Pre-Award Lead Specialist Job Kennesaw area,Georgia USA,Business

Job Title:
Pre-Award Lead Specialist

Location: Kennesaw, Georgia

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job : 292134

About Us

Are you ready to transform lives through academic excellence, innovative research, strong community partnerships and economic opportunity? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With growing enrollment and global reach, we continue to expand our institutional influence and prominence beyond the state of Georgia. We offer more than 190 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to empower our 47,000 students to become thought leaders, lifelong learners, and informed global citizens.

Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics draw students from throughout the region and from more than 100 countries across the globe. Our university's vibrant culture, career opportunities, rich benefits, and values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability make us an employer of choice. We are part of the University System of Georgia. We are searching for talented people to join Kennesaw State University in our vision.

Come Take Flight at KSU!

Location

Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

Job Summary

Responsible for the management of assigned staff and oversight in the areas of proposal review, grant award and contract intake and review, and building and maintaining positive relations with internal and external customers and partner various KSU offices, analyzing and interpreting policy and procedures related to research administration, and developing and disseminating research administration-related information to the campus. Builds and maintains partnering relationships with internal stakeholders and other operational departments while acting as a liaison with sponsors.

Responsibilities

Leads assigned staff within the Pre-Award unit

Advises on and contributes to applicable policies and procedures for proposal review and submission, award intake, and other pre-award related areas

Develops and provides detailed proposal checklists, templates, and timelines to manage workflows and help guide faculty and their staff through the proposal development process.

Reviews federal, state, local, nonprofit, and industry grant and contract applications

Provides guidance throughout the budget development process ensuring compliance and accuracy prior to proposal submission.

Obtains and/or provides institutional components of proposals and performs administrative validation on all proposal elements

Prepares proposals for submission to sponsors using electronic submission portals, including Cayuse (KSU’s grants management system), Fast Lane/Research.gov, Assist, and grants.gov

Manages routing process in Cayuse or other electronic grants management system

Facilitates Just-In-Time and other pre-award actions requiring institutional authorized review

Intakes awards and prepares internal documentation for hand off to other Sponsored Programs Administration units

Interacts regularly with and provides high quality customer service to faculty and other staff throughout the proposal development and submission process

Leads team and faculty training

Aids in electronic system management and updating for both internal and sponsor systems

Serves as primary intermediary with all pertinent sponsors, faculty, staff and campus entities

Ensures adherence to quality standards, all policies, and award regulations

Required Qualifications Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education or equivalent combination of education and/or experience

Required Experience

Five (5) years of experience in a sponsored programs office aiding in proposal review, submission, and management of externally sponsored activity and/or research development within a university setting, non-profit institution or academic medical centers

Experience with applying and interpreting Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200, federal agency specific regulations, and non-federal sponsor guidelines

Preferred…


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