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Director of Contracts and Grants: North Carolina State University

Minimum Experience/Education: A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
8 years of directly related experience in contracts and grants and/or research administration in a university or equivalent combination of education and experience.

In addition the successful candidate will have:

-Sufficient management and professional experience, business acumen, judgment and integrity to effectively serve faculty and sponsors while protecting, representing and advancing the University's best interests
-Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience working within the research environment at a major university or institute,
-Working knowledge of outside funding agency procedures and compliance requirements and regulations of sponsored research;
-Contracting and subcontracting practices;
-legal distinctions between gifts, grants, knowledge of federal agency practices, regulations and policies; and cost accounting standards;
-Evidence of leadership success in comparable situations;
-Demonstrated supervisory skills;
-Ability to work with a variety of constituencies and the capacity to produce creative and innovative solutions and approaches to common problems;
-Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and the willingness to reach out to various stakeholders;
-Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing;
-Experience in preparation and negotiation of facilities and administrative rate proposals.

Departmental Required Skills:

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education: Experience in both pre-award and post award research administration.

Experience with creating/implementing new software programs that create efficient campus processes in research administration.

Essential Job Duties: Reporting to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial Services, the Director of Contracts and Grants provides strategic and operational leadership for all areas of post-award sponsored programs administration at NC State University.

Responsibilities include the post-award accounting functions, time and effort system and certifications, preparation and negotiation of facilities and administrative rate proposals, administration of the annual OMB Circular A-133 audit and periodic agency audits, the creation and implementation of related policies, business processes, and oversight of systems and training.

The Director must work closely with the University's pre-award unit (which reports to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education) and provide standard-setting and leadership for other central-administration and college-based administrative departments.

The Director will ensure that the post-award sponsored programs administration function is highly responsive to the needs of faculty, researchers, and campus staff, and that it demonstrates a strong customer service ethic while at the same time ensuring University compliance with Federal, State, Board of Governors, and University policies and procedures.

Other Work/Responsibilities:

Necessary Licenses or Certifications: Background check required

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NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation.

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