Director of Grants and Contracts Post Award Administration

Campus: OSU-Center for Health Sciences

Contact Name & Email:Jamie Childers, Jamie.

Childers

Work Schedule:Typically, Monday - Friday 8 hour shifts

Appointment Length: Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

Hiring Range: $ Salary

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About this Position:

The Director of Grants, Contracts, and Post Award Administration provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of post-award sponsored research administration at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS). The Director is responsible for ensuring the effective financial management, regulatory compliance, and administrative oversight of externally sponsored grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements in accordance with federal and state regulations, sponsor requirements, and institutional policies.

The Director leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of institutional post-award policies, procedures, internal controls, and administrative systems to promote financial accountability, operational efficiency, and effective stewardship of sponsored funds. Responsibilities include oversight of sponsored project financial reporting, billing, cash management, expenditure monitoring, effort certification, subrecipient monitoring, audit coordination, and award closeout. Serving as a key institutional resource and advisor, the Director collaborates with research leadership, principal investigators, departmental administrators, central finance, and other university stakeholders to address complex financial and regulatory matters, mitigate institutional risk, and support the university's research mission.

The Director also provides leadership, supervision, and professional development for post-award administration staff while fostering a collaborative, accountable, and service-oriented organizational culture.

Supervision Received

• This position reports directly to the Vice President for Administration and Finance, and provides collaborative assistance and support to the Vice President for Research and pre-award personnel.

Supervision Exercised

• This position supervises three senior grant accountants, one program specialist and one administrative assistant.

Leadership

• Participate in leadership meetings by providing the current grants management perspective in helping influence operational decisions.
• With other members of the leadership team, guide policies and practices to support a culture of excellence.
• Ensure staff are provided professional, courteous, and timely operational support and service.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's
  • A baccalaureate degree in business, finance, accounting or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years progressive experience in higher education or nonprofit industry with significant exposure to grant budgeting and reporting processes to government agencies.
• A minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated supervisory or management experience, including responsibility for staff development, operational oversight, and process improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with and inspire others to more effective, creative and productive performance.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty, administrators and staff with a commitment to fiscal responsibility and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to make informed decisions in a timely manner.
• A proven track record of success in a complex operational setting.
• A history of ethical decision making.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, Higher Education Administration, Research Administration, or a closely related field preferred.
• Certified Research Administrator (CRA) or Certified Financial Research Administrator (CFRA), as…