Job Summary:

• Perform all activities to manage grant awards and contracts from various government agencies.
• Research appropriate federal, state, and local requirements to facilitate compliance by all parties.
• Coordinate with award program directors and MBio staff to compile appropriate materials required for reporting, invoicing, and contract compliance.
• Prepare and disseminate information to appropriate employees regarding contract status.
• Facilitate contractor meetings, including preparing and recording all associated communications and documentation.
• Maintain detailed and organized files.
• Maintain an audit file for each contract which will include the original contract, all correspondence, changes/deviations, amendments, clarifications, and payment schedules.
• Prepare and submit compliant and on-time scheduled reports, special reports, updates, meeting materials and invoices.
• Coordinate and prepare for related audits and site visits.
• Review and recommend options for the continuous improvement of policies and procedures to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of grants and contracts administration within MBio.
• Perform closing activities as needed, including final reports to federal agencies and contract summaries to MBio leadership, in accordance with company and federal funding agency policies.

Skills on Resume: 

• Grant Management (Hard Skills)
• Compliance Research (Hard Skills)
• Reporting Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Communication Facilitation (Soft Skills)
• Documentation Management (Hard Skills)
• Audit Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
• Closing Activities (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Reviews client contracts to identify risks and to ensure conformity to Company policy
• Draft contracts for large engineering/construction management projects.
• Proposes alternative text/clauses to client contracts, as appropriate for the Company business.
• Ensures that the contract is thoroughly reviewed for legal, risk management, tax, and accounting issues prior to submitting to management for approval.
• Participates as a member of the negotiating team, consisting of business development and project management personnel, for establishing business terms and contract conditions.
• Monitors and administers the business provisions of prime contracts to ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions.
• Advises the Contracts Manager regarding scope, financial, and risk issues of prime contracts.
• May be responsible for overseeing a significant portion of the contract administration activities within designated Company-wide market areas.
• Solves significant prime contract problems, taking independent action as prescribed by project procedures.
• Provides guidance and direction to lower-level Contract Administrators

Skills on Resume: 

• Contract Review (Hard Skills)
• Contract Drafting (Hard Skills)
• Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Legal Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
• Contract Administration (Hard Skills)
• Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Advise faculty in the preparation and submission of proposals to a variety of sponsors in accordance with funding agency policies and the fiscal soundness of grant-supported centers.
• Collect required data in preparation of grant applications, renewals and grant reports.
• Prepare budgets specific to sponsor guidelines.
• Ensure proper set-up and oversight of internally funded grants.
• Establish, monitor and maintain subcontracts with national and international academic and industrial organizations
• Contact sponsors when there is a need for clarification on policies and procedures for grant preparation.
• Coordinate and review effort reporting.
• Conduct direct negotiations on behalf of the University with external sponsoring agencies.
• Monitor project progress, prepare progress reports in compliance with sponsor guidelines
• Understand and interpret sponsor and university laws, policies and procedures governing research administration.
• Compile, analyze, and interpret complex data,
• Analyze situations, identify problems, and recommend solutions to faculty.
• Review and approve external subcontract invoices and agreements.

Skills on Resume: 

• Grant Advising (Soft Skills)
• Data Collection (Hard Skills)
• Budget Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Grant Oversight (Hard Skills)
• Subcontract Management (Hard Skills)
• Policy Clarification (Soft Skills)
• Effort Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Perform monthly grant expenditure reviews for accurate spending on research projects.
• Perform labor adjustments and labor scheduling in accordance with available funding
• Assist in the Division budgeting process by providing the faculty salary allocations and funding sources, anticipated grant submissions, and other information
• Maintains a knowledge base on changing regulations and technologies used in Federal and Non-Federal grant applications.
• Applies fundamentals of budgeting and accounting to grant administration.
• Work with investigators and department administrators in the development and submission of grant and contract applications.
• Review administrative sections of grant and contract applications for completeness, accuracy and compliance with DFCI and sponsor policies and procedures for example signature approvals, human and/or animal regulations, budget restrictions, and subcontract guidelines.
• Review grant applications budgets with a primary focus toward testing that appropriate fringe benefit, indirect cost, and shared service rates are used.
• Negotiate award terms with sponsors, maximizing benefits to DFCI.
• Prepare and negotiate subcontract agreements for those awards that contain projects outside DFCI, assuring that agreements include all necessary provisions to allow for compliance with DFCI and sponsor policies and procedures.
• Work with administrators, investigators and finance in the resolution of budgetary problems, making sure that any resolutions are in compliance with sponsor and DFCI guidelines.

Skills on Resume: 

• Expenditure Review (Hard Skills)
• Labor Adjustments (Hard Skills)
• Budgeting Process (Hard Skills)
• Regulatory Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Grant Administration (Hard Skills)
• Grant Submission (Soft Skills)
• Budget Accuracy (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)