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Apply now Job no: 524714 Position Type: Staff Full Time Campus: UMass Boston Department: Institute Community Inclusion Pay Grade: 31 Date opened: 27 Aug 2024 Eastern Daylight Time Applications close: 10 Sep 2024 Eastern Daylight Time
General Summary:
The Departmental Grant Administrator (DGA) is a three-level series that supports the Institute for Community Inclusion and the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development. This series will provide routine oversight and management of the research grant portfolios of multiple Principal Investigators (PI’s) by researching, preparing, and monitoring externally funded grants, contracts and cooperative agreements. The Departmental Grant Administrator will be responsible for account maintenance; processing personnel actions; forecasting, expenditure reporting, as well as account allocations; and maintaining grant records in compliance with university and research sponsor policies. The incumbents will work closely with each PI on all aspects of the administration of his/her research project, including provision of analysis and modifications and assisting with special projects, when needed. The Departmental Grant Administrator will work in collaboration with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) and other central administrative units at the University; and may supervise other grants administration staff.
Organizational Levels: The organizational level currently open in this series is:
· Departmental Grant Administrator II. The DGA II is the second-level professional job in this series.
Examples of Duties:
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in business, finance or a similar area relevant to grant administration, and three-five years of professional experience in sponsored programs in an academic, non-profit or equivalent setting is required. Demonstrated financial management experience required. Experience with proposal submission and RFPs, as well as post-award functions involving several types of award mechanisms, including grants, contracts, sub-contracts and cooperative agreements required. Membership in professional organizations, such as Society of Research Administrators (SRA) and/or National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) preferred. Certified Research Administrator (CRA) is preferred. Familiarity with: human-subject compliance, intellectual property, conflict of interest, procurement, property management, environmental health and safety, and human resources is preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities for the Level II Position:
Application Instructions:
Please apply online with your resume, cover letter and list of three professional references.
Review of candidates will begin following the application closing date.
Only Internal candidates in the Professional Staff Bargaining Unit will be considered during the first 10 business days of the posting. All other candidates will be considered after that period.
Salary Ranges for the appropriate Pay Grade can be found at the following link:
Grade: 31
Salary Ranges
This is an exempt union position.
All official salary offers must be approved by Human Resources.
UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact HRDirect@umb.edu or 617-287-5150.
Applications close: 10 Sep 2024 Eastern Daylight Time
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