Job No. 154163
- Job Title:
- Grants Administrator Lead (Hybrid)
- Employer:
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Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
- Location:
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Atlanta , GA
- Posting Date:
- 15-Nov-2024
- Description:
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About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
Department Information
The College of Lifetime Learning, established in September 2024, is the seventh Georgia Tech college and the first to be was established in over thirty years. The college seeks to elevate the academic study of learning and transform how individuals and organizations understand and practice learning at all levels and ages.
The College is committed to providing accessible, affordable, and achievable education for learners at any stage of life. This will be accomplished through research and the development of future-oriented services designed by faculty and research teams with expertise in the science and technology of learning. The new college will offer non-credit courses and credentials, and beginning in 2026, it will offer degree and other credit programs.
Our focus on the theoretical aspects of learning and their practical application in real-world scenarios makes us a valuable resource for learners and employers. The College of Lifetime Learning will catalyze positive educational system changes and policies.
Job Summary
Serve as a unit level team leader, expert advisor, and consultant within a college, an academic unit, a research unit, or a business unit on matters related to sponsored research program administration in accordance with Institute and sponsor policies. Provide pre-award and post-award funds management for sponsored research programs. Advise department financial staff and investigators on issues related post-award grant management. Provide advanced financial record management, reporting, accounting, and reconciliation. Provide leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to other grant administration, finance, or accounting personnel. This position will interact on a regular basis with: principal and co- investigators, unit management, faculty, staff, students, vendors, and external sponsors. This position typically will advise and counsel: unit financial or accounting staff, faculty, staff, and students. This position will supervise: N/A.
Responsibilities
Job Duty 1 -
Identify funding sources and administer grant budgets. Advise faculty on budget development, financial scenario and strategic planning, and financial forecasting in response to grant solicitations and requests for proposals.
Job Duty 9 -
Research potential grants opportunities from agencies and philanthropic organizations.
Job Duty 10 -
Perform other duties as assigned
Job Duty 2 -
Edit and prepare proposal documentation, submit required documentation into sponsor systems, and appraise proposals for Office of Sponsored Programs review.
Job Duty 3 -
Liaise with management and staff in the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Office of Grants and Contracts Accounting regarding sponsored research grants and contracts.
Job Duty 4 -
Administer post-award activities including developing financial reports, negotiating and maintaining sub-agreements, monitoring and reconciling expenditures and salary distribution, submitting budget revisions, and auditing transactions for compliance with budget justification and sponsor policies.
Job Duty 5 -
Generate custom and required reports for faculty and unit management regarding sponsored research plans, proposals, and projects.
Job Duty 6 -
Collaborate, provide advice, and give direction to unit financial or accounting personnel regarding the pre-award and post-award process, as appropriate.
Job Duty 7 -
Provide assistance to students, post-doctoral fellows, and research faculty on assistantships and fellowships.
Job Duty 8 -
Identify and provide sponsored research training and educational opportunities for faculty and staff.
Required Qualifications
Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Experience
Eight to ten years of job related experience
- Contact information:
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
- Atlanta, GA 30332
- United States
- Employer's Website:
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