Grants and Contracts Manager, Campus Grants Management Team (Remote

Grants and Contracts Manager (Remote)

This position is with the Campus Grants Management Team (CGMT), a dynamic and growing unit in the Office for Research and Innovation, which provides cradle-to-grave grant management services for specifically identified departments. CGMT is dedicated to providing high quality customer service and compliant award management to our customers. Lifecycle research administrators in CGMT are more than transaction processors; they are subject-matter experts and partners with their faculty in crafting excellent proposals and managing awards in accordance with sponsor guidelines.

To be a successful grant manager in CGMT, you must thrive in a fast-paced environment, ability to manage multiple priorities, and be a strong critical thinker and problem solver.

This position is responsible for managing and overseeing an assigned portfolio of complex grants and contracts with a firm grasp of rules and regulations, technical expertise, analytical skills and an aptitude for using good judgement in applying grant management practices and procedures. This position will manage a team of Grants and Contracts Administrators. The successful candidate for this position will be someone with the ability to constructively manage a team, have a strong analytical background, ability to think critically, has strong attention to detail, makes sound independent decisions, provide sound, accurate guidance to PIs and their staff, and someone who is a high level excel user.

Pre-award activities include assisting departmental faculty/PI in the development, preparation, and submission of research proposals. Ensure all applications meet agency and university guidelines, published time tables and deadlines. Ensure proposals are entered and routed in a timely manner for further review. Assist with budget, budget justification, other support, and additional administrative documents. Post-award activities include meeting with faculty regularly to provide updates and guidance, validating AAR for expenses, completing detailed reconciliation of assigned project budgets, preparing complex budget reports, preparing adjustments and corrections in assigned project budgets and closing out projects in line with university and sponsor guidelines.

The Grants and Contracts Manager oversees a portfolio of highly complex grants and contracts while leading a team of Grants and Contracts Administrators. This role exercises significant independent judgment in managing sponsored research activities, ensuring compliance, supporting faculty, and driving team performance.

What You'll Do:

• Lead sponsored research administration pre-award activities (30%)
• Manage complex grant portfolios post-award activities (30%)
• Lead and develop a high-performing team management, supervisory, and leadership responsibilities (40%)

What You'll Bring:

• Required education:
  Work requires communication, analytical, and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program.
• Preferred:
  Research administration education and/or certification Certified Research Administrator (CRA)
• Required training:
  Successful completion of Duke's Research Administration Academy (RAA) within 12 months of hire. Successful completion of Advanced Grants Management (AGM) within six months following RAA completion. Maintenance of required certifications through continuing education requirements.
• Required experience:
  
  Work generally requires three years of relevant grants and contracts administration experience and/or leadership experience.
• Preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities:
  Advanced knowledge of grants and contracts administration. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Experience supervising, mentoring, and developing grant administration professionals. Knowledge of federal, non-federal, and international sponsored research administration. Understanding of research compliance, internal controls, effort management, and sponsored project accounting.
  
  Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities. Excellent attention to detail and sound independent judgment. Adaptability and agility in evolving regulatory and technological environments. Commitment to exceptional customer service and collaborative partnership with faculty and staff.

Choose Duke. At Duke University, research changes lives. By joining the Campus Grants Management Team, you will contribute to groundbreaking discoveries while supporting faculty and researchers through every phase of the sponsored research lifecycle. Duke offers: competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, remote work flexibility within approved states, professional development and certification opportunities, collaborative and mission-driven work environment, opportunities to support world-class research and innovation, a commitment to…