Grants Specialist ly Remote

Our client, a Medical Center facility under the aegis of a California Public Ivy university and one of largest health delivery systems in California, seeks an accomplished Grants Specialist
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Candidate must be authorized to work in USA without requiring sponsorship.

Duration: 26 weeks contract with possibility of extension.

• Mostly Remote, but candidate may be asked to come onsite once per year.
• Work Schedule:
  
  8:00AM – 5:00PM Pacific Time.

• Involves providing analytical, financial, and training activities in support of contract and grant proposal development, grant‑writing, funding, administration, and budget development.
• Activities may include pre‑award proposal initiatives, management of funds post‑award, and closeout activities for federal, state, local and private sponsors.
• Involves activities associated with analyzing research funding trends and sources, forecasting, planning, and managing research portfolios by performing some or all of the following: coordinating and identifying and developing and/or presenting proposals, contracts and other agreements; reviewing proposals to ensure institutional compliance and program success; negotiating, administering and monitoring contract and grant awards, including compliance with regulations, terms and conditions; financial management and reporting;
  
  and sub award/subcontract issuance and administration.
• Reporting to a Team Manager and partnering with faculty and departmental staff, the RSC directs and manages the proposal process to ensure timely, compliant, and accurate submissions.
• This includes budget development; interpretation of sponsor requirements; subject matter expertise in grants and contracts and strategic advice, as well as institutional review and signature; ensuring that proposals meet sponsor, pre‑award guidelines, and regulations.
• The RSC is the institutional representative through the life of the award.
• The RSC is a professional staff member, promoting a collaborative model of stewardship among faculty and staff and is an advocate for a responsive, effective research administration process.
• Upon successful completion of certification, the RSC obtains delegated signature authority and will be reclassified to a Research Administrator 4.
• Uses skills as a seasoned, experienced research administrator to independently develop and/ or oversee research proposals, awards and/or transactions related to contract and grant management and maintains contract and grant records in compliance with institutional research sponsor policies.
• Work on proposals and awards of diverse scope where analysis of data requires thorough understanding of complex regulations.
• Completes and approves transactions for signature by manager or other authorized institutional official.
• Works on complex proposals and awards that may involve multiple investigators and/or multiple sub awards.
• Is eligible for delegated signature authority (may vary by campus).
• Typically works on complex proposals such as grants/contracts which require task budgets, option years, multiple investigators, and multiple sub awards.

• CRA/CPRA from the Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC) would be great but not required.
• Detail oriented.
• Can adhere to strict timelines.
• Good at being proactive about identifying what they don’t understand and asking questions early then learning when they do gain knowledge for future submission.
• Experience as a research administrator or having submitted applications for funding to federal agencies or non‑profit agencies would be a plus.
• Experience creating a budget using Excel would be great.

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