Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist

The Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist will work independently with grants, contracts, and clinical trial agreements from a variety of sponsors and funding agencies that may be federal, non-federal, state and local government, private foundations, and pharmaceutical companies. The Senior GCS will perform post-award functions such as award analysis, contract negotiation and account set-up, as well as management of the sponsor relationship. Specific tasks will include processing of sponsor modifications, submission of required sponsor deliverables, and non-financial closeout. The Senior GCS will coordinate with other teams within the grants office to ensure the award terms and conditions are met from award acceptance through close-out.

Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree Business, Health Care, Public Administration or related field. (Required)
Master's Degree In similar fields. (Preferred)

Minimum Work Experience
3 years Progressive experience in grants or contracts related to biomedical research, and/or healthcare/medical programs and services. Preferred office environment is central or department administration, office of sponsored programs, office of research administration, university or medical center setting, or federal grant-making agency. (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Working Knowledge: NIH Grants Policy Statement , FAR and DFAR clauses, OMB Uniform Guidance in addition to 45 CFR Part 74, Appendix E.
Math Ability Level: Basic Algebra and Statistics. Perform basic algebraic equations and statistics (average).
Human Relations Skill Level: Critical.
Computer Skill Requirements: Critical. Hardware: PC compatible. Software: MS Office including Word and Excel are critical. MS Teams and PowerPoint are a plus.

Ability to use formatting commands and higher level commands and functions are a plus.

Required Licenses and Certifications
Willingness to achieve credentialing as Certified Research Administrator (CRA) within three years of employment. (Required)

Functional Accountabilities

Post-Award Services

• Responsible for award analysis and account set-up.

• Responsible for review and submission of the scientific progress report, JIT requests and other similar requests.

• Responsible for review and submission of administrative requests such as change in scope or key personnel, no-cost extensions, supplemental requests, etc.

• Responsible for updating department information systems and official records to keep information accurate, complete and up-to-date at all times.

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance

• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation

• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

Organizational Accountabilities
Support

• Assist with Uniform Guidance audit as requested.

• Participate in training and education sponsored by the department.

• Coordinate and communicate with other CNMC departments (legal, human resources, and finance) as needed.

Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the organization

• Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic differences

• Demonstrate personal and professional integrity

• Maintain confidentiality at all times

Customer Service

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior

• Partner with all team members to achieve goals

• Receptive to others' ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contribute to a positive work environment

• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change

• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes

• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Use resources efficiently

• Search for less costly ways of doing things