UNIV - Grant Administrator I - Pharmacology and Immunology

Job Duties

• Affords assistance in the preparation of grant applications, including the creation of budgets and collaboration with investigators to assemble and upload proposals, and communication with external agencies and subrecipient sites.
• Prepares and maintains all necessary documentation in support of grants, contracts, and non-sponsored projects, such as Effort Reports, ensuring expenditures align with grant terms, policies, and MUSC and state guidelines.
• Coordinates with principal investigators and the Department Administrator on personnel resource management activities, including costing allocations, accounting adjustments, and transfers or terminations.
• Coordinates with principal investigators in the preparation of grant progress reports and final reports, which involves verifying expenses, developing budgets, verifying personnel effort, and collaborating directly with investigators to submit reports via eRA Commons and other methods.
• Completes and submits Cost Transfer and Re-budget Forms, along with all required supporting documentation as requested by principal investigators or GCA affiliates. Tracks the execution of the annual budget at the individual project level and brings budget variances to the attention of the Department Administrator.
• Maintains and reconciles financial accounts for grants and contracts, ensuring their financial integrity. Consults with program personnel regarding fund availability and prepares funding requests. Keeps faculty and staff informed of updates in NIH policies and procedures.
• Assists in preparing the College of Medicine Budget. Handles data entry for personnel information and compiles current and estimated grant revenue data for review and approval by the Department Administrator.
• Supports special projects and acts as backup or performs other duties as assigned, including department space review data collection related to active grants in assigned PI lab space.

Minimum Requirements

• A bachelor's degree and three years of business, personnel, grant-in-aid, or public administration experience.
• Computer literacy.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform job functions in an upright position (frequent).
• Ability to perform job functions in a seated position (frequent).
• Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile (frequent).
• Ability to work indoors (continuous).
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather and temperature extremes (infrequent).
• Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces (infrequent).
• Ability to bend at the waist (frequent).
• Ability to fully use both hands/arms (continuous).
• Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders (frequent).
• Ability to reach in all directions (frequent).
• Possess good finger dexterity (continuous).
• Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions (continuous).
• Ability to lift, carry, lower, push or pull objects 15 lbs or more, unassisted (frequent).
• Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected (continuous).
• Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand (continuous).
• Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance (frequent).
• Ability to match or discriminate between colors (continuous).
• Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception (frequent).
• Good peripheral vision capabilities (frequent).
• Ability to hear and/or understand conversations (continuous).
• Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements (frequent).
• Ability to work in dusty areas (infrequent).