Temporary Grant Administrator, DISC Pre-Award

Temporary Grant Administrator, DISC Pre-Award 

The Grant Administrator, DISC Pre-Award supports departmental and institutional efforts in securing external funding for research, training, and creative activities. Rooted in an understanding of federal regulations governing sponsored projects, other sponsor requirements, and institutional compliance requirements, the Grant Administrator serves as a primary liaison between principal investigators (PIs) and the institutional Pre-Award Services team. Under minimal oversight, they provide expert guidance and act as a trusted advisor to PIs throughout the proposal development process, ensuring all submissions comply with sponsor guidelines and institutional policies.

The salary range for the position is $36-$40 per hour.

Primary job duties:

• Supports a portfolio of sponsored projects proposals and ensures a high-quality product is delivered to the Pre-Award Services team for review and submission, including assisting in the development, preparation, finalization, and submission of the proposals.
• Obtains and reviews sponsor guidelines for all proposals; advises the PI on administrative requirements in preparing proposal submissions. Coordinates and reviews certain proposal elements (biosketches and facilities & resources) for consistency, accuracy, and completeness. Reviews proposals for consistency with sponsor guidelines on format, compliance with the FOA, font size and page limits, narrative, etc.
• Works closely with the PI to develop budgets and budget justification, ensuring accuracy. Reviews budgets for consistency with sponsor requirements; monitors for compliance with agency and University guidelines; verifies all financial information, including institutional salaries, fringe, indirect rates, etc. for the project.   
• Ensures all applications meet sponsor and institutional guidelines and deadlines, including management of the Just-In-Time process.
• Confers with PI and pre-award support staff at collaborating institutions to secure necessary sub-awards documents for proposals. 
• Monitors and facilitates the proposal routing process in compliance with University procedures. 

• All other duties, as assigned.

This position is a hybrid position with an in-office requirement.

Please submit a cover letter and resume.

The University's pay ranges represent a good faith estimate of what Brandeis reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of posting. The pay offered to a selected candidate during hiring will be based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience and education/training, internal peer equity, and applicable legal requirements.

Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer which does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religious creed, gender identity and expression, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, caste, military or veteran status or any other category protected by law (also known as membership in a "protected class").