Sponsored Projects Coordinator

Geisinger; Danville (PA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Geisinger in Danville, PA is seeking an administrative professional to support the Office of Sponsored Projects, focusing on pre-award pursuit and post-award management of awarded funding. You will work with principal investigators, project staff, and internal customers on processes and documentation.

Responsibilities include creating Workday tags, supporting approvals, maintaining award records, and developing educational materials for researchers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• Minimum of 1 year related work experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepares detailed requests for Workday work tags for accounting, monitoring, and informational purposes.
• Facilitates internal pre-award and post-award processes and approvals (transmittal forms, cost transfer forms, subaward invoicing, award request forms).
• Creates and maintains negotiation and award records in databases.
• Develops educational materials related to pre-award and post-award operations for investigators and project teams.
• Coordinates weekly lists of high priority items for research leadership and tracks completion.
• Updates and edits OSP SharePoint content and supporting documentation.
• Develops best practices for administrative components of pre-award and post-award processes.
• Maintains partnerships with Research Compliance, IRB Operations, Research Finance, Insurance Risk Services, Investigator Initiated Research Operations, Research Contracts, and Clinical Research Operations.
• Prepares internal metric reports for research leadership.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Summary

Supports the Office of Sponsored Projects Pre-Award and Post-Award teams, principal investigators, project supporting staff, and other internal customers with processes and administrative tasks related to the pre-award pursuit of funding opportunities and the post-award management of awarded restricted external funding, which includes grant and grant-like funding mechanisms.

Job Duties

• Prepares detailed requests for the establishment and modification of Workday work tags for accounting, monitoring, and informational purposes.
• Facilitates internal pre-award and post-award processes and approvals, such as transmittal forms, cost transfer forms, subaward invoicing, and award request forms.
• Creates and maintains negotiation and award records in applicable databases.
• Assists with the development, presentation, and implementation of educational materials related to pre-award and post-award operations for principal investigators, project managers, and project teams.
• Coordinates weekly lists of high priority outstanding items to be communicated to research leadership and tracks them for completion.
• Updates and edits OSP SharePoint content and other supporting processes and documentation.
• Develops and implements best practices related to the administrative components of pre-award and post-award processes.
• Maintains active partnerships with the Office of Research Compliance, IRB Operations, Research Finance, Insurance Risk Services Corporate Office, Investigator Initiated Research Operations, Research Contracts, and the Office of Clinical Research Operations.
• Prepares internal metric reports for research leadership.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details

Education

Bachelor's Degree- (Required)

Experience

Minimum of 1 year-Related work experience (Required)

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.