Grants Administrator administers the financial control processes of grant activity throughout the grant lifecycle for awarded or received grants to ensure compliance with grant provisions, regulations, standards, timelines, and reporting requirements. Monitors grantee management and disbursement of funds and reviews grantee programs for compliance with the terms of grants. Being a Grants Administrator prepares and submits financial reporting and performs accounting tasks related to managing grant funding received. Tracks and reconciles grant account budgets and expenses. Additionally, Grants Administrator submits any additional information or documentation required by the grant funder. Follows grant accounting best practices and complies with legal regulations. Requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a manager. The Grants Administrator work is generally independent and collaborative in nature. Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project. To be a Grants Administrator typically requires 4-7 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Job Description
The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Grants and Sponsored Programs (GSP) is an administrative unit in the Office of the Provost. The GSP’s primary mission is to provide the campus with professional guidance and administrative support for all sponsored research activities. Our goals are to improve the overall grant preparation and submission experiences for the Principal Investigators (PIs), enhance efficiency in our services, and ensure all sponsored research activities comply with the federal, state and institutional research policies and mandates.
The Grants Administrator is a mid-level position in Grants and Sponsored Programs Office. The primary responsibility of the Grants Administrator is to support pre-award and post-award functional areas within GSP. Pre-award services include identifying potential external funding sources; interpreting sponsor guidelines and City University of New York (CUNY) and CCNY policies; providing advice and assistance on proposal development; preparing budgets and other sponsor forms; and coordinating online proposal submission. Post-award services include providing guidance on Research Foundation of City University of New York (RFCUNY) account management; assisting with sponsor agency requirements and documentation; disseminating fiscal information; assisting PIs in budget modification or other project management functions; and preparing annual or other required reports.
Reporting to the Management Team of GSP, the Grants Administrator will work with PIs to prepare proposals by developing budgets, managing online and hard-copy submissions, responding to requests from sponsoring agencies, and ensuring compliance with submission requirements specified in the solicitation announcements, agency standards and CCNY policies. The Grants Administrator will also be responsible of managing and tracking proposal submissions and preparing reports.
This staff will be assigned to perform tasks associated with pre-award and post-award. Tasks include, but not limited to:
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The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
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