Sr Grants & Contracts Analyst
The Department of Pediatrics is seeking a Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst, Pre and Post Award who will provide professional level sponsored projects management specifically for pre-award functions that include, but may not be limited to proposal preparation, proposal compliance, budget development, proposal review and submission. This position works independently on a variety of grants/contracts that range from simple to highly complex. The primary goal of this position is to ensure timely, accurate, effective and efficient submissions of sponsored funding requests. This position is supervised by the Grants and Contracts Manager.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Works independently on a variety of complex level grants/contracts, including those from NIH, NSF, DOD and various foundations. These grants, contracts and awards may involve highly detailed budgets, multiple projects, Cores and Sub-awards, Investigator-initiated, and higher complexity Foundation grants.
- Will ensure that all of the proper information/documentation is uploaded into the designated application portal (ASSIST, Workspace, NMSSFlex, etc).
- Will prepare and review grant and contract proposals and provide guidance to the PI in the interpretation and implications of applicable grants terms and conditions.
- Will work directly with the application’s Principal Investigator, Co-Investigators and administrative staff to ensure effective, accurate and timely grant proposal development.
- Point of contact for divisional faculty and staff toward the planning and development of budgets for submission with grant packages to various federal offices, private agencies/foundation and commercial agencies.
- Compare budget detail to budget justification for consistency and accuracy.
- Review budget justification for appropriateness and completeness of content. Verify applications are in compliance with sponsoring organization’s guidelines, as well as with relevant University policies and procedures.
- Assist Principal Investigators in completion of required information for grant proposals.
- Coordinate submission of large-multi-center proposals, ensuring that they are in compliance with the sponsor’s requirements.
- Responsible for tracking grant/contract proposals and other documentation through the signature/approval processes.
- Assure that appropriate human subject compliance training has been completed by key personnel.
- Point of contact for sub-award/subcontract organizations to ensure that the information/documents provided for submissions are accurate and in compliance with the sponsor’s guidelines.
- Coordinate submission of all proposals ensuring that all applicable direct and indirect cost rates have been applied. Advise faculty and staff on changes in sponsored research polices.
- Facilitate and/or produce specialized sponsored projects reports utilizing institutional or departmental systems (i.e., COEUS, SAP, Dashboard, etc.) for principal investigators, Division Leadership, and Neurology Administration when requested. Utilize COEUS and/or Dashboard to provide various reports, such as proposal success rates; amounts of proposals submitted by PI and in total, total direct and indirect costs submitted by fiscal year, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Four years of related experience in sponsored research and/or financial positions, preferably in an academic or medical setting.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Pre and Post award experience strongly preferred.
- Ability to work with flexibility on several tasks simultaneously and to meet various concurrent deadlines.
- Thorough knowledge of external Federal guidelines/procedures for grants and contracts, including NIH, NSF and DOD.
- Prior experience preparing and submitting applications in COEUS, ASSIST and WORKSPACE.
Classified Title: Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
Starting Salary Range: 0,100 Annually ($85,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)$62,900 - $11
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F 8:30 - 4:30
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Ped Financial Management
Personnel area: School of Medicine