What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grants Manager position at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?
Established in 1985 by Frank Hawkins Kenan, the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise is a nonpartisan business policy think tank affiliated with the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The nonprofit institute and its affiliated centers convene leaders from the private sector, academic community and government to build a greater understanding of how entrepreneurship, economic development and global commerce can work for the public good. The institute leverages best-in-class research to develop market-based solutions to today’s most complex economic challenges. In doing so, the institute aims to support businesses and policies that better the lives of people in North Carolina, across the country and around the world.
This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
The Grants Manager will independently lead the planning and coordination of a growing portfolio of contracts and grants across the Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. As the school level contact to OSR on all awarded projects, the position will perform a variety of duties to support the full life cycle of proposals and awarded sponsored research program projects ensuring compliance with applicable processes and guidelines. As such, they will lead submissions, monitor expenditures and analyze the burn rate on sponsored projects, communicate financial data and provide expert consultation to the Pl. They will also liaise with the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) to manage project budgets, comply with agency guidelines and document cost share. The position must regularly monitor budgets throughout the year/grant cycle and conduct analyses of spending patterns to identify potential strengths and weaknesses. As such, they will have to independently troubleshoot errors and inconsistencies within the budget and provide recommendations to management for program improvements. As the subject matter expert advising all faculty across the school seeking/maintaining grants, the Grant manager will also review and interpret laws for budgetary implications and are able to both determine and communicate their impact. Additional duties include, analyzing day to day financial data through university applications to monitor projects, performing PAATs and funding swaps as needed, preparing funding agency progress reports with PI’s and relevant parties, perform project close out activities and submit and track closing entries needed through university applications. Post award duties will also include assisting Pl’s with no cost extension requests at least 3 months prior to the ending of a project and monitor sub recipient payments. The position will pro-actively prepare for project close out 6 months in advance to the ending of a research project for efficient and accurate spend down and approve all non-personnel transactions that disburse funds from awarded research projects for the designated departments. The position will be expected to independently resolve pre/post award issues by working closely with departmental and university staff per applicable processes and guidelines.
Entry-level with Masters; or Bachelors and 0-2 yrs experience
- A successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in Federal and Non Federal Grant management. Attention to detail is essential.
- Knowledge and experience working with pre and post award financial management across a variety of funding types
- Be knowledgeable on preparing forecasts
- Thorough understanding of how to interpret regulations and guidelines from a variety of funding agencies and use the funding mechanism required by those agencies
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access)
- Extensive experience creating spreadsheets and developing formulas in Excel
- Demonstrated strong organizational, time management and prioritization skills
- Problem Solving: Ability to identify problems, determine possible solutions, and actively work to resolve issues. Ability to analyze and determine various courses of actions and appropriate services
- Ability to identify options, develop solutions, and take action when responding to customer needs.
- Ability to identify problems that require indepth analysis.
- Ability to gather, analyze, and interpret information to better understand problems.
Preferred qualifications include strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills as well as at least two years of experience working in a pre/post award role. The ideal candidate will also have experience in a research-intensive university environment, and UNC Chapel Hill experience is a plus. Lastly, experience with ConnectCarolina, Infoporte, RAMSeS, FastLane, Grants.gov, and federal funding agencies as well as demonstrated ability to perform work with a high degree of autonomy, accuracy, efficiency and timeliness are desirable.
Not Applicable.
Salary : $65,000 - $70,000
