Senior Grant Specialist (Remote) - Surgery

Position Summary
This is a position within the Department of Surgery research administration team. The team is fully remote but may come into the office (Mid Campus Center) for training and occasionally for meetings. This position is responsible for more complex grants and/or broader scope and may lead one or more grant assistant/specialists.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Submits grant proposal for a variety of investigators and sponsors.
• Manages grant awards.
• Responsible for full life-cycle of research administration – including submissions.
• Serves as lead Grant Assistants or Grant Specialists. May train others in all pre and post award administrative functions. No direct reports.
• Works with Principal Investigator to compile and submit the entire grant according to established agency/university guidelines. Prepares and reviews all agency forms for submission. Enters grant budgeting documents online, as needed.
• May coordinate the submission and post award activities for grant-funded clinical trial studies; Identifies and collects potential grant applications/ instructions for PIs.
• Serves as internal liaison and grant content representative, ensuring that all funds are set up in a timely manner; prepare any necessary project advances, no-cost extensions, and ensure that funds are carried forward as appropriate.
• Ensures timely implementation of contracts and subcontracts by managing processes, examining information and complying with necessary requirements of OSRS.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on complex troubleshooting error resolutions/solutions for grant submissions and financial reports.
• Analyzes and prepares comprehensive and often complex monthly financial reports on all research accounts (expected to be of a large scale/scope). Monitors, analyzes, and provides forecasts for grant budgets ensuring appropriate and timely expenditures and reconciliation of funds.
• Distributes/discusses with PIs and senior leadership.
• Tracks and maintains online database of grants submitted, awarded, rejected, etc.
• Organizes and determines proper action plans including the oversight for advanced alerts to PIs of upcoming deadlines for continuation, competitive renewals, progress reports, etc.
• Responsible for ensuring that human and animal study protocols are associated with the applicable proposal or award.
• Coordinates transfer of PI grant files into WashU and to new institutions or new departments.
• Responsible for closure of grant accounts. Submits final progress report and final invention statement (if applicable) to the appropriate agency.
• Coordinates the necessary support with internal and external requests for grant-related information (i.e. current biosketches, trainee information, human/animal protocol approvals, and other support).
• Creates, addresses, and processes correspondence of moderate to high complexity with granting agencies (i.e. inquiries, carry forward requests, change in effort requests, no cost extensions, equipment purchase, and budget reallocation requests).
• Obtains signatures and forwards grant financial status reports to PI and senior leadership.
• Updates grants lists monthly or when new fund numbers are received.
• Organizes and maintains electronic and hard copy grant files.
• Analyzes and provides recommendations/guidance for research management for preparation of the annual budget and annual payroll. Enters budget online, as needed.
• Attends training sessions/seminars related to position.
• Assists senior leadership with special projects as requested.
• Works with PIs to provide fund management and make any necessary budgetary changes.
• Identifies and assigns payroll to appropriate sources and enters directly into Workday, with PI approval.
• Approves purchasing documents and provides guidance to purchasing staff on appropriate expenditures according to specific grant policies.
• May manage Cores and Subcores, program income, bridge/seed and institutional funds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated analytic skills.
• Knowledge of Workday, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, RMS, SUBS, agency guidelines, etc.
• Working knowledge of standard accounting procedures and ability to utilize computerized accounting systems.
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Required Qualifications

Equivalent of Bachelor’s degree with five years of experience in accounting or related field plus experience in grants administration or nine years of combined education and related experience.

Grade
G11

Salary Range
$50,500.00 - $86,200.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

Accommodation

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Pre-Employment Screening
All external candidates receiving an offer for employment will be required to submit to pre-employment screening for this position. The screenings will include criminal background check and, as applicable for the position, other background checks, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, physical examination, certain vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.

Benefits Statement
Washington University in St. Louis is committed to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to our employees. Benefits eligibility is subject to employment status, full-time equivalent (FTE) workload, and weekly standard hours. Please visit our website at https://hr.wustl.edu/benefits/ to view a summary of benefits.

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