Assistant Director, Grants & Academic Operations

Inside Philanthropy; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory in New York seeks an Assistant Director to oversee pre-award and post-award financial administration for CAL's broad portfolio of grants. Reporting to the DAAF, you will coordinate proposals, budgets, and compliance with sponsor and university policies, partnering with faculty, SPA, SPF, and central offices.

The role covers onboarding payroll for postdocs, students, and staff, visa support, subcontract reviews, and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Pre-Award: support PI budgets, review notices, coordinate proposals in SPA systems.
• Post-Award: monitor budgets, prepare reports, manage award lifecycle, subcontract reviews, SP financials.

Skills

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

ARC

PAC

FinSys

RASCAL

Microsoft Office

Job description

Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory in New York seeks an Assistant Director to oversee pre-award and post-award financial administration for CAL's broad portfolio of grants. Reporting to the DAAF, you will coordinate proposals, budgets, and compliance with sponsor and university policies, partnering with faculty, SPA, SPF, and central offices.

The role covers onboarding payroll for postdocs, students, and staff, visa support, subcontract reviews, and timely reporting.