Remote Grants & Contracts Specialist — Pre-Award

Temple University; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Tuition remission

Retirement plan

Job summary

Temple University seeks an Associate Grants and Contracts Specialist to support the Review, acceptance, and implementation of sponsored research awards, contracts, and related agreements. This role operates within the Office of Research’s Pre-Award Administration and involves coordinating award setup, maintaining records, and assisting with pre- and post-award processes.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree with at least three years in research administration, preferably in higher

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least three years of related research administration experience.
• Experience in higher education, healthcare, government, or nonprofit administration preferred.
• Experience interpreting policies, reviewing documentation, or maintaining financial or administrative records desirable.

Responsibilities

• Review sponsored research awards, amendments, agreements, and related documents for completeness and compliance with institutional procedures.
• Performing research compliance activities.
• Review award documents to identify basic administrative requirements, reporting obligations, and sponsor restrictions.
• Acting as a liaison between faculty, staff, and outside funders on all grant and contract related matters.
• Assisting faculty and staff with university pre- and post-award requirements and processes.
• Establish and maintain award records within the university's electronic research administration and financial systems
• Providing assistance in locating funding opportunities from government, non-profit, and industrial/corporate sources;
• Reviewing and interpreting external sponsor guidelines;Assisting in proposal preparation;
• Validating completeness of proposals prior to submission;
• Verify that award budgets and financial information are accurately reflected within university systems.
• Coordinate award setup activities with departmental administrators, principal investigators, financial offices, and Research Administration staff.
• Communicate with sponsors and internal stakeholders to obtain missing documentation and resolve routine award setup issues.
• Identify discrepancies within award documentation and escalation complex issues to senior staff.
• Accepting and reviewing award terms and conditions;
• Educating faculty Principal Investigators and research personnel on systems such as NSF Fastlane, NIH Commons and eRA, and on University and Sponsor regulations and guidelines, and updated policy and procedures;
• Preparing internal pre-award related reports;
• Responding to inquiries from executive level University administration concerning specific grant and contract information.

Skills

Financial systems

MS Office

Analytics

Communication

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Temple University seeks an Associate Grants and Contracts Specialist to support the Review, acceptance, and implementation of sponsored research awards, contracts, and related agreements. This role operates within the Office of Research’s Pre-Award Administration and involves coordinating award setup, maintaining records, and assisting with pre- and post-award processes.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree with at least three years in research administration, preferably in higher