Hybrid Grant Specialist II – Pediatrics Central Administration

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About the role

  • Pediatrics Grant Specialist managing post-award activities and ensuring compliance with research project guidelines. Supporting faculty in proposal preparation, budget analysis, and monitoring sponsored projects.

Responsibilities

  • Manages post award activities
  • Manages and monitors sponsored projects budgets and ensures appropriate and timely expenditures and reconciliation of funds
  • Approves purchasing documents and provides guidance to purchasing staff on appropriate expenditures according to specific grant policies
  • Checks for accuracy and provides complex troubleshooting error resolutions/solutions for fund profile setups and financial reports
  • Prepares monthly financial reports on all research accounts and distribute/discuss with PIs and senior leadership
  • Assists DA in reconciling funds and monitoring spending levels, overdrafts, and cost sharing commitments
  • Performs pre-award job duties in response to specific proposal guidelines and terms and conditions
  • Works with faculty in proposal preparation and submission
  • Manages budgeting, analysis, justifications for proposals; gathers information for protocols and non-technical proposal components as needed
  • Serves as a liaison between the Chair, Faculty, and Department Administrators (DAs)
  • Stays current on federal and university developments regarding research administration and complex regulations
  • May coordinate the submission, work with PI to prepare budget, and obtain pricing quotes from other departments
  • Prepares and reviews all agency forms for submission
  • Monitors and works with PI to submit annual agency reports (e.g., Research Performance Progress Reports/RPPRs)
  • Submits final progress report and invention statement (if applicable) to the appropriate agency
  • Serves as responsible for closure of sponsored projects accounts
  • May assist with some post award activities
  • Performs other duties as assigned including assisting senior leadership with special projects as requested

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education
  • Relevant Experience (2 Years)
  • Not Applicable
  • A driver's license is not required for this position.

Benefits

  • Up to 22 days of vacation
  • 10 recognized holidays
  • Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance
  • Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees
  • 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with employee and university contributions starting at 7%
  • Wellness challenges and annual health screenings
  • Mental health resources and mindfulness programs
  • Employee assistance program (EAP) and financial resources
  • Tuition coverage for employees and their families including 100% for dependent undergraduate-level college tuition at WashU

Job title

Grant Specialist II – Pediatrics Central Administration

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$53,100 - $90,600 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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