"Subawards Specialist"

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Research Management Services (RMS) is seeking a Subawards Specialist. RMS supports the pre- and post-award administration for sponsored funding across multiple departments within the School of Medicine. RMS strives to provide the highest quality of customer service in sponsored research management to our customers including departments, faculty, key stakeholders and central teams including the Office of Research Administration (ORA), Sponsored Projects Shared Services (SPSS) and the School of Medicine Business Office.

The Subawards Specialist will act as first point of contact in the outgoing subawards process. The Subawards Specialist will create, review, negotiate and recommend approval for University issued subawards. The Subawards Specialist will serve as a specialized university purchasing agent for subawards with an appropriate role in the internal supply chain system.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Triage all subaward requests.
• Review and interpret sponsor requirements, government regulations and institutional policy intersections.
• Evaluate and coordinate the processing of responses to faculty and sponsors regarding subawards.
• Ensure policies are met, appropriate forms are completed and submitted.
• Respond to routine questions regarding rules and regulations governing sponsored programs.
• Coordinate subaward reporting and close-out activities.
• Independently approve purchase orders to encumber the subaward within the supply chain and accounting systems.
• Draft and present prescribed subaward language with subrecipients.
• Serve as administrative user of the various systems used for subaward administration (e.g. SWiFT, SAP, SharePoint, Access).
• Recommend and enhance procedures and administratively coordinate implementation of new or modified systems.
• Use Excel and university systems integrated in the workflow to correctly enter and monitor data integrity and tracking.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in related field. Three years of related experience. Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

A minimum of one year of experience in a sponsored research environment. Experience in research administration at a university, non-profit, state or federal agency or comparable environment.

Classified Title: Subawards Specialist
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC
Starting Salary Range: $53,800 - $94,400 Annually ($74,100 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: SOM Admin Finance Research Services
Personnel area: School of Medicine

Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University's salary range for this position. ... More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.