Hybrid Post-Award Grants & Contracts Lead

University of Rhode Island; Kingston (RI); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Rhode Island, located in Kingston, seeks a Professional Staff member to serve as the primary post-award administrator for sponsored research awards. You will manage the full lifecycle, compliance and fiscal closeouts of multiple grants and contracts, working with PIs, the Office of Sponsored Projects, and Cost Accounting.

This role involves overseeing award setup, invoicing, and reports, ensuring allowability, allocability, and reasonableness, and acting as the escalation point

Responsibilities

• Serve as post-award staff member for a sponsored projects team serving PIs and staff in select College of Engineering departments.
• Oversee awards and subawards funding URI research per sponsor requirements and policy.
• Assist with award set-up, invoicing, and preparation of financial reports for sponsors and internal use.
• Interpret sponsor instructions on management, billing, and reporting of projects.
• Monitor compliance with University, federal, and state policies; ensure transactions are allowable and allocable.
• Coordinate with agency sponsors, PIs, and administrative staff to troubleshoot grant administration issues.

Job description

The University of Rhode Island, located in Kingston, seeks a Professional Staff member to serve as the primary post-award administrator for sponsored research awards. You will manage the full lifecycle, compliance and fiscal closeouts of multiple grants and contracts, working with PIs, the Office of Sponsored Projects, and Cost Accounting.

This role involves overseeing award setup, invoicing, and reports, ensuring allowability, allocability, and reasonableness, and acting as the escalation point