Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a leading health system that provides innovative care and research opportunities. The Contract Administrator II role involves providing administrative support for research-related activities, ensuring timely submission of proposals, and managing compliance throughout the grants and contracts lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Supports faculty members and department administrators in the various stages of grant and/or contract life cycle
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of institutional cost policies and multiple funding agency guidelines including federal, state, private foundations, and associations and the application of these policies to budgets for the various stages of the grant and/or contract life cycle is required. Demonstrates understanding of all systems and applications utilized for storage and retrieval of data
- Understands the negotiation, documentation, and financial grants management process related to each stage of the grant and/or contract life cycle
- Reviews financial information to ensure budgets and terms agree with grant or contract documentation and compliance with institution and granting agency requirements to provide assistance to stakeholders involved in the various stages of the grant and/or contract life cycle. Consults with supervisor as appropriate
- Reviews financial information to ensure compliance with institution and granting agency requirements to provide assistance to stakeholders involved in the various stages of the grant and/or contract life cycle
- Develops understanding of appropriateness of consultation with institutional management and/or Legal Department related to contract language, financial, and post-execution monitoring of agreements
- Provides support and guidance to stakeholders for grants and/or contracts entered into by the institution. Demonstrates a basic understanding of concepts and principles of contracts and grants, with a strong desire and motivation to gain additional knowledge and expertise
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding to fulfill reporting requirements of grants and/or contracts awarded. Demonstrates strong communication skills with a desire to improve skills to provide good customer care
- Represents and promotes the institution's research activities at meetings
- Maintains a positive working relationship with stakeholders and provides needed support during the contract’s life cycle
- Assists and supports the formulation and implementation of policies and procedures relating to the administration of contracts
- Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience with one year of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of institutional cost policies and multiple funding agency guidelines including federal, state, private foundations, and associations and the application of these policies to budgets for the various stages of the grant and/or contract life cycle is required
- Demonstrates understanding of all systems and applications utilized for storage and retrieval of data
- Understands the negotiation, documentation, and financial grants management process related to each stage of the grant and/or contract life cycle
- Reviews financial information to ensure budgets and terms agree with grant or contract documentation and compliance with institution and granting agency requirements to provide assistance to stakeholders involved in the various stages of the grant and/or contract life cycle
- Reviews financial information to ensure compliance with institution and granting agency requirements to provide assistance to stakeholders involved in the various stages of the grant and/or contract life cycle
- Develops understanding of appropriateness of consultation with institutional management and/or Legal Department related to contract language, financial, and post-execution monitoring of agreements
- Provides support and guidance to stakeholders for grants and/or contracts entered into by the institution
- Demonstrates a basic understanding of concepts and principles of contracts and grants, with a strong desire and motivation to gain additional knowledge and expertise
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding to fulfill reporting requirements of grants and/or contracts awarded
- Demonstrates strong communication skills with a desire to improve skills to provide good customer care
- Represents and promotes the institution's research activities at meetings
- Maintains a positive working relationship with stakeholders and provides needed support during the contract's life cycle
- Assists and supports the formulation and implementation of policies and procedures relating to the administration of contracts
- Highly detail oriented
- Highly organized with a focus on teamwork, creating usable and accessible administrative tools
- Ability to complete tasks efficiently and independently
- Ability to learn changing technologies related to grants and contracts management
- Strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities/deadlines
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint applications
- Ability to understand, interpret and apply laws, regulations, and policies
- Ability to learn and improve negotiation skills, composition and analysis of business contract terms and language
- Exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to work effectively with a large and diverse constituency including senior leadership, faculty, support staff, granting agencies, and vendors
- Pre-award, post-award or contracting skills preferred
Benefits
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, andShort- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
- Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
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