Grants Manager–Part Time

Pacific Northwest Research Institute; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 66,124 - 89,544; Part time

Job summary

Pacific Northwest Research Institute is seeking an experienced Grants Manager for a part-time, temporary position. This role involves managing the governance of grants, including pre- and post-award management, ensuring compliance and reporting.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication, budget review, and project management skills, and will interact with various stakeholders. This position offers competitive hourly pay, ranging from $48.00 to $65.00, based on experience.

Qualifications

• Three years of NIH and/or NSF grant management experience required.
• Validated experience with budgets and compliance requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks under minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead grant proposal development and submission.
• Analyze awarded proposals for compliance and budgeting.
• Maintain grant compliance and reporting.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Intacct software

Job description

PNRI is seeking an experienced and driven Grants Manager to partner and collaborate with the Finance Team and Principal Investigator (PI) group in the governance of all grants, including pre- and post-award management. This critical position is accountable for the submission, oversight, reporting, compliance, and relationship management for a portfolio of PNRI’s grants.

This Grants Manager position is part time, temporary and will be responsible for researching, preparing, submitting, and managing grant proposals/reports which support PNRI’s goals. This position requires strong writing, communication, budget review, and time and project management skills, with an emphasis on outcome measurement. This position will serve as a liaison between the PI group and the Finance and Administrative staff. Demonstrated problem solving skills are critical to success, as well as taking initiative and ownership over the role and responsibilities. The successful candidate will be detail oriented, well-organized, and a team player with a high level of work integrity and ethical standards.

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.

Pre-Award Responsibilities:

• Leadgrantproposaldevelopmentandsubmission—preparingandorganizing materials for research proposals, contracts, sub-contracts, agreements, andsubmittingand monitoring grant application.
• Readandunderstandgrantproposalrequirementsanddevelopplanforproposal completion, including systematically collecting components (e.g.biosketches, letters of support, facilities descriptions, personnel information);establishingtimelines; creating/maintainingcollaborative workspaces; and acting as PNRI authorized official,submittingproposal to funding agency.
• Analyze and evaluate contract and grant budgets for correct calculation and allowability of expenditurecategories such as salaries, percent of effort, salary adjustment increases, fringe benefits, indirect costs, materials, and equipment.
• Coordinate just-in-time response, collecting and reviewing any documents requested by funding agency.
• Maintainproposalandfundingrecords.

Post-Award Responsibilities:

• Analyze and evaluate awarded proposals, contracts, and subcontracts for compliance with funding agency, federal, state, and Institute requirements; prepares required acceptance documentation, recommends approval or rejection of deviations from contract specifications.
• Perform budget evaluation confirming calculations and allowability of costs.
• Maintain grant compliance and reporting, including sub-recipient monitoring, outcome measurement and grant budgets—taking responsibility for meeting high standards of effectiveness, timeliness, and completeness.
• Execute all ancillary agreements under sponsored projects. These include but are not limited to subcontracts, consulting agreements, and service agreements.
• Maintain master calendar of grants and prospects and all associated files and correspondence.
• Maintain library of grants support documents including resumes, bio-sketches, other support documents, etc.
• Coordinate all grant closeout or grant transfer activities, working with PI and grants accountant to ensure all reporting requirements are met.

What you bring:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should be able to demonstrate the requirements listed below which are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and/or education.
• Three years of NIH and/or NSF grant management experience with human subject component required.
• Validated experience with budgets, progress reporting and other compliance requirements for multiple award types including federal grants.
• Demonstrated administrative skills and self-motivated with the ability to set priorities, manage deadlines, problem solve, and manage multiple tasks under minimal supervision in an effective and efficient manner, without a reduction in quality or customer satisfaction.
• Verifiable, collaborative team player with a demonstrated track record of partnering, relationship building, and customer service skills.
• Intermediate to expert skills in Microsoft Office (specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint) required.
• Experience with Intacct software preferred.

PNRI is committed to creating a diverse environment and all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

This is an hourly, part-time position and may require between 10 to 20 hours of effort per week. This position pays from $48.00 to $65.00 per hour and the wage offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.