Grant & Contracts Specialist

Temple University

6h•$60,000 - $65,000•Remote

About The Position

Temple University's Office of Research, Pre-Award Research Administration Division, is seeking a Grant and Contracts Specialist to manage pre-award activities for assigned schools and colleges. The role serves as the university's primary institutional administrator for the independent review, acceptance, implementation, and activation of sponsored research awards, contracts, cooperative agreements, and amendments. It reviews complex award terms and conditions, ensures compliance with sponsor and regulatory requirements, creates award records in institutional systems, and coordinates implementation across administrative units. The Specialist also serves as a subject matter expert on award setup, sponsor requirements, and institutional policies, and guides faculty, administrators, and university leadership. The position supports funding opportunity identification, proposal preparation and review, budget compliance, and award-term review. It also educates investigators and research personnel about sponsor systems and regulations, prepares pre-award reports, and responds to grant and contract inquiries from executive-level university administration. The position is remote; the duration of remote work is at Temple University's and the department's discretion.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least four years of related research administration experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Ability to use online financial systems.
Computer skills and advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite, including advanced spreadsheet and database software skills.
Analytical skills and ability to work with large financial data sets.
Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with a diverse constituent population.
Organizational and prioritization skills, with attention to tasks and detail.

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of Sponsored Projects and Research Administration.

Responsibilities

Assist in locating funding opportunities from government, nonprofit, and industrial or corporate sources.
Review and interpret external sponsor guidelines.
Assist with proposal preparation.
Validate proposal completeness before submission.
Monitor budgets for compliance with school, university, and sponsor regulations.
Accept and review award terms and conditions.
Educate faculty Principal Investigators and research personnel about systems such as NSF FastLane, NIH Commons, and eRA, as well as university and sponsor regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures.
Prepare internal pre-award-related reports.
Respond to inquiries from executive-level university administration about specific grant and contract information.
Review, accept, implement, and activate sponsored research awards, contracts, cooperative agreements, and amendments.
Establish award records in institutional systems and coordinate award implementation across administrative units.
Provide guidance on award setup, sponsor requirements, and institutional policies.