"Grants Administrator"

Position Summary

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Grants Administrator for the Public Health Research Institute within New Jersey Medical School.

Under the direction of the Administrative Director, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of all projects, grants, contracts, and other restricted accounts and related functions associated with research, sponsored programs, and restricted funds activities.

Key Duties:

• Provides guidance to faculty, administrators, and other staff on proposal development and grant applications for external support opportunities from Federal, State, Corporate and other funding agencies.
• Monitors/Reviews research proposals prior to submission to Federal, State, Corporate and other agencies to ensure compliance with University and agency policies and procedures.
• Analysis of fund balances to determine burn rate calculations for progress reporting, carry-over requests, projections, and close-outs of research/grant awards.
• Performs and assists with reconciling award activity of expenses to budget in order to avoid cost over-runs per Sponsor and University guidelines.
• Performs and assists with preparation and submission of Journal entries for all salary and non-salary expenses, all fringe corrections/accruals, and F&A distributions.
• Performs and assists with the preparation and review of financial reports or invoices in collaboration with the Grants and Contracts Department.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Health Administration or a related field plus five (5) years of related experience involving research and sponsored programs administration, ideally in an academic environment.

Equivalent education, experience and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirement.