Contracts and Grants Coordinator

5 days ago

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States University of North Carolina Full time

Job Summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a highly skilled Contracts and Grants Coordinator to join our team. As a key member of our research administration team, you will be responsible for managing and providing direction, guidance, and leadership related to pre-award and post-award contract and grant activities within the College of Arts & Sciences.

You will play a critical role in meeting the proposal development and grants management needs of assigned units within the College while also serving as a divisional contact for faculty and staff regarding university and sponsor policies, processes, rules, and regulations.

This position is expected to perform high-level tasks related to budgeting, proposal preparation, reporting, and overall grants management on a broad scale for many funding agencies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Take lead responsibility for planning and coordinating all contract and grant proposal submissions
  • Assist with proposal development, including the estimation of project costs and the preparation of project budgets
  • Prepare and submit proposal packages in university and sponsor systems
  • Ensure compliance with sponsor terms and conditions
  • Manage, monitor, track, and report on postaward activities
  • Resolve postaward issues by working closely with departmental and university postaward staff
  • Serve as the subject matter expert for preaward and postaward business processes
  • Support other high-level administrative duties as required

Requirements

  • Mid-career with Masters and 1-2 yrs experience; or Bachelors and 2-4 yrs experience
  • Knowledge and experience working with pre and postaward financial management from a variety of sponsors
  • Extensive experience with calculating payroll and forecasting
  • Thorough understanding of how to interpret regulations and guidelines from a wide variety of funding agencies and use the funding mechanism required by those agencies
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access)
  • Extensive experience creating spreadsheets and developing formulas in Excel
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Strong organizational, time management, and prioritization skills
  • Ability to perform work with a high degree of autonomy, accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness

Preferred Qualifications

  • Three or more years of experience with financial management of sponsored research (pre and postaward)
  • Previous experience with UNC-CH systems (e.g., CAYUSE, RAMSeS, ConnectCarolina, Infoporte)
  • Experience with State, F&A, trust, and other fund types
  • Experience with financial and pre/postaward management workflow tools
  • Experience managing funds and awards for multiple principal investigators across multiple units
  • Experience with shadow accounting
  • Experience with electronic personnel salary source management
  • Certified Research Administrator (CRA), Certified Financial Research Administrator (CFRA), and/or Certified Pre-Award Research Administrator (CPRA) credentials
  • Experience managing or providing work direction to peers and clients/customers

What We Offer

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers a comprehensive benefits package, paid leave, and a variety of health, life, and retirement plans, as well as additional programs that support a healthy work-life balance.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.

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