Senior Grants and Contracts Manager

Job Summary:
The mission of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is to advance the public's health through learning, discovery and communication. To pursue the mission, the school produces knowledge through research then translates this knowledge into evidence that can be communicated to the public, policymakers, and practitioners to advance the health of populations. The Office of Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) supports the school's mission by serving as a central resource for the research community through the provision of expertise and leadership in obtaining and managing research funds. It acts as the institutional representative of the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the administration of sponsored projects for the school. SPA is comprised of research administrators that work in partnership with faculty to review and submit proposals for funding and to ensure that proposals and then awards conform and are managed according to sponsor guidelines and University policies.
The Senior Grants and Contracts Manager will support innovative research at the world's leading public health research institution. Areas of research are focused across nine academic departments which include Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Molecular Metabolism, Global Health & Population, Health Policy & Management, Immunology & Infectious Disease, Nutrition and Social Behavioral Sciences. The Senior Grants and Contracts Manager will work with all academic departments and have an opportunity to be exposed to research happening across the school.
The Senior Grants and Contracts Manager is an integral part of the research enterprise and works in close partnership with faculty members. They are a primary resource for providing guidance and oversight on issues related to fiscal, administrative and regulatory management of a portfolio of grants, contracts and sponsored programs from award receipt through closeout. These grants are from a wide-range of sponsors including the federal government (e.g. NIH, EPA, DoD), foundations, industry, and international contracts from foreign entities.
Job-Specific Responsibilities:
PLEASE NOTE: This is a post-award focused role but some pre-award responsibilities will be required.
Post-award responsibilities include:
Creating budget reconciliation and forecasting reports, and using these reports to meet regularly with faculty to review their financial situations.
Reviewing and approving all expenditures
Ensuring compliance with requirements such as effort reporting
Submitting payroll changes for faculty and staff
Timely journal entries as necessary, grant close-outs, etc.
Other duties as assigned
Pre-award responsibilities include:
Grant preparation, budget development
Application form submission
Responding to sponsor requests
Senior Grants & Contracts Manager will work directly with the Principal Investigators and will interface with central administrative offices to ensure that the applications meet all university, school and sponsor requirements
Other duties as assigned
Basic Qualifications:
5+ years of experience, with 3+ years of those years in pre- and post-award management experience (both federal and non-federal), required; a combination of education and experience may be considered
Additional Qualifications and Skills:
Bachelor’s degree
Certified Research Administrator (CRA)
Experience working with investigators on the management of complex research awards and working with a variety of sponsors
Intermediate Excel skills
Attention to detail, organized, strong written and verbal communication skills, etc.
Advanced working knowledge of research compliance issues & of key federal grant regulations
Excellent organizational and time management skills Excellent written and verbal skills
Outstanding attention to detail
Understanding of human subject use, animal use and other research compliance areas
Problem solving skills and ability to be flexible required

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Yes