"Senior Grants Administrator"

Position Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Senior Grants Administrator for the Finance Office at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The primary responsibility of the Senior Grants Administrator is pre-award and post-award administration of grants, clinical trials, and other restricted funds for the Clinical Departments and Institutes. Ensures sponsored research activities are in compliance with the policies and procedures of Rutgers University and federal, state, foundation, corporate and other agencies.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Coordinates the submission of grant and contract proposals to federal, state, foundation, corporate and other sponsors.
• Provides grant application guidance to faculty, administrators and staff. Prepares the proposal budget in collaboration with the Principal Investigators. Assists with the development of internal policies and procedures regarding grant and contract proposals and applications.
• Provides budget status reports, detailed transaction reports, projections and other reports to the Principal Investigators, Business Administrator, Chairs and the RWJMS Finance Office. Reconciles and ensures expenditures charged to Project Accounts are accurate.
• Reviews and approves MarketPlace requisitions charged to both restricted accounts in the Clinical Departments. Ensures grants and other restricted accounts are not over-expended. Ensures the expenditures are allowable and appropriate.
• Closely monitors salaries charged to restricted accounts in the Clinical Departments assigned.
• Closely monitors Project Account balances in order to avoid deficits.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Health Administration or related field plus four (4) 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.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands: Standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing. No special vision requirements. Ability to lift or exert force up to 25 lbs.