REMOTE - Grants and Contracts Management Senior Analyst

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• Oversee and manage all pre-award activities for assigned principal investigators as part of the COM Grants Management Office.
• Participate with the development and preparation of grant proposals in collaboration with the Principal Investigator (PI).
• Serve as a resource for team members with proposal development; contribute to training of new staff.
• Provide expertise in support of all pre-award activities, create budgets, review biographical sketches, resources, letters of support and other required administrative components of grant proposal submission.
• Provide proposal development tools, aids and direct support to faculty; establish appropriate sub-recipient budgets and documents as needed for grant submissions.
• Coordinate with other internal staff, locate relevant materials, format and edit proposals, and serve as contact on submission for assigned grants.
• Coordinate submission of proposals with the Office of Sponsored Programs.
• Investigate, evaluate, and interpret regulations and guidelines of program funding, ensuring that those using funds understand such policies.
• Participate in educational onboarding of new PIs and their staff.
• Take lead in the preparation and submission of Training Grants or other large, complex applications.
• Obtain documentation when a University contribution is proposed; provide support for large, interdisciplinary program grant proposals.
• Collaborate with GMO post award staff as needed.
• Analyze funding solicitations in relation to receipt of University support from extramural sources.
• Maintain thorough knowledge of applicable compliance requirements related to use of human or animal subjects in research, financial conflict of interest, conflict of commitment, foreign involvement/collaboration, biosafety, etc.
• Demonstrate financial analysis and budgeting ability; draft formal correspondence; research, interpret, and develop written policies and procedures.
• Utilize enterprise systems such as research administration or financial systems; manage workload and document management dashboards.
• Contribute to compliance in financial policies and procedures by resolving compliance-related issues and reporting larger issues to management.
• Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4 years of relevant grant or contract management experience, including knowledge of pre-award grant management process.
• Intermediate word processing skills (open, close, create, edit, and save documents).
• Successful completion of a background check required; selected candidate may be asked to complete a pre-employment physical, including a drug screen.

• Experience writing administrative components of grants preferred.
• Experience with research administration proposal tools (Grants.gov) desired.
• Experience investigating research funding sources.
• Knowledge of OSU Office of Sponsored Programs policies & procedures.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills (create spreadsheets with complex formulas).
• Ability to calculate, analyze, and interpret mathematical and statistical information.
• Intermediate presentation skills (create presentations).
• Strategic thinking and ability to see how parts interact with the big picture.
• Basic ability to read, analyze terms and understand conditions of legal agreements.
• Effective management of multiple tasks, projects, and priorities, including prioritization to meet deadlines.
• Ability to identify issues, investigate, and resolve mid-size discrepancies.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication skills for communicating intricate processes to internal and external customers.
• Ability to positively represent the department internally and externally.

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