Grants & Contracts Specialist (Pathology)

About the role

The Pathology Department is seeking a Grants & Contracts Specialist to provide entry-level sponsored funds management for more than 80% of time. The primary goal of this position is to support the timely, effective, and efficient management of sponsored funding.

Responsibilities

• Partner with departmental faculty and/or budgetary staff on the planning and development of application submissions to various federal offices, private agencies/foundations, and commercial companies.
• May work with representatives from ORA, under the guidance of more senior members on the departmental research team.
• Understand and utilize institutional policies for pre-award grant process and sponsor guidelines.
• Review sponsored project proposals for assigned grants of moderate complexity, prior to them being forwarded to the Grants & Contracts Manager and ORA for signature.
• Provide instruction, preparation assistance, and support related to application procedures, at the direction of the Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst and/or Grants & Contracts Manager.
• Serve as liaison between research units, central offices, and funding agencies for grants of moderate complexity.
• Review budgets and related justification for appropriateness and completeness of content. Ensure that all applicable and indirect costs have been applied.
• Ensure compliance in areas related to grant and contract management, including sponsoring organization guidelines, internal protocols, accurate protocol information within documents, conflicts of interest, etc.
• Care for related details for all assigned grant submissions to ensure timeliness and accuracy.
• Maintain ongoing updates and communications related to current grants and contracts, including regular auditing and reporting to principal investigators and research management.
• May assist with closeouts as needed.
• Assist with award setup details after grant number is assigned.
• Support all relevant post-award responsibilities, as requested by senior members of the grants & contracts team, including account reconciliation, effort reporting, cost transfers, paying invoices, closeouts, and related faculty support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• One year of administrative/budgeting experience.
• General knowledge and understanding of The Johns Hopkins University accounting system and related fiscal offices preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical Skills & Expected Level Of Proficiency:
• Analytical Skills - Developing
• Attention to Detail - Developing
• Grant Closeout Procedures - Developing
• Grant Proposal Preparation - Developing
• Grant Regulations - Developing
• Grants and Contracts Management - Developing
• Oral and Written Communications - Developing
• Record Keeping - Developing
• Regulatory Compliance - Developing
• Relationship Management - Developing