Job Title: Grants Specialist 2 - Pre Award
Department:
Shift: 1st
Specialty: Grants
Job Number: 2023-1361
Date Posted: 05/01/2023
Position Type: Administrative/Clerical
Job Qualifications:
Grant Specialist 2 - Pre-Award
Job Summary:
The Pre-Award Grant Specialist 2 provides overall pre-award administration and proposal development services to faculty and staff engaged in the conduct of sponsored research which may be basic, translational, and/or clinical. The individual who holds this position exemplifies the Rush mission, vision, and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.
Job Responsibilities:
Responsible for providing support for proposal identification, development, budgeting, and routing.
Assists with award and contract set up.
Facilitates sponsored award protocols in accordance with RUMC and sponsor regulations by working closely with the SPA.
Works with faculty on the comprehensive review of pre-award activities and submissions into the Rush Research Portal for proposal submissions and to facilitate project initiation.
Ensures timely and accurate pre-award application procedures, proposal routings, and submissions.
Assists with activities related to incoming and outgoing awards and contracts.
Maintains up-to-date knowledge and expertise in federal, state, and private agencies¡¦ regulations and policies.
Stays abreast of new laws and OMB circulars which affect sponsored program activities.
Maintains various databases, record-keeping systems, and all applicable project files to ensure program records are up to date.
Assists department leaders with pre-award policy and procedure development.
Collaborates on development and deployment of educational workshops on related policy and procedures of sponsoring agencies and sponsored project opportunities.
Develops, creates, and seeks out innovative ways to meet and exceed performance goals of pre-award functions.
Provides guidance to team members as appropriate.
Coordinates with department leadership regarding pre-award activities, issue resolution, and workload distribution.
Collaborates with post-award team lead to coordinate inter-team meetings to facilitate partnership between pre-award and post-award teams as necessary.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Job Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required.
3-5 years of work-related grants and contracts experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Knowledge of federal rules and regulations relating to research grant and/or contract activity.
Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
Excellent attention to detail, strong project management skills, and the ability to meet deadlines.
Position requires professionalism, diplomacy, and a high degree of judgment, initiative, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Ability to work on a team.
Ability to work within strict deadlines, under pressure, and to prioritize.
Company Highlights:
Ranked among the top academic medical centers in the country, Rush University Medical Center is an outstanding place to enhance your career. Everything we do centers on one goal: improving patient care.
Rush University is known for its high-quality health care education, supportive learning environment, engagement with the urban community and forward-looking education approach.
Rush University is ranked 22nd on the Times Higher Education's 2016 list of the world's top 150 universities under 50 years of age.
Rush is an academic health system comprising Rush University Medical Center, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital.
Rush was recently ranked first for Quality and Accountability among US academic medical centers in a study conducted by the health care performance improvement company Vizient.
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has awarded Rush full accreditation for three years. Rush is one of the first academic medical centers in Illinois to receive this accreditation.
As an academic medical center, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, is committed to advancing medical knowledge through research. Investigators at Rush are involved in more than 1,600 projects, including hundreds of clinical studies to test the effectiveness and safety of new therapies and medical devices, as well as to expand scientific and medical knowledge.
RUMC offers a competitive salary, outstanding benefits & the professional advantages of an environment that supports your development & recognizes your achievements.
Rush University is home to one of the first medical colleges in the Midwest and one of the nation's top-ranked nursing colleges, as well as graduate programs in allied health, health systems management and biomedical research.
Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.