Proposal and Award Generalist

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The College of Engineering is seeking a dynamic, hardworking, skilled professional for the position of Proposal and Award Generalist - Intermediate Professional. The Proposal and Award Generalist pursues, administers, and conducts sponsored programs; identifies funding opportunities; facilitates the proposal preparation process; submits proposals; reviews awards for items specific to the faculty, department, and college/unit; informs faculty and college personnel of special contractual requirements; ensures compliance with University guidelines; and provides training to personnel on topics that cover the breadth of research administration. This is a term position and has an excellent chance of renewal.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare requests for advance fund numbers, fund numbers, cost centers, cost sharing cost centers, and other account set up actions

• Prepare and submit budget documents for awarded funds, budget adjustments, and account close-out transfers

• May be responsible for tasks associated with labor distribution and effort confirmation

• Participate in meetings with Office of Sponsored Programs and unit administration concerning Export Control, publication restrictions, and other potential risks; initiate follow up on sign-offs and monitor process

• Review expenditures for approval; review and approve personnel appointments on sponsored program funds

• Run system-generated financial reports; manage subawards; prepare and submit monthly/quarterly financial reports

• Facilitate materials transfer and other agreements; assist Property Inventory with receipt, accountability, and reporting on government-owned equipment

• Serve as an area expert on special award types including multi-unit, interdisciplinary, significant number of subawards, multi-fellowship awards, substantial industry involvement, significant administrative oversight, significant financial tracking and reporting, and multi-site clinical trials or field activities.

• Transcribe and prepare tech-service timecards from Test Track Time Keeper into a home-grown timecard for Penn State use to allocate by hour, to charge efforts on buses tested under the FTA cooperate agreement. Timecards will be entered in SIMBA LD by the direct supervisor.

• Facilities administration related to sponsored research, such as capital equipment management, MGR, salvage, charge out rates, on and off-campus location, gas cylinders, OPPs, tracking FTA-owned vehicles used by tech-service.

Education & Experience

The College of Engineering is supportive of flexible work arrangements when aligned with the ability to meet the needs of the unit and the essential duties of the position.

Questions related to flexible work should be directed to the hiring manager during the interview process.

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The salary range for this position, including all possible grades is:

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