Contracts and Grants Professional - Department of Medicine

Contracts and Grants Professional - Department of Medicine - (24000177)

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), Department of Medicine is currently recruiting for a Contracts and Grants Professional .

The selected candidate will establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, administrators, and staff to provide the highest level of pre-award and post-award management for sponsor related funds.

The incumbent will prepare and record journal entries and reconcile balance sheet accounts. The position will prepare monthly financial statements and variance explanations for the Department.

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The Senior position is responsible for hands on oversight and management of research portfolios. This includes managing the grant process from development, review, and submission through the post-award stage.

Identifying, developing, and implementing procedures / practices to ensure research administration goals and objectives are met while complying with University, federal, state, and sponsor rules and regulations.

Candidates will be considered for either a Contracts and Grants Coordinator or Specialist. Level of the position will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications.

This position may allow for a partial telework schedule.

Primary Duties :

Contracts and Grant Coordinator

• Maintains and ensures comprehension of current Federal, State, and sponsors guidelines and requirements. Reviews RFA for administrative requirements.
• Reviews terms and conditions of simple grants / contracts and seeks clarifying questions, as necessary. Develops and prepares close out checklist for faculty and staff based on terms and conditions of an award.
• Obtains approval from principal investigator (PI) and accurately enters requisition requests into financial system.
• Maintains sponsored program systems are in line with Notice of Awards and Sub Awards. Ensures all results are completed and submitted to sponsor under prescribed timelines and deadlines.

Tracks and follows up for the completion of purchase orders for subcontracts.

• Acts as point of contact and advises PI on all financial transactions, such as travel, purchasing, or subcontracting.
• Provides current and historical budget data to project expenditures.
• Prepare account reconciliations and financial statements to include actual to budget variance explanations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Contract and Grants Specialist

Provides contract and grant preparation review to understand requirements for the application process. Prepares guidelines for the submission.

Provides the groundwork for the application required documents. Reviews application forms, contract templates, correspondence, and selected agreements for appropriate presentation of compliance information.

Develops timeline to meet submission deadlines and checklist of required documents.

Acts as point of contact and develops relationships with UMB parties, sponsor, and sub-contractors to ensure the contract or grant short- and long-term milestones are met.

Safeguards the integrity of the grant or contract administration.

• Navigates the Subcontract process through university systems and provides groundwork to partners to ensure partnership is in compliance with University standards.
• Reconciles budget based on approved budget by sponsor. Provides current and historical budget data to project expenditures and forecasts income.

Works with staff on identified potential ledger variances.

Prepares and reviews financial status reports and invoices. Organizes the close out procedures with Faculty. Sets timelines to have the documents complete.

Reviews final closeout.

• Ensures all results are completed and submitted to sponsor. Identifies and assists in issue resolution and escalates as needed.
• Acts as point of contact and advises PI on all financial transactions, such as travel, purchasing, or subcontracting.
• Interprets and applies Federal, State, and sponsors guidelines and requirements.
• Maintains and tracks required training documents and ensures all parties are in compliance with regulations.
• Prepares account reconciliations and financial statements to include actual to budget variance explanations to the practice / department with accuracy.
• Proactively identifies errors and issues and resolves them independently.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Coordinator, Contracts and Grants

Education : Bachelor's degree

Experience : One (1) year of directly related accounting, budget, contract, grant, or research administration or coordination.

Other : Financial disclosure reporting required by State of Maryland Ethics Commission. Related experience may be substituted for education.

Completion of a 12 credit Research Administration graduate certificate program can be considered for the equivalent of one (1) year of relevant research administration work experience.

Specialist, Contracts and Grants

Education : Bachelor's degree

Experience : Three (3) years of accounting, budget, contract, grant, or research administration experience.

Other : Financial disclosure reporting required by State of Maryland Ethics Commission. Related experience may be substituted for education.

Completion of a 12 credit Research Administration graduate certificate program can be considered for the equivalent of one (1) year of relevant research administration work experience.

Hiring Range : Commensurate with education and experience

Contract and Grants Coordinator : $56,200 - $65,000

Contract and Grants Specialist : $72,000 - $80,000

UMB is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy.

If you anticipate needing a reasonable accommodation for a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), during any part of the employment process, please submit a UMB Job Applicant Accommodation Request.

You may also contact [email protected].

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