Grant Administrator

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This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Responsible for the pre and post award management of a growing portfolio of grants and contracts. Primary duties include grant/contract proposal submission, compliance, ongoing budget oversight and financial management, subcontract management, sponsor reports, and daily administrative and operational requirements of assigned contracts/grants. Other responsibilities can include funding analysis and reporting of clinical programs.

Major Responsibilities:

• Maintains files of all submitted grant applications.
• Functions as resource person in clarification of policies to achieve compliance.
• Ensures timely set-up of new funds.
• Assists in identifying funding sources and ensuring that expenses are matched within the requirements of the grant.
• Apprises management of submission dates and changes in the application, submission, and funding guidelines of the institution and of various funding agencies.
• Develops budgets and policy issues affecting grant implementation and works with management to resolve issues; maintains ongoing forecast of funds available throughout grant period.
• Monitors grants and funds monthly; resolves accounting and reporting issues as necessary; prepares budget-versus-actual status reports for use by management and facilitates implementation of grant awards by obtaining project numbers, activates salary assignments to grants, and other associated tasks.
• Identifies and interprets cost indirect cost issues and/or opportunities.
• Processes cost transfers on a timely basis; works with management to proactively identify and avoid need for cost transfers, i.e., project cash flow for projects and re-budget as required.

Position Qualifications:

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• Bachelor's degree.

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• Minimum of 1 to 3 years of directly related experience required including accounting, working knowledge of HUD and other federal, state and foundation regulations and requirements.
• Development and/or maintenance of systems to monitor finances.
• Ability to analyze and present financial data utilizing reports easily accessible to clinical and research leadership.
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills and the flexibility to handle multiple tasks and deadline pressures.
• Ability to make decisions quickly and independently.
• Excellent interpersonal/communications skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Access and Internet applications.
• Demonstrated ability to be organized and flexible in an environment, which requires continuous monitoring of priorities.
• Highly goal oriented, self-motivated, and able to work independently.
• Willingness to take on new challenges and openness to change.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.