UNIV - Grants Administrator I - Pediatrics: Office of the Chair

Medical University of South Carolina•Charleston, SC

3d•$52,100 - $88,600•Hybrid

About The Position

The Grants Administrator will provide oversight and accountability of assigned research awards/projects of the Department of Pediatrics, under the direction of the Director of Research Administration. Daily responsibilities involve research grantsmanship for pre- and post-award functions, budgeting/forecasting, financial management, reporting and billing activities. This position may be eligible for partial remote work after an orientation period.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree and three years business, personnel, grant-in-aid or public administration experience.
Computer literacy.

Responsibilities

Review grant proposals, applications and contracts to advance compliance with related agencies and affiliates including MUSC (ORSP, OCGA)and sponsors (NIH, DHEC).
Review grant applications and contracts to ensure completeness.
Recommend changes/updates to be made prior to grant submission based upon a reasonable interpretation of the grant’s scope, goals, and priorities.
Serve as the liaison between the faculty and sponsoring agencies during the award processes.
Analyze fully executed clinical trial agreements (CTAs) and translate contract payment terms into study team tracking system templates that support sponsor invoicing for corporate clinical research studies.
Utilize and integrate data from MUSC financial systems, CTMS, Cayuse, eIRB, Epic, SPARCRequest within the Research Integrated Network of Systems (RINS) to monitor impact of sponsor invoicing.
Manage post award of grants during resubmissions, no-cost extensions and non-competing applications to accurately reflect financial information when preparing requests/responses to sponsors.
Manage grants to ensure that expenses are accurately reflected and are not overspent.
Oversee processing of research procurement to include purchases, reimbursements, payment of invoices, and the DLAR and Infinity processes.
Responsible for processing grant certifications, subawards, and other answering post award questions.
Analyze awarded budgets and monitor the management of grants and contracts.
Assure all expenditures are in compliance with grant guidelines provided by Institution and/or sponsors.
Maintain status of awards to facilitate budget extensions, renewal applications, supplemental requests and other related changes potentially impacting scope, goals and priorities.
Other duties as assigned