Post-Award Grants Administrator - School of Nursing

The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, UT

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The School of Nursing is seeking a customer service-oriented post-award grants administrator to oversee and manage the school’s portfolio of grant funding. This role involves providing support and guidance to faculty, ensuring compliance with sponsor guidelines, and managing financial aspects of grant accounts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, social sciences, or technical/scientific field
• Experience in preparing, processing, and negotiating federal grants and contract proposals and awards
• Demonstrated excellence in providing support for a diverse range of internal and external customers
• High degree of accuracy in all work processes
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Clear, polished, and professional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to research, analyze and synthesize financial and budgetary information and take appropriate actions as needed without immediate supervision
• Adherence to all laws, regulations, policies and procedures governing the administration and allocation of grant funds
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

• RACC Certified Research Administrator (CRA) or Certified Financial Research Administrator (CFRA)
• More than 5 years of experience administering grants, contracts, and/or awards in an academic setting

Responsibilities

• Produce budget projections for and distribute financial reports to Principal Investigators (PIs); provide support and guidance in reading and interpreting Statements of Accounts
• Provide fully informed recommendations to faculty to ensure all funds are allocated in accordance with sponsor guidelines
• Monitor account balances to ensure that grant accounts are in good standing; identify and promptly address deficits by processing account transfers
• Support faculty during annual sponsor review process; provide expert guidance on technical and financial reporting requirements
• Collaborate with School of Nursing colleagues to process research-funded costing allocation changes in Workday; interact with other UT Austin departments such as the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) and the Vice President for Research to resolve complex grant issues
• Process transactions accurately and in a timely manner using internal university systems such as DEFINE, Cognos, and FRMS, and external systems such as Research Management Systems (RMS), eRA Commons, FastLane, ORCID, NIH Commons, Cayuse, SciENcv, etc.
• Troubleshoot and provide support to faculty when they encounter systems issues
• Other duties as assigned in support of the School of Nursing

Benefits

• Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level