Senior Grant Administrator, Infectious Disease

About the role

The Brigham and Women's Hospital’s Division of Infectious Diseases (ID) is seeking a full-time Senior Grant Administrator (Sr. GA) to join the grant administration team to provide oversight and management to the Division’s sponsored research portfolio throughout the funding life-cycle.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate grant proposal preparation; identify new opportunities for funding; is aware of and works with internal and external proposal submission deadlines for various funding opportunities
• Serve as the primary contact for collaborating sites regarding development of budgets, addressing fiscal questions, and monitoring for compliance with MGB and sponsor policies
• Understand and conform with the administrative, budgetary, and financial compliance regulations of all sponsors as well as with MGB fiscal policy; stay current and up-to-date on all policy changes
• Evaluate, initiate, and implement various systems and procedures to maximize efficiency
• Review outgoing subaward invoices and financial status reports
• Collaborate with PIs on annual NIH/foundation progress reports
• Provide timely closeout of all expired projects through the coordination of fiscal and administrative resources throughout the system
• Advise regarding the allowability of costs to be charged to a grant; work with Research Finance to resolve complex accounting issues
• Maintain a Workday sup org for employees funded by PI portfolios, manage costing allocations and HR policy compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree in a related field preferred
• 5 years of related experience, experience with NIH grants and/or clinical trials preferred
• Advanced Excel skills required; experience using other accounting or financial software, such as MicroStrategy, Insight, Oncore and Workday, helpful