Grant Administrator I — Research Budget Liaison (Hybrid)

1200 The General Hospital Corporation; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham is seeking a full-time Grant Administrator to oversee the Center’s sponsored research portfolio from proposal through award life cycle. You will build budgets, provide guidance, resolve issues, and coordinate with Principal Investigators, grant management, and subaward sites.

Under supervision, you will ensure compliance with sponsor policies, assist with procurement, monitor funds, and support study procurement.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree Financial Management required or Associate's Degree Related Field of Study required or Bachelor's Degree Financial Management preferred
• Experience in lieu of a degree? No
• Experience Research administration experience 1-2 years required
• Proficient in spreadsheets, databases, accounting, and other computer applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
• Good organization and coordination skills
• Ability to work with large financial data sets with accuracy
• Good working knowledge of research agency, sponsor, and organization funding guidelines and policies
• Good negotiation skills
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to make good judgments and resolve problems

Responsibilities

• Processes and prepares research grant proposals, awards, and transactions, maintaining grant/contract records in compliance with institutional and research sponsors.
• Assists with budgets, justifications, and materials for financial reporting.
• Reviews proposals for compliance with sponsor and organizational guidelines; verify all sponsor requirements are met.
• Responsible for processing purchase orders, managing accounts receivable/accounts payable, and resolving accounting requests.
• Take ownership of managing an assigned portfolio of research departments and serve as the primary Pre-Award/Post-Award resource for department administrators and PIs.
• Monitors expenditures and assures budgetary compliance; verifies, identifies, and evaluates excessive charges; and gives advice on allowability of costs to be charged to grant.

Skills

Spreadsheets

Databases

Accounting

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Independent work

Education

Associate's Degree in Financial Management

Associate's Degree Related Field

Bachelor's Degree in Financial Management

Job description

Mass General Brigham is seeking a full-time Grant Administrator to oversee the Center’s sponsored research portfolio from proposal through award life cycle. You will build budgets, provide guidance, resolve issues, and coordinate with Principal Investigators, grant management, and subaward sites.

Under supervision, you will ensure compliance with sponsor policies, assist with procurement, monitor funds, and support study procurement.