Grant Administrator Sr, College of Medicine, Department of Accounting & Finance

Grant Administrator Sr, College of Medicine, Department of Accounting & Finance

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Grant Administrator Sr, College of Medicine, Department of Accounting & Finance Posting

Start Date:

10/16/26 Work Arrangement:
Remote

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The Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Medicine is recruiting a Post-Award Senior Grant Administrator.

• Knowledge of NIH policies, cost principles and guidelines.
• Work directly and collaboratively with the various offices of the university to fulfill all compliance requirements and to resolve complex issues that arise during the application and just-in-time processes.
• Assist faculty and senior research staff with the proposal creation, preparation, and submission process to various federal and non-federal external agencies.
• Complete grant applications: follow standard principles and systems and use appropriate terminology associated with a particular field of specialization, continuously building on current job knowledge.
• Interpret information, ideas and instructions and communicate clearly and accurately both verbally and in writing including materials intended for distribution.
• Assist faculty and staff with developing, assembling, and administering federal, state, and private grants, contracts, and external funding sources.
• Breadth of duties may span several sub-specialties and may be either unit-specific, typically handling proposal submission, or more broadly defined encompassing the ability to help the research enterprise at UC.
• Extend mastery of job knowledge to the principles, theories and practices of related specialties and expand knowledge of best practices within the field of grant administration.
• Assist with dissemination of expertise to train future Grant Administrator 1’s & 2’s in the department unit to adhere to high standards of compliance with sponsored project requirements and dissemination of knowledge of UC-based financial systems and applications to achieve financial and Human Resource objectives.
• Participation in teams and special projects that involve extensive cooperation and coordination across multiple levels.
• Prepare written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues, university processes, sponsor guideline interpretations and other grantsmanship processes and deliver to a broad variety of audiences.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to important and complex strategic and operational issues which may involve unusual circumstances.
• Perform related duties based on…