Job Title: Grants Associate
PVN ID: NY-1901-002902
Category: Administrative Services
Location: NYC COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Job Description

General Description

General Description of Duties and Responsibilities

The Office of Sponsored Programs is responsible for the acquisition and administration of discretionary grants to advance City Tech’s mission and priorities. Working closely with faculty, staff, sponsors, and the CUNY Research Foundation, the unit ensures responsible stewardship of federal, state, and local funding. 

Working in a team environment, the position provides administrative support for pre-award and post-award functions. Pre-award support includes funding opportunity research and dissemination of information to faculty and staff, review of application components for compliance with sponsor guidelines and relevant regulations, tracking of of annual PSC CUNY research award applications.  Post-award support includes: processing and tracking of RF grant-funded employees and faculty summer salary; monitoring of fiscal activities; and compliance with sponsor reporting requirements.

Other Duties

Other Duties

  • Liaises with RFCUNY Legal Department on subawards, contracts, MOUs and ICAs;
  • Assists with unit workshops and events;
  • Provides guidance to faculty on OTPS; and
  • Maintains unit website content.

Qualifications

Core Competencies

  • Strong customer service skills;
  • Ability to work within deadlines;
  • Familiarity with financial management principles and practices;
  • Adept at using e-systems (e.g., research.gov, grants.gov, etc.
  • Knowledge of grant acquisition process and research administration;
  • Ability to work independently as well as to support a team;
  • Ability to communicate effectively and proactively with diverse constituencies; and
  • Ability to multi-task.

Qualifications

  • Baccalaureate degree required; master’s degree preferred; or baccalaureate and at least three years of related professional office or sponsored programs experience.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Office of the Provost
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Mar 14, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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