Grants Research Administrator (Post Award)

Summary:

The College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS) is seeking applicants to a Grants Research Administrator position. This position will primarily be responsible for the day-to-day aspects of post award research administration. Post award expectations include award verification and set up, preparation of sponsor required financial reports, index reconciliation, and review/submission of various post award administrative tasks (e.g., NCEs, re-budgeting requests, prior approval requests) for an assigned grants portfolio. We are seeking to hire two successful candidates from this posting. The individual(s) will work within the Department of Psychology and will be expected to work collaboratively with the CHS Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) Team. As needed, the positions may assist and support Principal Investigators and the College grants team with pre-awards support.

The Department of Psychology is an innovative unit in the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences with a robust research portfolio and is a diverse department with almost 50 faculty members from varying backgrounds. The department serves a student body of over 1,700 undergraduate students and over 130 graduate students. These positions are part of a team overseeing a $10 to 12M+/year federal grant portfolio and work collaboratively to ensure compliance with Commonwealth and University policies, as well as grant requirements and guidelines. The positions report primarily to the departmental Director of Operations and have a secondary report to CHS grants leadership.

The VCU job series for this position is Associate Research Administrator in the Research job family. For more information, please see VCU Human Resources’ Job Family and Salary Ranges at https://insidehr.vcu.edu/guidelines/compensation/job-families-and-salary-ranges/.

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Typical Duties

Post-Award Duties
•Perform monthly financial reconciliation of assigned sponsored program indexes
•Fulfill grant management responsibilities (e.g., award review and setup, no cost extensions [NCEs] prior approval requests, re-budgeting requests, effort reporting)
•Provide detailed review and analysis of award agreements and contract documents to maintain compliance with local, state, university, and federal regulations
•Initiate and complete labor distributions and/or post cost transfer requests as needed
•Assist faculty with grant financial reports and other aspects of grants post-award (e.g., progress reports, renewal budgets)
•Initiate the grant close out process at the conclusion of research projects

These individuals will be expected to work collaboratively with VCU’s Office of Grants & Contracts to resolve accounting issues, as well as VCU’s Division of Sponsored Programs to coordinate the submission of grant proposals and post award administrative actions and reports. Additionally, the team members will assist by providing knowledge and education to the College of Humanities and Sciences’ research faculty and staff on issues pertaining to grants and federal compliance. This position will complete other duties as assigned in a timely and professional manner as requested.