grants. Acts as the liaison and departmental representative for large multi- disciplinary projects as needed. Represents the department at professional meetings within the institution, as well as externally. Provides oversight and maintains database and tracking system of all grants to monitor status of submitted, pending, awarded and funded grants. Maintains funding information on shared information drive for support staff to use as a resource for Other Support reports. Maintains faculty other support documents and biosketches for utilization during the grants submission process. Provides management in all aspects of large grant awards. This includes pre-award, post-award, progress reports, no-cost extensions, and close outs. Coordinates the internal competitions for developmental or career development funds. Serves as a resource to others who participate in the grant process. Coordinates with the Legal Department and Grants and Contracts the issuance of subcontracts, set up of company base centers for each subcontract and follow through on invoice payment. Trains support staff and new regulatory personnel, providing direction in research administration procedures.

Financial Coordination of Grants and Sponsored Projects

Independently monitors rates of expenditures on grants and contracts and with the Admin Director, Protocol Research proactively advises the PIs and manages all necessary changes in salary support and other expenditures to ensure zero balances at study expiration. Works with the department leadership and faculty to ensure that grant funds are being expensed accurately and according to institutional and/or agency regulations. Ensures expired accounts are closed in a timely manner. Requires complex account review, analysis, projection and problem resolution and provides comprehensive reports for all aspects of all Department grant awards and reports appropriately. Reviews expenses against grants for accuracy, investigates and resolves errors and variances. Responsible for grant reconciliation and financial closeouts of grant awards. Assists in reconciliation of all grant expenditures, ensuring expenditures are appropriate and within the guidelines set forth by the sponsor. Maintains up-to-date percent effort for all departmental personnel. Assist with effort reporting.

Research and Protocol Administration Management and Operations

Responsible for reporting the updates of the faculty grants' profiles at Departmental Faculty meetings and at the Divisional level. Process MTAs, patents, legal services agreements, contracts as requested by the faculty. Follows through to track RCTS, ClickGrants and Total Contract Manager submissions for grant and contract submissions. Process compliance protocols as requested by the faculty. Assists in maintaining effort profiles and payroll distribution in ECC, including revisions for new projects, closing/terminating of old projects, change of individual's responsibilities and efforts. Works with the departmental leadership to prepare quarterly and yearly department effort cards with Chair, faculty, Director, Admin Dir, Protocol Research. Maintains records of salary waivers, personnel effort on sponsored projects or cost sharing as necessary. Assist with departmental and divisional events as assigned. Attends and actively participates in monthly Grant Administrator Group (GANG) meetings, as well as any other protocol or grant meetings as assigned. Attend PI meetings regularly to discuss grants and protocols. Assists in composing and submitting new protocols and modifications for research projects and communicate with respective teams in Office of Clinical Research. Reviews and submits annual continuing reviews. Works with finance team to review free balance reports to address outstanding issues and expiring awards. Participates in free balance meetings and in tracking projects through the pre-award and IRB process.

Education Required - Bachelor's degree.

Experience Required - Two years of grant management experience such as grant writing, grant submission and financial administration and one year of lead or supervisory experience. May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one year basis. Successful completion of the LEADing Self Accelerate program may substitute for one year of required supervisory or management experience.

Other - Must pass pre-employment skills test as required and administered by Human Resources.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html