Grant & Contract Administrator I

University System of New Hampshire; Durham (NH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of New Hampshire seeks a Grant and Contract Administrator I to provide post-award support for sponsored programs. You will collaborate with PIs, SPA Awards, AFC, and institutional partners to review expenditures, monitor payroll/commitments, and assist with budget revisions and subaward activities.

This role offers hands-on portfolio experience with professional development within STAR, emphasizing compliance with sponsor requirements and university policies.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree and three years of related experience or seven years total.
• Experience in college or university business office.
• Additional related experience and/or higher education.

Responsibilities

• Provides post-award research administration support for sponsored programs.
• Reviews expenditures and available balances; monitors payroll and commitments.
• Supports budget revisions and award modifications; assists with subaward monitoring.
• Assists with closeout activities and audit documentation.
• Serves as a resource to faculty and research teams to ensure sponsor compliance.

Skills

3+ years related experience

Experience in college/university buis*

Education

Associate's degree

Job description

The Grant and Contract Administrator I (GCA I) within STAR Team I provides post-award research administration support for a portfolio of sponsored programs across the University of New Hampshire. Working collaboratively with principal investigators, departments, SPA Awards, Accounting and Financial Compliance (AFC), and other institutional partners, the GCA I assists with the day-to-day financial and administrative management of sponsored awards, including reviewing expenditures and available balances, monitoring payroll and commitments, supporting budget revisions and award modifications, assisting with subaward monitoring and closeout activities, and identifying items requiring follow-up or escalation. The position serves as a resource to faculty and research teams, helping ensure awards are managed in accordance with sponsor requirements, University policies, and applicable regulations. The GCA I is an excellent opportunity for an individual seeking to build a career in research administration through hands-on portfolio experience, training, and progressive professional development within STAR.

Duties/Responsibilites:

Pre-award:

• Completes pre-award administration of grant &/or contract activities.
• Synthesizing sponsor guidelines to identify proposal requirements and providing comprehensive checklists and templates for use by proposal team members.
• Organizes proposal, renewal and resubmission applications.
• Create, route and monitor proposal forms.
• Handle all communication and follow-up with PI concerning additional information required by sponsor or University to finalize proposal
• Completes entire application for smaller, less-complicated, simple, standard proposals.

Post-award:

• Assists in post-award administration of research grants &/or contracts, e.g., labor distributions, time and effort reporting, purchases and reimbursements
• Monitor routine financial transactions, which may include researching and resolving discrepancies
• Prepares cost transfer forms to correct charges on sponsored projects.
• Assists in preparing audit documentation
• Participates in account close out activities
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Associate's degree and three years of related experience or equivalent combination of higher education and experience totaling seven years.
• Experience in college or university business office.
• Additional related experience and/or higher education.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Compensation Pay Range:

$22.04 - $36.36

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location:

Durham