Specialist III, Grants and Contracts
- Employer
- University of Rhode Island
- Location
- Kingston
- Salary
- Salary Hiring Range: $70,000 - $80,000
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Posting Number: SF02226
Position Type: Professional Staff
Union: PSA/NEA - Professional Staff Assoc
Pay Grade Level: Grade Level: 10
Pay Grade Range: Salary Hiring Range: $70,000 - $80,000
Department: Dean Engineering
Campus Location: Kingston
Job Description Summary:
About URI: The University of Rhode Island enrolls approximately 17,000 students across its graduate and undergraduate programs and is the State's flagship public research university, as well as the land grant and sea grant university, for the state of Rhode Island. The main campus is located in the historic village of Kingston, and the Bay Campus is located in Narragansett. Both campuses are near major beaches in a beautiful coastal community. URI is just 30 minutes from Providence, RI and within easy reach of Newport, Boston, and New York City.
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THE POSITION IS ELIGIBLE FOR A HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE
POSITION SUMMARY:
Serve as the primary post-award staff member for sponsored research awards. Manage the full lifecycle, compliance and fiscal closeouts of multiple sponsored research grants and contracts. Maintain a strong working relationship with research groups, Professional Investigators (PIs), Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) and Cost Accounting. To serve as the primary escalation point for compliance and billing issues in the college.
Duties and Responsibilities:
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Serve as post-award person on a sponsored projects team responsible for working directly with PIs and staff in a defined subset of departments within the College of Engineering to facilitate understanding of the sponsor's administrative terms and conditions of the awarded project.
Responsible for oversight of projects from federal, state, non-profit, and corporate entities according to federal, state, and University policies, award set-up, approving invoices, and assisting with the completion of financial reports on behalf of the University, and final close-out of awards.
Serve as the primary post-award staff member for administration of awards and subawards that fund URI research.
Works with PIs as the primary problem-solver for team members, regarding compliance requirements, allowable costs and payroll distributions.
Represent College of Engineering in meetings related to sponsored research awards.
Analyze and approve requisitions for items to be charged to the sponsored project account in order to ensure expenses are allowable, allocable, and reasonable, and that they are in compliance with sponsor's requirements.
Analyze, approve, and process basic personnel appointments to sponsored project accounts to ensure expenses are allowable, allocable, and reasonable and in compliance with sponsor's requirements.
Work with agency sponsors, principal investigators, and administrative staff to troubleshoot grant administration-related issues.
Maintain working knowledge of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance, as well as the principles of allowability, allocability and reasonableness.
Monitor cost-sharing, no-cost extension, subawards and Dean's Pledges.
Assist Cost Accounting with preparation of various reports for submission to funding agencies, as well as for internal use.
Assist Cost Accounting with the close-out of awards, including pre-closing notice, review projects for open items, encumbrances, advances, deficits, surpluses, adjustments, and final billing.
Monitor technical reporting requirements, ensuring that they are met by the PI.
Interpret award instructions from grant and contract documents, including agency requirements for managing the project, restrictions, billing, and reporting.
Work with other Sponsored Projects and college-wide personnel to resolve problems.
Monitor compliance and adherence to University, federal, and state policies and procedures.
Monitor international accounts for expenditure allowability, accountability, and exchange rate calculations.
Maintain current knowledge of various University financial systems and all related interfaces.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Exhibit sensitivity to and consistently meet the support requirements of a research environment and be committed to customer support.
Be committed to effective teamwork.
Be flexible and open to change, show initiative, and be proactive.
Assist the Dean of Engineering, Associate Dean for Research, and the Chief Business Officer on other matters as required.
LICENSES, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT:
Personal computers, printers; word processing, spreadsheet and database management software and federal electronic proposal submission systems.
Posting Date: 10/01/2026
To apply, visit https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/17153
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Organization
The University of Rhode Island
Founded in 1892, this land and sea grant university is the flagship public research institution in Rhode Island, enrolling more than 14,500 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students.
Thinking big
URI is home to some of today’s leading innovators, discoverers, and creative problem solvers and is known regionally and worldwide for its big ideas and pioneering research in such areas as environmental studies, neuroscience, biotechnology and life sciences, engineering, marine sciences, forensic sciences, pharmaceuticals, behavioral sciences, and public health promotion. A strong core of traditional academic disciplines provides the foundation for all specialized, professional, and applied areas of study. The University receives about $60 million annually in federal funding for research across 87 undergraduate and 70 graduate degree programs.
Motivated students, engaged faculty
Nearly 23,000 students applied for fewer than 3,300 openings in the 2017 freshman class, which boasts an average grade point average of 3.54. The 17 to 1 student/faculty ratio allows for personal attention and rewarding teaching experiences. Approximately 87 percent of faculty hold terminal degrees. In 2018 URI produced two Fulbright Scholars, five Boren Scholars, a Truman Scholar, and was named a one of the country’s top Gilman scholar-producing schools. URI’s commitment to diversity is demonstrated through its student body, with 43 states and 65 nations represented and 20 percent of students identifying as persons of color, a 65 percent increase since 2008.
Four campuses, one community
URI’s main campus is located on 1,248 acres in rural Kingston, where the campus core — including a quadrangle surrounded by handsome granite buildings — is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Six miles from Rhode Island’s beaches, this campus is conveniently situated along the Boston to New York corridor. The University’s renowned Graduate School of Oceanography is located at the 165-acre Narragansett Bay Campus. The Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies brings higher education to downtown Providence. Nearby, the 133,000-square-foot Rhode Island Nursing Education Center includes unparalleled simulation labs. The W. Alton Jones Campus — 2,300 acres of forests, lakes, and farmland in West Greenwich — provides a secluded setting for academic research, environmental education, business meetings and special events.
Investing in the future
Since 2007, the University has invested $607 million in campus capital projects, including: a $150 million engineering complex, due to open in 2019; Brookside, another new apartment-style residence hall, 2019; a Welcome Center, 2018; the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center, 2017; Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, 2016; and Avedisian Hall, home to the College of Pharmacy, 2012.
Expertise on demand
The University is home to several centers of expertise that tackle some of society’s most vexing challenges. The George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience brings multi-disciplinary research to bear on devastating brain diseases, such as ALS and Alzheimer’s. The Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Center supports state, national, and international public welfare through education, research, training, and service. The Business Engagement Center is the “front door” through which industry taps into research and training opportunities and assistance with intellectual property or technology issues. The R.I. Food Center brings URI’s agricultural roots to the 21st century as a resource for farmers, consumers, retailers, and others across the food industry
- Telephone
- 401-874-1000
- Location
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80 Lower College Road
North Kingston
Rhode Island
02881
United States
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