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Post Award Specialist

Job in Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia, 30156, USA
Listing for: Kennesaw State University
Full Time, Part Time position
Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
  • Business
    Business Administration
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 59460 - 65300 USD Yearly USD 59460.00 65300.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Post Award Specialist

Job : 295075

Location: Kennesaw, Georgia

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

About Us

Are you ready to transform lives through academic excellence, innovative research, strong community partnerships and economic opportunity? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With growing enrollment and global reach, we continue to expand our institutional influence and prominence beyond the state of Georgia. We offer more than 190 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to empower over 50,000 students to become thought leaders, lifelong learners, and informed global citizens.

Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics draw students from throughout the region and from more than 100 countries across the globe. Our university's vibrant culture, career opportunities, rich benefits, and values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability make us an employer of choice. We are part of the University System of Georgia. We are searching for talented people to join Kennesaw State University in our vision.

Come Take Flight at KSU!

Location

Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

Job Summary

Responsible for the administration and daily oversight for post-award activities for an assigned sponsored programs portfolio. Responsible for ensuring compliance based on KSU policy, sponsor guidelines, and state and federal regulations and identifying deviations as well as account management problems. Reviews all transactions for allowability and compliance with the proposed budget, applicable regulations, and policy and coordinates any resulting rebudgets needs.

Builds and maintains partnering relationships with internal stakeholders and other operational departments while acting as a liaison with sponsors.

Responsibilities
  • Manages and assists faculty with the budget, reporting and compliance through the lifecycle of sponsored program
  • Advises on applicable policies and procedures for grant related travel, human resources, procurement and compliance
  • Approves procurement, travel reimbursement and GRA hiring requests
  • Ensures adherence to quality standards and all policies and award regulations
  • Serves as primary intermediary with all pertinent faculty, staff and campus entities
  • Advise on allowable expenditures per award terms and conditions
  • Reconciles grants and monitors rate of expenditures
  • Provides timely budget reports and assists with rebudgets
  • Obtains prior approval from sponsor when necessary
  • Coordinates with faculty and Grants Accounting to submit sponsor required reporting
  • Interacts regularly with and provides high quality customer service to faculty members conducting sponsored research
  • May aid in sponsored program award intake and management of project end dates
  • Required Qualifications

    Educational Requirements: Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

    Required Experience: Two (2) years of related work experience in the management and/or administration of externally sponsored activity within a university, non-profit, or academic medical center setting.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Preferred Educational

    Qualifications:

    Advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education.

    Preferred Experience: Experience with applying and interpreting Unifor Guidance 2 CFR 200, federal agency specific regulations, and non-federal sponsor guidelines. Experience with grant management software (Cayuse, Info Ed, HRS, Kuwali, etc.) a plus.

    Proposed Salary

    The budgeted salary range is $59,460 to $65,300. Offers are based on relevant experience. Comprehensive benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, 13 paid holidays, vacation, generous retirement plans, tuition waiver, wellness options, and much more! Visit hr.kennesaw.edu/benefits.

    Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

    Abilities:

    • Able to work independently without guidance
    • Able to devise, develop, collect, and analyze statistical information and reports
    • Able to…
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