Position Title:Grants Specialist I
Job Group:Professional & Scientific
Required Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree
Preferred Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in a Design related field, Excellent planning and organizational skills, Experience in budgeting and handling financial transactions, Experience in customer service, Experience working with communities and research faculty on outreach activities and research projects
Job Description:
Summary
Serve as Cost Center Manager for the Institute for Design Research and Outreach, the Geographic Information Center, and the Center for Building Energy Research. Serve as Grants Coordinator for College of Design Sponsored Awards and Internal Grants. Support faculty in project financial management for community outreach and research projects.
Position Description & Responsibilities
Grant Management
+ Serve as a resource by familiarizing with all external and internally funded awards and related project budgets.
+ Coordinate post-award activities related to grant and contract awards (internal and external).
+ Diagnose and resolve issues with contracts and budgets, prepare re-budget funds as needed, and make changes to expenditures.
+ Review sponsored program awards and communicate terms and conditions to participants, provide financial reports, verify audits compliance, budget and reporting.
+ Submit Faculty summer salary requests from award funded grants and contracts.
+ Support Principal Investigators in project implementation and provide analytical support to managers and project PIs/co-PIs.
+ Assist with the hiring processing of undergraduate students and Graduate research assistants.
Cost Center Management (CCM) & Budget Reporting
+ Act as cost center manager of the Institute for Design Research and Outreach (IDRO), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center, and the Center for Building Energy Research (CBER) which includes the approval of financial transactions while ensuring compliance with university policies and procedures.
+ Plan, analyze, prepare, and comply unit budget activities and financial reports.
+ Advise unit leaders regarding available options and budgetary implications.
+ Conduct high-level analysis support to IDRO leadership and central unit leadership stakeholders with trend analysis, forecasting, and overall management of award budgets.
+ Manage the fee-for-service structure.
+ Prepare reports for budget-to-actual monitoring throughout the operating cycle and provide metrics relevant to internal reporting.
Level Guidelines- Individual contributor position with developing professional and/or technical skills working under immediate to general supervision- Grasps professional-level knowledge and concepts of field while working in a progressive learning mode- Works on problems and issues of somewhat limited scope- Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data for which answers are available or can be obtained- Responds to inquiries and issues, escalating to manager or higher level workers as appropriate- May lead projects of limited scope and complexity- May provide guidance to students
Appointment Type:Regular
Number of Months Employed Per Year:12 Month Work Period
Time Type:Part time
Pay Grade:PS807
Application Instructions:
To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae2) Letter of Application/Cover LetterIf you have questions regarding this application process, please email employment@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.Why Choose ISU?Iowa State Employees enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental; as well as:- Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans- Generous vacation, holiday and sick time and leave plans- Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa)- Life insurance and long-term disability- Flexible Spending Accounts- Various voluntary benefits and discounts- Employee Assistance Program- Wellbeing program
Original Posting Date: December 20, 2024
Posting Close Date:December 26, 2024
Job Requisition Number:R16156
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