Pre-Award Grants Manager - School of Medicine Integrated Resources, Pre-Award

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The UW School of Medicine, Pre- and Post-Award, Integrated Resources has an outstanding opportunity for a Pre-Award Grants Manager to join their team. This role supports the development and submission of grant and contract proposals for departments across the UW School of Medicine. The position combines deep research-administration expertise with high-touch partnership, helping faculty and staff navigate complex requirements while developing accurate, compelling, and timely proposals. The successful candidate will thrive in a deadline-driven environment, strengthen relationships across the research community, help improve systems and practices and ensure compliance with sponsor and University requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, higher education administration, public administration, or a related field.
Three or more years of research-administration experience with substantial responsibility for proposal development, including complex budgets and subawards.
Experience partnering with faculty and department leadership in a project-management context.
Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities to meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel and Word.
Demonstrated commitment to excellence and responsive, customer-focused service.

Nice To Haves

Intermediate knowledge/experience with OMB guidelines, Grants.gov and eRA Commons.
Experience working with staff from UW operations (OSP, SOM RGE, PAFC, GCA, etc.) and sponsor program and research staff.
Experience working with UW systems including SAGE and Award Portal.
Experience leading teams or projects.

Responsibilities

Serve as the expert on grants and contracts administration with substantial responsibility for managing the unit’s pre-award grants and contracts program.
Act as the grant and contract compliance officer for the department in compliance with UW, federal, and state policies and regulations.
Provide internal policy recommendations to Pre-Award Shared Services management based on federal and university requirements, or system functionality; assist in implementing new policy and procedures.
Coordinate with subrecipients/sub-contracts to ensure that proposal requirements and timelines are met.
Answer questions and provide guidance of a similar nature as provided to the UW PI.
Escalate issues regarding specific proposals to the Administrator/VCFA and department contacts.
Conduct a quality control review of all proposals to ensure each application meets sponsor/proposal requirements and department/school policies before routing in SAGE.
Serve as the content expert and resource for faculty and other staff members regarding pre-award grants.
Participate in regularly scheduled meetings and assist with development of policies and procedures.
Liaise with department and principal investigators, coordinate with contacts.
Recommend process improvements regarding the pre-award grants business process, quality control, and SharePoint system for grants management.