[Hiring] Research Grants Specialist II, Pre-Award @Huron

Role Description

You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.

As a member of Huron’s Research Office team, you will apply your knowledge of federal and private grants administration to provide research support for universities and academic medical centers across the country.

You will use your time management skills to work on multiple clients concurrently and apply your expertise and work ethic to review and finalize grant proposals, subawards, and other research support documents. You will apply guidelines and client specific requirements to coordinate and progress research documents.

Bring your expertise and be part of the Huron Higher Education team with opportunities to collaborate, learn and grow while impacting some of the most prestigious higher education institutions. This is a dynamic environment where new challenges present themselves daily and no two days are the same.

This is a full time Remote position.

Essential Duties:

• Reviewing, drafting, and submitting grant proposals and supporting contracts.
• Conducting comprehensive analyses and application of federal, state, local, and private guidelines including but not limited to federal Uniform Guidance and/or FAR terms and conditions and/or state funding rules and regulations and/or privately funded award requirements.
• Submitting funding applications based on client specifications and funding-specific requirements.
• Tracking submission negotiations and follow-up as needed to ensure the timely processing of all grants and contracts.
• Reviewing and negotiating template agreements based on client specifications or previously completed contracts.

Qualifications

• U.S. work authorization required.
• Huron requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to work with flexibility on several tasks simultaneously and to meet various concurrent deadlines.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in research administration and/or agreement negotiation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat and various institutional, federal and non-federal electronic proposal submission and award management systems: eRACommons, Grants.gov, ASSIST, proposalCENTRAL, fastlane/Research.gov, etc.
• Substantial knowledge of federal agency policies, regulations, requirements, and their application to sponsored research.
• Effective time management to meet deadlines.
• Ability to multi-task, supporting multiple internal initiatives at one time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in client proposal/grants management systems such as FIBI/COEUS, HRS, InfoEd, Cayuse, etc.
• Demonstrated understanding of research administration best practices.
• Ability to make independent judgments and to act on decisions on a daily basis.
• Experienced in client management.

Benefits

• The estimated base salary range for this job is $65,000 - $95,000.
• Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $70,720 - $112,100.
• This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.