Apply for Vacancy for Grants & Contracts Specialist at Johns Hopkins University in the USA. The category for this application is Business and Financial Services.

Summary:

Specialist will provide entry level professional sponsored funds management for more than 80% of time with specific responsibility for post-award functions that include, but may not be limited to: budget development, account maintenance and oversight, billing/invoicing, reporting, foreign field office interaction and guidance, and closeout.  Also, this role may manage less complex grants in the post-award stage, with necessary oversight and direction.  Moreover, while this role may assist with some aspects of non-sponsored funds, the primary goal of this position is to support the timely, effective and efficient functioning of sponsored funding. Likewise, this is a non-exempt position.

Responsibilities

The incumbent will have the following responsibilities:

• Form an understanding of JHU policies and procedures relating to grant management.  Form an understanding of JHU fringe rates and indirect cost rates.
• Furthermore, form an understanding of donor policies and guidelines, specifically USAID and 2 CFR 200, and a knowledge of where to look for regulations.
• Also, assist in the development of annual workplan budgets and subsequent expenditure tracking tools to meet both program and funder requirements.
• Likewise, understand and apply the CCP matrix for procurement and direct the foreign field team on their implementation of the matrix.
• Moreover, reviews contracts for compliance, correctness, and reasonableness of payment terms.
• Similarly, review budget trackers to ensure availability of funding prior to approving procurements.
• Also, approval authority between $3K and $25K for field office procurements.
• Human Resources:
  • Data entry of Eforms into SAP.
  • Also, perform the duties of being a salary analyst for up to 5 staff.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, with one year of administrative/budgeting experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• General knowledge of accounting and budgeting theory and practices required. General knowledge and understanding of The Johns Hopkins University accounting system and related fiscal offices preferred.
• Also, ability to understand when additional direction/expertise is needed on matters of complexity.  Additionally, able to make decisions on a daily basis, within pre-determined guidelines and parameters.
• Similarly, ability to work with flexibility on several tasks simultaneously and to meet various concurrent deadlines.
• Likewise, general understanding of external Federal Guidelines and procedures regarding grants and contracts.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to understand when additional direction/expertise is needed on matters of complexity.  Able to make decisions on a daily basis, within pre-determined guidelines and parameters.
• Also, ability to work with flexibility on several tasks simultaneously and to meet various concurrent deadlines.

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