Remote Pre-Award Grants Specialist II

University of Minnesota; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition support

Job summary

The University of Minnesota is seeking a Grants & Contracts Professional 2 to support the Medical School Dean's Office, Pre-Award team. You will assist with grant proposals, support grant development tools, and provide process improvement feedback across departments and institutes.

Reporting to the Director of Pre-Award and Proposal Development Services, you will coordinate with faculty and research staff to prepare internal and external proposals, ensuring compliance and timely submissions for

Qualifications

• BA or BS with at least 2 years of professional experience performing scientific, administrative, budgetary, grant duties, or a combination of related education and work experience equivalent to at least 6 years.
• Demonstrated ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects with fixed deadlines and ability to re-prioritize tasks as needed to successfully meet all deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support Medical School grant submissions for Departments, Centers and Institutes that require pre-award support for successful grant submissions.
• Understand sponsor changes, internal pre-award system implementations, and necessary information related to University restrictions and compliance.
• Create a timeline and checklist of items needed for each proposal and communicate to P.I.
• Create PRF and ensure grant budgets for all proposals submitted through the University that involve resources, space, faculty, or staff.
• Assemble publications, biosketches, and other materials used in proposal packages.
• Ensure all proposal submissions are complete and compliant with agency and University guidelines and instructions.
• Review terms of pending award for acceptability with SPA and PI.
• Collect documentation to support large/complex grant submissions including biosketches, other supporting documents, and letters of support.
• Review templates/job aids and provide feedback to improve processes.

Skills

Grant development

Budget duties

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

2+ years professional experience

Tools

Grants.gov

ProposalCentral

NIH RePORTER

Pivot

Job description

The University of Minnesota is seeking a Grants & Contracts Professional 2 to support the Medical School Dean's Office, Pre-Award team. You will assist with grant proposals, support grant development tools, and provide process improvement feedback across departments and institutes.

Reporting to the Director of Pre-Award and Proposal Development Services, you will coordinate with faculty and research staff to prepare internal and external proposals, ensuring compliance and timely submissions for