Grant & Research Awards Administrator (Hybrid)

American Heart Association; Texas; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

The American Heart Association is seeking an Associate Research & Grant Administrator in Dallas, TX. The hybrid role will manage the Foundation's research award programs and provide day-to-day grant administration for funded researchers and fiscal officers.

You will coordinate with principal investigators, grants officers, and institutions to ensure timely reporting and compliance, while supporting process improvements across awards management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience.
• Less than 2 years of related work experience
• Account management work experience
• Ability to read, understand information and accurately communicate it to multiple audiences.
• Excellent problem-solving, conditional logic and decision-making skills.
• Ability to produce, analyze and understand financial data.
• Ability to use databases to execute queries to generate data and information.
• Detail-oriented and strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages 350-400 active awards with budgets ranging from $30K to $550K. Ensures award compliance with American Heart Association policies and procedures through ongoing monitoring and review. Addresses noncompliance concerns, recommends corrective measures, and implements actions necessary to achieve and maintain compliance.
• Reviews and approves award agreements (contracts and subcontracts) for funded projects, including awards for special research initiatives.
• Monitors on-time award deliverable submissions and makes decisions related to any award change or exception requests.
• Reviews award budget submissions to ensure compliance with American Heart Association guidelines and award requirements.
• Evaluates and approves annual award expenditures reports for adherence to organizational policies and regulations.
• Works closely with principal investigators, grants officers and fiscal officers at the funded institutions to ensure successful reporting, communications, and outcomes.
• Works to improve processes and customer service for awards management, including continuous improvement for projects.
• Assists with updates to the Award Guide, the team helps document and process workflow for using the grants management system, and helps customers.
• Assist management with special projects as needed/assigned.

Skills

Account management

Financial analysis

Data queries

Communication

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Grants management system

Job description

The American Heart Association is seeking an Associate Research & Grant Administrator in Dallas, TX. The hybrid role will manage the Foundation's research award programs and provide day-to-day grant administration for funded researchers and fiscal officers.

You will coordinate with principal investigators, grants officers, and institutions to ensure timely reporting and compliance, while supporting process improvements across awards management.