Administrative Services Assistant ( Grant Management)

STI; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

STI in Nashville, TN is seeking a Grants Coordinator to support the lab staff with grant administration, budgeting, and reporting. You will manage timelines, assemble documents, and coordinate with divisions on federal and state grants.

The role requires strong MS Office and Excel skills, excellent written and verbal communication, and budgeting/accounting experience. You will collaborate with multiple teams and participate in webinars to obtain program information.

Qualifications

• Strong MS Office skills.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Budgeting experience.
• Accounting experience.
• Grants management experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist the lab staff with grant application coordination including development, submission, and management
• Follow and update detailed timelines and checklists
• Submit required progress reports, performance metrics, and financial reports
• Create budgets and compile required documents
• Review monthly expenditure reports, calculate projections, and meet with the Lab Grants Coordinator to provide updates
• Work with small groups via email, virtual, and in-person meeting
• Attend CDC/FDA/HHS webinars and calls to get programmatic information
• Grant coordination on non-lab grants for Clinical and Laboratory Operations Divisions: ELC, TB COAG, EIP, FDA NARMS

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Communication skills

Budgeting

Accounting

Grants management

Job description

Location:630 Hart Lane Nashville, Tennessee 37216

Description:

Responsibilities/Tasks

• Assist the lab staff with grant application coordination including development, submission, and management
  • Follow and update detailed timelines and checklists
  • Submit required progress reports, performance metrics, and financial reports
  • Create budgets and compile required documents
• Review monthly expenditure reports, calculate projections, and meet with the Lab Grants Coordinator to provide updates
• Work with small groups via email, virtual, and in-person meeting
• Attend CDC/FDA/HHS webinars and calls to get programmatic information
• Grant coordination on non-lab-led grants for our Clinical and Laboratory Operations Divisions:
  • Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) Cooperative Agreement, Tuberculosis Elimination and Laboratory Cooperative Agreement (TB COAG), Emerging Infections Program (EIP), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)

Qualifications

• Strong MS Office skills
• Strong Excel skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Budgeting experience
• Accounting Experience
• Grants management experience