Grant Specialist: post-award

The grant specialist is responsible for administering the post-award process at Morehouse College, ensuring that agency-required reports are submitted in a timely manner, and coordinating the closeout of federal grants to the college.. Additional duties include facilitating the issuance and monitoring of sub-awards, providing grant administration training for faculty and staff, assisting with internal and external audits of grants and other sponsored programs, and ensuring the integrity of internal grants controls.

The individual who occupies this role will represent Morehouse in grant-related matters with outside funding sources, administer database management activities concerning Morehouse grants and contracts activity, assist with the preparation of reports, and collaborate with other Morehouse College offices to manage and administer federal grants.

• 2+ years of related experience
• Knowledge of and experience in obtaining grants/contracts from
• Knowledge of Uniform Guidance
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Google Forms
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Experience working in a college or non-profit setting
• Research Administrator Certification – CRA

The successful candidate must be detail oriented and have a working knowledge of federal regulations and policies related to grant administration, specifically 2 CFR .

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Research and data management skills
• Strong computer skills, particularly MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
• Ability to research issues and propose solutions to problems
• Ability to work with individuals across divisions and administrative offices under hard deadlines
• Ability to maintain professionalism when working with a diverse group of individuals

This is an in-person position and the grant specialist will be expected to report to the office during normal business hours. Additionally, the successful candidate must be able to walk across the campus, sit and stand for extended periods of time, and posses a level of dexterity of hands and fingers needed to operate a computer keyboard. They must also be able to read small font on printed on digital media, and lift up to 50 lb.

Occasionally, the grant specialist may need to work outside of business hours to meet critical deadlines.

The grant specialist must be able to satisfactorily perform the following duties:

• Work collaboratively with faculty and staff who are engaged in the research enterprise, and with the Office of Business and Finance and college departments to ensure smooth operations and services to the Morehouse community and external stakeholders
• Facilitate the post-award process, including organizing and leading award initiation meetings and grant closeout meetings
• Maintain database of grant activity
• Prepare quarterly Sponsored Programs Bulletin
• Compose correspondence, reports, and other business documents that are presented with clarity, and that contain relevant explanatory information in response to departmental and client requests and other issues related to Sponsored Research activities
• Other duties as assigned

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