Complex Grants Officer

Nationwide Children's Hospital; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH seeks a skilled Research Administration Specialist to manage subrecipient agreements and ensure compliance with sponsor guidelines. You will coordinate subawards, monitor progress, and liaise with Compliance, Legal, HR, and research staff to ensure proper post-award management of sponsored projects.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and at least one year of related experience; experience in research administration or accounting is

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience is required.
• One year of related experience is required; research administration or accounting experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the contact with the sub-recipient to clarify institutional policies and prime sponsor guidelines. Coordinates the negotiation and execution of subawards and modifications with sub-recipients or vendors.
• Liaises with Compliance, Technology Transfer Commercialization, Legal Services, HR, Research Purchasing, Research Finance, and other departments to support post-award management of sponsored research.
• Ensures adherence to policies and sponsor guidelines for issuance of funding and agreements to outside institutions; ensures compliance with FFTA reporting.
• Aligns Research Institute policies with subrecipient requirements (monitoring, indirect costs, cost-share, space, reporting, patent and property rights; purchasing).
• Works with sub-sites, administration, PIs, and research staff to resolve programmatic and compliance issues.
• Maintains professional knowledge via self-study, research, webinars and conferences.
• Disseminates NIH and sponsor guideline changes to customers.
• Active member of the administrative research support team, facilitates meetings to oversee compliance with regulations.

Skills

Subaward negotiation

Sponsor guidelines

Compliance knowledge

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience

Job description

Job Description Summary

Serves as the contact with the sub-recipient to clarify institutional policies and prime sponsor guidelines.

Overview

Serves as the contact with the sub-recipient to clarify institutional policies and prime sponsor guidelines.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Serves as the contact with the sub-recipient to clarify institutional policies and prime sponsor guidelines. Coordinates the negotiation and execution of subawards and modifications with sub-recipients or vendors.
• Liaises with the Office of Compliance, Office of Technology Transfer Commercialization, Legal Services, Human Resources, Research Purchasing, Research Finance, other Research Institute departments and centers; Division Chiefs, Center Directors and hospital administrators and others as necessary to support the post- award management of sponsored research.
• Ensures adherence to institutional policies and sponsor guidelines for issuance of funding and agreements to outside institutions. Responsible for ensuring compliance with Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act reporting.
• Assists in aligning the Research Institute’s policies and practices with subrecipient’s requirements (including sub recipient monitoring, indirect cost recovery, cost-share, space requirements; reporting requirements; patent and property rights; purchasing).
• Works with sub-sites, administration, PIs and research staff to resolve programmatic and compliance issues.
• Maintains a high level of professional knowledge through self-study, research, participation in professional development, and attendance at webinars and conferences.
• Disseminates information on changes with NIH and other sponsors guidelines, forms, requirements, regulations, etc. to customers.
• Active member of the administrative research support team, facilitates meetings as needed to effectively oversee compliance with institutional, local, state, federal and other sponsor requirements and regulations.

Education Requirement

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education and experience, required.

Experience

• One year of related experience, required.
• Experience in research administration, accounting, or equivalent experience, preferred.

Physical Requirements

OCCASIONALLY: Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Standing
FREQUENTLY: Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Walking
CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing - Far/near

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