Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist

The Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist will work independently with grants, contracts, and clinical trial agreements from a variety of sponsors and funding agencies that may be federal, non-federal, state and local government, private foundations, and pharmaceutical companies. Will be responsible for all aspects of sponsor-facing grants management, including review and negotiation of award, internal account setup, sponsor approval requests and modifications, reporting, award compliance, and non-financial closeout. . The Senior GCS will coordinate with other department team members to ensure the award terms and conditions are met from award acceptance through close-out.

Minimum Education

Bachelor's Degree Business, Health Care, Public Administration or related field. (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

Master's Degree In similar fields. (Preferred)

3 years Progressive experience in grants or contracts related to biomedical research, and/or healthcare/medical programs and services. Preferred office environment is central or department administration, office of sponsored programs, office of research administration, university or medical center setting, or federal grant-making agency. (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge

Working Knowledge: NIH Grants Policy Statement (12/03), FAR and DFAR clauses, OMB Circulars A-110, A-122 and A-133 in addition to 45 CFR Part 74, Appendix E.

Math Ability Level: Basic Algebra and Statistics. Perform basic algebraic equations and statistics (average).

Human Relations Skill Level: Critical.

Computer Skill Requirements: Critical. Hardware: PC compatible. Software: MS Office including Word and Excel are critical. MS Access and PowerPoint are a plus. HBOC Trendstar is a plus.

Ability to use formatting commands and higher level commands and functions are a plus.

Required Licenses And Certifications

Willingness to achieve credentialing as Certified Research Administrator (CRA) within three years of employment. (Required)

Functional Accountabilities

Pre-Award Services

• Serves as expert advisor to faculty, and other departments for general inquiries and concerns.
• Provides official proposal review to check for errors, missing or incomplete information according to sponsor requirements and proposal guidelines.
• Forwards appropriate documents to signature official (SO) as needed.
• Coordinates timeline for proposal submissions.
• Submits the final approved proposal to the funding agency or sponsor.
• Responsible for negotiating legal terms and conditions for the industry sponsored clinical trial agreement.
• Forwards requests for patient-care budgets to the Clinical Trial Office (CTO) as needed.
• Responsible for review and contract negotiations.

Post-Award Services

• Responsible for award analysis and account set-up.
• Responsible for review and submission of the scientific progress report, JIT requests and other similar requests.
• Responsible for review and submission of administrative requests such as change in scope or key personnel, no-cost extensions, supplemental requests, etc.
• Responsible for updating department information systems and official records to keep information accurate, complete and up-to-date at all times.

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

Organizational Accountabilities

Support

• Assist with A-133 audit as requested.
• Participate in training and education sponsored by the department.
• Coordinate and communicate with other CNMC departments (legal, human resources, and finance) as needed.

Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the organization
• Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic differences
• Demonstrate personal and professional integrity
• Maintain confidentiality at all times

Customer Service

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
• Partner with all team members to achieve goals
• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contribute to a positive work environment
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Use resources efficiently
• Search for less costly ways of doing things

Primary Location

Maryland-Silver Spring

Work Locations

Inventa Towers

Job

Accounting & Finance

Organization

Office Grants Contrcts Finance

Position Status

R (Regular)

Shift

Day

Work Schedule

M-F

Job Posting

May 5, 2026, 10:05:36 PM

Full-Time Salary Range

62088