Grants Specialist - Research

Title: Grants Specialist-Research

Location: Wilmington United States

Job Description:

Nemours is looking for a Grants Specialist in our Research deparment. The Grants Specialist performs a wide range of key oversight functions related to the administration of proposals and awards under the Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) Office. The Grants Specialist provides support in administering all federal and non-federal grant proposals and awards which includes document preparation, budget development collaboration, sub-recipient monitoring risk assessment, managing pipeline of pending grants assigned, and coordination with PI’s regarding grant related projects. The Grants Specialist will work across all Nemours sites and program areas (research and non-research), including collaborating with Accounting, Post-Award Research Agreements, PI’s, Program Managers, and Research Administration leadership to ensure effective and efficient grants management processes. Incumbent should maintain considerable knowledge of federal guidelines, institutional policies and procedures pertaining to external funding and awards funding.

This is a remote position.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree required
• CRA, CPRA, and/or CFRA preferred
• Minimum one year of grants management and pre/post award experience required; 3+ years preferred
• Experience in an academic or non-academic research healthcare organization preferred

 

About Us

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

 

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

 

Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.