Grants Management Specialist (52567)

GAP SOLUTIONS INC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GAP Solutions Inc. seeks an experienced Grants Management Specialist to support NHLBI at NIH, Bethesda, MD.

The role involves assisting with review, analysis, processing, and coordination of grant-related actions to advance funding and compliance. Responsibilities include triaging applications, ensuring timely submission of documentation, budget review, regulatory analyses, and clear communication with grantees and Federal staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, plus relevant experience.
• 8+ years of NIH grants management experience in the past 3 years.
• Experience with eRA IMPACII Grants Management Module.
• Ability to interpret and apply regulations and policies.

Responsibilities

• Triage competing and non-competing grant applications.
• Review budgets, subject codes, and applicable regulations.
• Coordinate communications with grantees and Federal staff.
• Prepare correspondence addressing administrative issues clearly.
• Assist in ongoing grant portfolio analysis and funding actions.

Skills

Communication skills

Regulatory interpretation

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

eRA IMPACII

Job description

Job DetailsLevel: ExperiencedJob Location: National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Main Campus/Bethesda - Bethesda, MD 20892Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: Bachelors DegreeSalary Range: $1.00 - $2.00 Salary/yearTravel Percentage: NoneJob Shift: DayJob Category: Public Health

Position Objective: The Grants Management Specialist will provide support services to assist the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Division of Extramural Research Activities, Office of Grants Management (OGM) in carrying out grants management functions. The Grants Management Specialist will provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of NHLBI within the National Institutes of Health by assisting with the review, analysis, processing, and coordination of grant-related actions and correspondence.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Triage competing and non-competing grant applications.
• Set appropriate work priorities, apply knowledge of organizational needs and deadlines, and follow up to ensure receipt of required documentation, including uploading documents to the official grant folder.
• Perform thorough review of competing grant applications, including identification of bars to funding, foreign involvement, and summary statement concerns, within specified timeframes, including timely issuance of award notices.
• Perform administrative analysis, including review of budget concerns, human and animal subject codes, and regulatory analyses of grant applications using basic knowledge of applicable NIH grant policies and NHLBI procedures.
• Facilitate communication and correspondence, including responses to inquiries and policy/procedural guidance for grantees and Federal staff.
• Serve as a resource of information by providing recommendations for grantee and Federal staff.
• Respond to communications including letters, memos, phone calls, and e-mails.
• Prepare correspondence that fully and accurately addresses administrative issues, including prior approvals, in a clear and concise manner.
• Collaborate with program and grantee staff on information required prior to award.
• Assist in OGM supplements.
• Assist in OGM funding.
• Assist in OGM portfolio analysis of pending awards
• Work products and documents related to setting appropriate work priorities, applying knowledge of organizational needs and deadlines, and following up to ensure receipt of required documentation.
• Work products and documents related to performing analyses of grant applications and researching, evaluating, interpreting, and disseminating related regulations, policies, and procedures to grantees and Federal staff.
• Work products and documents related to facilitating communication and correspondence, responding to communications and inquiries, and preparing correspondence.
• Work products and documents related to informing the Federal task leader and staff of administrative issues and developments related to prior approvals, additional funding documentation required prior to award, work with grantee staff in responding to

QualificationsBasic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent specialized experience.
• Minimum eight (8) years of specialized experience performing NIH grants management activities within the past three (3) years.
• Experience with eRA IMPACII Grants Management Module.
• Ability to interpret and apply appropriate regulations, policies and procedures relating to complex grant issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with non-technical and technical staff
• Detail-oriented and possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects

*This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by this position.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

This position is contingent upon contract award.