Grants and Contracts Manager (Durham, NC, US, 27710)
School of Medicine
Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,600 faculty physicians and researchers, nearly 2,000 students, and more than 6,200 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System comprise Duke Health, a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home Care and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.
Lead a team of Administrators to support complex grants and contracts that drive impactful research and meaningful outcomes.
Be You.
This position will be located within the School of Medicine Shared Research Administration Resource (RASR) Group and will play an active role in working with specifically identified departments to manage their portfolio of grants and contracts.
Coordinate and/or perform pre-award and/or post-award activities for a unit (school, department, division, institute, or center) that has a large, complex, and/or diverse portfolio of grants and contracts.
- Pre- award activities include broad duties in preparation and submission of grant and contract proposals.
- Ensures all applications meet agency and university guidelines and published time tables and deadlines.
- Ensures proposals are entered and routed in a timely manner for further review.
- Post-award activities include detailed reconciliation of assigned project budget, including determination of allocability and allowability of charges; preparing and analyzing budget reports, and developing budget projections; adjusting and correcting assigned project budgets to meet project goals and federal requirements, providing assistance and oversight to effort management of specified project portfolio.
This position is responsible for a specified highly complex grants and contracts portfolio using discretion and independent judgment to make decisions that impact the compliance and successful completion of grant and contract objectives. This position is expected to manage a mid- sized unit (school, department, division, institute, or center) with a well-defined grant and contract portfolio.
This position functions as a manager and/or facilitator of large projects, such as grants and contracts that span across multiple disciplines and faculty.
Work Arrangement - This position has the option to be 100% remote. Candidates must reside in one of the approved states for remote work, which can be viewed here:
DEPARTMENTAL PREFERENCES
- Certified Research Administrator preferred.
- Supervisory experience of a team in an academic institution is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated Federal Sponsor/Funding experience strongly preferred.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Training - Work requires communications, analytical and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program. Research or grants education and/or certification is preferred.
- Successful completion of the Research Administration Academy (RAA) and Advanced Grants Management is required. Employees hired into this classification without the expected credentials will work closely with their manager to schedule and successfully complete all training (12 months to complete RAA and an additional 6 months to complete AGM). Successful completion of all expected training will be an annual performance goal until complete.
- Upon completion of expected training, t