Grants and Contracts Manager (Remote

Grants and Contracts Manager (Remote)

Lead a team of Administrators to support complex grants and contracts that drive impactful research and meaningful outcomes. Be You. This position will be located within the School of Medicine Shared Research Administration Resource (RASR) Group and will play an active role in working with specifically identified departments to manage their portfolio of grants and contracts. Coordinate and/or perform pre-award and/or post-award activities for a unit (school, department, division, institute, or center) that has a large, complex, and/or diverse portfolio of grants and contracts.

Pre- award activities include broad duties in preparation and submission of grant and contract proposals. Ensures all applications meet agency and university guidelines and published time tables and deadlines. Ensures proposals are entered and routed in a timely manner for further review. Post-award activities include detailed reconciliation of assigned project budget, including determination of allocability and allowability of charges; preparing and analyzing budget reports, and developing budget projections;

adjusting and correcting assigned project budgets to meet project goals and federal requirements, providing assistance and oversight to effort management of specified project portfolio.

This position is responsible for a specified highly complex grants and contracts portfolio using discretion and independent judgment to make decisions that impact the compliance and successful completion of grant and contract objectives. This position is expected to manage a mid- sized unit (school, department, division, institute, or center) with a well-defined grant and contract portfolio. This position functions as a manager and/or facilitator of large projects, such as grants and contracts that span across multiple disciplines and faculty.

Work Arrangement
- This position has the option to be 100% remote. Candidates must reside in one of the approved states for remote work, which can be viewed here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). DEPARTMENTAL PREFERENCES Certified Research Administrator preferred. Supervisory experience of a team in an academic institution is strongly preferred. Demonstrated Federal Sponsor/Funding experience strongly preferred.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Education/Training
- Work requires communications, analytical and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program. Research or grants education and/or certification is preferred. Successful completion of the Research Administration Academy (RAA) and Advanced Grants Management is required. Employees hired into this classification without the expected credentials will work closely with their manager to schedule and successfully complete all training (12 months to complete RAA and an additional 6 months to complete AGM).

Successful completion of all expected training will be an annual performance goal until complete. Upon completion of expected training, the employee must maintain Research Administration Academy (RAA) certification and Advanced Grants Management (AGM) certification by completing continuing education requirements. Successful completion of Financial Services Introduction to R3, Introduction to Duke GL, Introduction to Accounting, Sponsored Research Reporting, Research Administration at Duke (on-line), Basic Compliance (on-line) within first six months of hire is required.

Experience
- Work generally requires three (3) years of relevant grants and contracts experience.

Be Bold. Skills Ability and desire to complete Advanced Grants Management training (in most circumstances an employee will be expected to hold a RAA certification before moving into this classification). Demonstrated skills in analyzing data and formulating conclusions. Ability to learn changing technologies related to grants and contracts management. Full command of grants and contracts systems; requires solid working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Access, Excel, Power Point).

Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with all levels of the organization. Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects/tasks simultaneously. Ability to create verbal and written reports. Understand and apply knowledge of national compliance issues to circumstances at Duke University. Understanding of asset management for funded projects as applied to Duke University policies and practices. Able to direct others in asset management and to review, troubleshoot and approve asset management.

Understand and apply basic concepts of Export controls as these relate to proposal submission and award management Understand and be able to apply federal rules to contract negotiations and management. Understand and be able to apply budget management to contracts. Understand and be able to assist others in understanding contract terminology. Understand and be able to comply with Duke University requirements for managing Federal…