Grants Specialist

Contract and Grants Specialist (0081441T)

College of Education, Center on Disability Studies | Manoa, Hawaii

Posted:
July 15, 2026 | Closing Date:
July 30, 2026 | Pay Band: A / B | Job Type: Full Time, Temporary

• Provides staff support by searching continually for external funding opportunities that relate to the mission of the organization, interests of the faculty, and needs of the community.
• Assists with submitting proposals for all faculty using the UH electronic submission system.
• Provides project management, including budget management, working with subcontractors to ensure satisfactory compliance, and providing technical assistance as necessary.
• Assists with maintaining a database on the status of Center on Disability Studies (CDS) grants submitted, funded, ending, and reporting requirements.
• Initiates, organizes, and conducts meetings to review, plan, and prepare funding proposals for submission.
• Conducts review of grant applications for compliance with College of Education (COE) policies and Office of Research Services (ORS) requirements.
• Pursues and assists in negotiating potential contracts related to CDS work.
• Assists with maintaining the National Information and Reporting System (NIRS) national data reporting system including monitoring the timeline for submission of data into the system and ensuring that all staff and faculty complete data entry by June 30 of each year.
• Provides assistance with preparing the final NIRS report, reviewing all data entry, identifying errors, duplications, and omissions by the due date of July 30 of each year.
• Provides training to CDS personnel in use of the NIRS system.
• Provides supervision for other administrative or student staff, as assigned.
• Supports faculty in preparing proposals, literature reviews, boilerplate information, and budgets ensuring compliance with submission guidelines pertaining to research designs, grant narrative, deadlines, and specific requirements of requests for proposals (RFP).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Searches continually for external funding opportunities that relate to the mission of the organization, interests of the faculty, and needs of the community.
• Submits proposals for all faculty using the UH electronic submission system.
• Provides project management, including budget management, working with subcontractors to ensure satisfactory compliance, and providing technical assistance as necessary.
• Maintains a database on the status of Center on Disability (CDS) grants submitted, funded, ending, and reporting requirements.
• Initiates, organizes, and conducts meetings to review, plan, and prepare funding proposals for submission.
• Conducts review of grant applications for compliance with College of Education (COE) policies and Office of Research Services (ORS) requirements.
• Pursues and assists in negotiating potential contracts related to Center on Disability Studies (CDS) work.
• Oversees and maintains the National Information and Reporting System (NIRS) national data reporting system including monitoring the timeline for submission of data into the system and ensuring that all staff and faculty complete data entry by June 30 of each year.
• Prepares the final NIRS report, reviewing all data entry, identifying errors, duplications, and omissions by the due date of July 30 of each year.
• Provides training to CDS personnel in use of the NIRS system.
• Provides supervision for other administrative or student staff, as assigned.
• Consults faculty in preparing proposals, literature reviews, boilerplate information, and budgets ensuring compliance with submission guidelines pertaining to research designs, grant narrative, deadlines, and specific requirements of the Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Possession of a baccalaureate degree in education, business, communication, psychology or related field and 2 year(s) of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities for extramural grant proposals and reporting; or any equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience which provides the required education,…