Grant & Budget Coordinator, Lab & Health Programs (Nashville)

STI; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

STI is seeking a Lab Grants Coordinating assistant to support grant applications, budgets, and reporting in Nashville. The role requires coordinating timelines, compiling documents, and providing financial and performance metrics updates to stakeholders.

You will engage with internal teams and participate in webinars to gather programmatic information, enabling smooth grant management across divisions including ELC, TB COAG, EIP, and NARMS.

Qualifications

• MS Office skills to manage grant documents and timelines.
• Strong Excel skills for budgeting and reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Budgeting experience for project and grant budgets.
• Accounting experience related to expenditures and reporting.
• Grants management experience including tracking, reporting, and compliance.

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-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)

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Communication

Budgeting

Accounting

Grants management

Job description

STI is seeking a Lab Grants Coordinating assistant to support grant applications, budgets, and reporting in Nashville. The role requires coordinating timelines, compiling documents, and providing financial and performance metrics updates to stakeholders.

You will engage with internal teams and participate in webinars to gather programmatic information, enabling smooth grant management across divisions including ELC, TB COAG, EIP, and NARMS.