Post Award Grant Specialist

Compensation Range: Annual Salary: $50,790.00 - $68,570.00 Position Summary The Post Award Grant Specialist is a key member of the grants accounting team working directly with program directors, the office of sponsored projects, and the accounting/finance team on all grant related activity. The Post Award Grant Specialist will play a key role in the administration support, fiscal compliance and fiscal management of sponsored programs, campus and community programs, and all other support programs. The Post Award Grant Specialist serves as a primary point of contact for faculty serving as PI’s on the grants and work directly with them throughout the life of an award providing guidance/assistance on administrative and fiscal processes such as purchasing supplies, projecting costs, interpreting complex policies and regulations, and providing data for securing sponsor agency approvals for grant related actions. Responsibilities include faculty financial support, contract and grant management, accounting and finance, procurement, and travel expense reimbursements, including procurement and expense report approvals. This position serves as a subject matter expert on communicating policies and procedures, as well as related regulatory guidance, providing training, correcting transactions and ensuring completion of financial records. Duties include assessing the efficiency of departmental reporting and tracking procedures and recommending revisions as necessary. This position provides support for the administrative and fiscal management of grants and contracts and provides faculty with time needed to focus on the research activities that will continue to advance the University’s mission. In addition, this position may provide supplemental support for the department. Essential Functions: Provides summary of grant terms, begin/end dates, identification of grant specific conditions and regulatory requirements. Manage tracking of reporting deadlines per award terms and condition