Grants and Contracts Administrator
- Employer
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Location
- Worcester
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- Administrative Jobs
- Academic Affairs, Sponsored Programs, Grants & Contracts
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
JOB TITLE
Grants and Contracts Administrator
LOCATION
Worcester
DEPARTMENT NAME
Post Awards & Compliance
DIVISION NAME
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
Working within the office of Sponsored Programs, the Grants and Contracts Administrator is responsible for the general administrative management of sponsored research awards at WPI. She/he supports WPI principal investigators (PIs) in various aspects of award management, including award setup, reporting, maintenance, subcontracting, and closeout.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Basic Function
Working within the office of Sponsored Programs, the Grants and Contracts Administrator is responsible for the general administrative management of sponsored research awards at WPI. She/he supports WPI principal investigators (PIs) in various aspects of award management, including award setup, reporting, maintenance, subcontracting, and closeout. She/he consults with various WPI offices and funding agencies to resolve problems, ensure compliance, and/or obtain approvals as needed. Maintains a high standard of customer service while ensuring that WPI meets all obligations of our sponsored research awards.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Award setup and management
Coordinates the review and negotiation of award documents with the Associate Director and/or the Director of OSP, and other parties as necessary.
Records award data in OSPs award management system (InfoEd); reports on this data to PIs, Departments Heads, and others as needed.
Monitors PI compliance with sponsor policies and award terms and conditions. Verifies with appropriate offices that related compliance approvals have been filed and are up to date (e.g., Human Subjects, Animal Care, Conflict of Interest, etc.).
Monitors the status of awards, expiration dates, and renewal deadlines; keeps PIs informed of approaching deadlines.
Works with PIs and sponsors to obtain approvals for equipment purchases, travel, no-cost extensions, personnel changes, or other items that may require sponsor approval.
Ensures that deliverables and reporting requirements fulfilled in a timely and efficient manner consistent with University and sponsor requirements.
Assists principal investigators in the preparation and submission of annual grant reports. Reviews and approves reports (technical, interim, and financial) as needed, prior to submission to sponsor.
Develops, reviews, and adjusts grant budgets as needed to support the changing needs of each project.
Maintains complete, accurate, auditable records of award activity.
Subcontracting
Prepares subawards, subcontracts, and professional service agreements using standardized forms. Coordinates review and signature of contracts.
Reporting
Prepares and disseminates reports of proposal and award activity,
Provide ad hoc reports at the request of faculty, deans, department heads, and others
Customer Service
Keeps PIs informed at all times regarding the status of their awards and any pending administrative changes.
Responds to inquiries from PIs, Department Heads, and other stakeholders in a timely and professional manner.
Other
Maintains and updates departmental website, as needed, using WPI's content management system.
Any other duties as required in support of research activity at WPI.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree required.
Administrative experience preferred, which may include student work experience.
Must be highly organized, have effective time-management and organizational skills; ability to deal with multiple tasks, prioritize, and follow-through.
Excellent Microsoft Office and computer skills required, as well as familiarity with databases and/or enterprise reporting software.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to communicate effectively using tact and discretion in a customer-service environment.
Ability to think critically, flexibly and analytically.
Maintain confidentiality and highest ethical standards
Work independently while exercising appropriate judgment in seeking assistance and guidance
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment
FLSA STATUS
United States of America (Exempt)
WPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability. We are seeking individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences who will contribute to a culture of creativity and collaboration, inclusion, problem solving and change making.
To apply, visit: https://wpi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WPI_External_Career_Site/job/Worcester/Grants-and-Contracts-Administrator_R0000465
About WPI
WPI is a vibrant, active, and diverse community of extraordinary students, world-renowned faculty, and state of the art research facilities. At WPI, we have competitive and comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, long-term care, retirement, tuition assistance, flexible spending accounts, work-life balance and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at WPI
WPI is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected; a place where every student, faculty and staff member can be themselves, so that they can study, live, and work comfortably, to reach their full potential, and make meaningful contributions in order to meet departmental and institutional goals. WPI thrives on innovative practice and welcomes diverse perspectives, insight, and people from diverse lived experiences, to enhance the community environment and propel the institution to the next level in a competitive, global marketplace.
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Organization
Founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1865, WPI was one of the nation's earliest technological universities. From our founding days, WPI has taken a unique approach to science and technology education.
Our undergraduate and graduate students emerge ready to take on some of the most difficult challenges in science and technology. More important, they understand how their work can truly impact society and improve our lives.
Great Minds at Work in the classroom and around the world
WPI's academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, management, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to the BA, BS, MS, ME, MBA, and PhD.
At sites as close as our home city of Worcester and at over 40 other locations in 25 countries,WPI’s Global Projects Program immerses students in new cultures to tackle unstructured problems in ways that are meaningful to local sponsors in real communities. This is not your typical study abroad.
WPI faculty members and students are engaged in advanced, multidisciplinary research across a broad range of fields—from cutting-edge work in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, to explorations of the technological and policy issues surrounding cybersecurity, to studies of issues as diverse as firefighter health and security and the fire safety challenges of green buildings.
A highly regarded institution
Among recent honors for WPI are the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education and the No. 1 ranking for “faculty who best combine research and teaching.” (Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Ed, 2016)
A beautiful campus in a central location
WPI’s compact 95-acre campus is set atop one of Worcester’s “seven hills” on the residential outskirts of town. Old English stone buildings are focal points of the architecture, but modern facilities have moved in to claim their own space on the immaculately kept grounds. WPI’s newest building, the Foisie Innovation Studio, is slated to open in Fall 2018 and will house high-tech classrooms, makerspaces, labs, and a residence hall for 140 students.
Learn more at wpi.edu.
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