Senior Grants Management Specialist

• Facility : National Jewish Health - Main Campus
• Department : Grants Management
• Schedule - Shift - Hours : Full Time - Day Shift : Monday - Friday

Position Summary

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Leads the work of the Grants Management team. Supports research and administration by conducting strategic analysis in relation to grants, including interpreting and communicating complex financial data to assist in decision making, ensuring compliance with internal NJH policies and external regulations, and serving as subject matter experts for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of grant applications.

• Leads the work of co-workers providing effective direction, guidance, and resources as appropriate.
• Responsible for the financial management of externally funded research projects. Coordinates all aspects of the grant application process, ensuring proposals are submitted in an accurate and timely manner, consistent with sponsor and institutional requirements.

Ensures awarded projects are properly managed within the budget and terms & conditions of the award.

• Understands and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and National Jewish Health policies. Maintains expertise as regulations and policies change.
• Develops budgets for grant applications. Works with other members of the PI’s team to ensure each budget fully reflects the specifics of the project and is compliant with the sponsor’s requirements.
• Enters grant applications into electronic systems - i.e., Cayuse - and / or ensures the entry of the required components.

Works with subrecipients and vendors to obtain the necessary information and / or certifications. Collaborates with other members of the PI’s team to meet grant deadlines.

Completes the Internal Research Review form (IRR).

• Ensures grant expenditures are appropriate and compliant with relevant regulations and policies; reviews quarterly grant expenditure certification reports for faculty review and approval.
• Tracks project invoices from submission to payment and approves individual purchasing and payment transactions as appropriate.

Manages costs consistent with the budget to ensure sufficient funds are available to meet the programmatic goals of the project.

Prepares reports of actual and projected financial position for individual projects and an investigator’s complete portfolio.

Identifies funding gaps and opportunities and makes recommendations to address. Meets regularly with investigators to review grant finances.

• Tracks and manages time and effort reporting, salary distributions, and financial and narrative reporting requirements.
• Serves as a key member of the PI’s team and works closely with other team members to affect the successful implementation of the project.
• Works closely with the Sponsored Programs Office on the project establishment and close-out processes.
• Remains a member of the Grants Management team providing back-up and support for other Grants Management Specialists in the accomplishment of departmental and institutional goals.
• Takes the lead on specific department projects including systems (e.g. Cayuse), process development, and improvement projects.
• Trains the Grants Management Team and acts as an expert on internal and external procedures and policies.

Other Duties

• Serves as back up to Grants Management Manager.
• Participates in Quality Assessment (QA) and Quality Improvement (QI) programs, as directed.
• Accountability : Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness;
• confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals;

demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.

Attention to Detail : Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job;

accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.

• Coaching and Teaching Others : Providing timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge / skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
• Collaboration / Teamwork : Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals; treats others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor;

values the contributions of others.

• Customer Focus : Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities.
• Managing Work and Time / Project Management : Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Problem Solving : Uses issue identification, data relation and comparison, pattern recognition, and information gathering to create analyses and make recommendations.

Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility

Leads the tasks of co-workers.

Travel

None.

Core Values

• Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
• Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
• Be well groomed, appropriately for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
• Be in compliance with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
• Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the institution.
• Adheres to safe working practices and follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures.
• Wears appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education : Bachelor degree required; Business Administration or finance related field preferred.
• Work Experience : A minimum of 5 years of recent research and financial administration experience required ideally in an academic, research or governmental organization required.
• Special Training, Certification or Licensure : None.

Salary Range : $73,000 - $85,000.

At National Jewish Health, we recognize that our outstanding faculty and staff are the essence of our organization. For every aspect of health care, our employees are our greatest asset.

With that in mind, we have designed a valuable, comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and their families.

Medical Plans, Dental Plans, and Vision Insurance.

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National Jewish Health

Human Resources

1400 Jackson St

Denver, CO 80206

303.398.1035

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National Jewish Health is a non-profit, non-sectarian institution and is a longstanding cornerstone in the Denver healthcare community.

National Jewish Health seeks to attract the best-qualified candidates who support the mission, vision and values of the Institution and those who respect and promote excellence through diversity.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical or mental disability, marital, familial or parental status, genetic information, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected classification.

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