Grants Administrator Post-Award

Grant Administrator (Post-Award)

The Office of Sponsored Programs at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is seeking a detail oriented Grant Administrator (Post-Award). The Grant Administrator is responsible for managing the financial and administrative aspects of awarded grants and sponsored projects. This on-site, in person role ensures compliance with institutional policies, sponsor regulations, and applicable laws while supporting principal investigators (PIs) in the effective execution of funded projects.

The Grants Administrator will have post-award grants management responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Ensuring that institutional as well as third-party policies, laws and regulations regarding sponsored research support are proactively addressed.
• Third party award set-ups, sub-award invoicing and monitoring, effort reporting compliance
• Post-award analytics and other reporting needs, as well as supporting Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP-Workday) and Huron HRS activities.
• Coordinating the preparation, compilation and submission of progress report documentation, which may include preparing budgets, other support documentation as well as research compliance related records.
• Maintaining and monitoring scientific reporting schedules and proactively engaging research investigators and their administrators in upcoming scientific reporting obligations.
• Interfacing with CSHL investigators and collaborating institutions to identify and support the needs of funding organization for prior approval requests that include carryover, re-budgeting and no-cost extensions.
• Training institutional staff in the use of electronic grant application and management systems, assisting with the preparation of research funding information for the CSHL Annual Report as well as other OSP related reporting functions

Education: Bachelor's degree required with a major in accounting, business, finance, biology, computer science. Master's Degree a plus.

Experience: Grant experience preferred, but not required. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites. Workday and/or Not-for-Profit experience a plus. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) analytics a plus.

Required Skills:

• Excellent communication and computer skills
• Ability to work under deadline pressures
• Strong organizational skills are required
• Must be able to multi-task and prioritize tasks and deadlines

Environment:

Founded in 1890, CSHL has helped shape contemporary biomedical research and education with today's research endeavors encompassing cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. CSHL is a private, not-for-profit institution in New York and has been home to eight Nobel Prize winners. Today, CSHL's multidisciplinary scientific community is bolstered by more than 600 researchers and its Scientific Meetings & Courses Program, which hosts more than 9,000 scientists from around the world each year on its campus.

Compensation and Benefits:

Our employees are compensated in many ways for their contributions to our mission, including competitive pay, exceptional health benefits, retirement plans, time off, a range of recognition, wellness programs, and access to an affordable and licensed on-site childcare center. Visit our CSHL Benefits site to learn more. The salary range for this role is $65,000-$70,000. The salary range listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.

When determining a base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., years of relevant experience, education, credentials, and internal equity).