Remote Grants Administrator - Infectious Disease Research

2200 The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is seeking a Grants Administrator to support grant submissions, budgeting, and financial oversight within Mass General Brigham.

The role partners with Principal Investigators and department admins to ensure timely, compliant proposals and award management. Responsibilities include pre- and post-award activities, reimbursement processing, and coordination with grantor agencies.

Qualifications

• Proficient in spreadsheets, databases, accounting, and other computer applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Good organization and coordination skills.
• Ability to work with large financial data sets with accuracy.
• Good knowledge of research agency, sponsor, and organization funding guidelines and policies.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to make good judgments and resolve problems.

Responsibilities

• Processes and prepares research grant proposals, awards, and transactions, maintaining grant/contract records in compliance with institutional and research sponsors.
• Assists with budgets, justifications, and materials for financial reporting.
• Cover letter highly preferred.
• Reviews proposals for compliance with sponsor and organizational guidelines; verify all sponsor requirements are met.
• Responsible for processing purchase orders, managing accounts receivable/accounts payable, and resolving accounting requests.
• Take ownership of managing an assigned portfolio of research departments and serve as the primary Pre-Award/Post-Award resource for department administrators and PIs.
• Monitors expenditures and assures budgetary compliance; verifies, identifies, and evaluates excessive charges; and gives advice on allowability of costs to be charged to grant.

Skills

Spreadsheets

Accounting

Financial data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Associate's Degree in Financial Management

Associate's Degree in Related Field

Bachelor's Degree in Financial Management (preferred)

Job description

The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is seeking a Grants Administrator to support grant submissions, budgeting, and financial oversight within Mass General Brigham.

The role partners with Principal Investigators and department admins to ensure timely, compliant proposals and award management. Responsibilities include pre- and post-award activities, reimbursement processing, and coordination with grantor agencies.