Senior Grants & Contracts Leader - Post-Award

Harvarduniversity; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a Senior Grants and Contracts Manager to support research administration across multiple departments, ensuring compliance with sponsor guidelines and university policies.

The role covers both post-award and pre-award responsibilities, including budget reconciliation, forecasting, expenditure review, and coordination with Principal Investigators. Strong Excel skills and CRA certification are highly valued.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in pre- and post-award management (federal and non-federal) required

Responsibilities

• Post-award responsibilities: budget reconciliation, forecasting, reviewing expenditures, ensure effort reporting, payroll changes, journal entries, grant close-outs.
• Pre-award responsibilities: grant preparation and budget development, application submissions, responding to sponsor requests, liaising with investigators and university offices.

Skills

Budget reconciliation

Forecasting

Expenditure review

Effort reporting

Payroll changes

Journal entries

Education

Bachelor's degree

Certified Research Administrator (CRA)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a Senior Grants and Contracts Manager to support research administration across multiple departments, ensuring compliance with sponsor guidelines and university policies.

The role covers both post-award and pre-award responsibilities, including budget reconciliation, forecasting, expenditure review, and coordination with Principal Investigators. Strong Excel skills and CRA certification are highly valued.