Senior Grants Administrator

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is seeking a Senior Grants Administrator with 3-5 years of grant related experience to join the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). The office actively promotes the research and education mission of CSHL by facilitating and managing sponsored research funding in collaboration with CSHL Investigators, the Director of Research, and other CSHL departments.

 

The candidate must be well organized, with attention to detail and exceptional interpersonal skills. 

 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

· Reviewing and negotiating terms and conditions of third-party awards

· Preparing and documenting the set-up of awards

· Providing consultation to Principal Investigators and CSHL administrators regarding their research   

 awards, budgets, progress reports and expenses

· Overseeing grant set-up in CSHL’s accounting system including budgeting, personnel distribution,  

  indirect cost allocations and delegations of authority

· Allocating personnel for new awards in consultation with faculty

· Preparing prior approval requests, Other Support and Just-in-Time documentation

· Managing grant transfers, training new scientific administrators; and helping ensure that CSHL grants 

 management award compliance processes and practices are followed and updated as needed.

· Managing in-coming and out-going subawards

Position Requirements

Education: A Bachelor’s degree in either business, finance, accounting, or biology is required; an advanced degree or legal background is a plus.

Experience: 3-5 years of relevant experience in a sponsored research/grants management environment.

Skills: Excellent organizational, analytical, collaborative, and consultative skills are required. Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are essential.

 Founded in 1890, CSHL has helped shape contemporary biomedical research and education with today’s research endeavors encompassing cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. CSHL is a private, not-for-profit institution in New York and has been home to eight Nobel Prize winners. Today, CSHL’s multidisciplinary scientific community is bolstered by more than 600 researchers and its Scientific Meetings & Courses Program, which hosts more than 9,000 scientists from around the world each year on its campus.

 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary.

  

  

Please apply for this position via the CSHL website: https://cshl.peopleadmin.com/postings/20128

 

 

Position Number: 01774-A

 

  For more information about CSHL, please visit us at www.cshl.edu.

 

  You are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition to your employment at the Laboratory. You will be required to provide proof of your vaccination on your first day of employment. For those individuals, who are unable to receive a vaccine due to access issues, they will be expected to receive the vaccine upon arrival in New York.

  CSHL is an EO/AA Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.

  

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