Manager, Grants Administration

MCE is a leader in innovative and effective approaches for promoting learning, information literacy, healthy lifestyle, and civic participation throughout the lifespan. Transcending traditional ideas about education. schooling, and meaningful community engagement we embrace a new, comprehensive vision of learning as a lifelong activity that involves the whole person and can occur through a variety of methods, anywhere and at any time. We promote educational change and social equity in addition to providing leadership for the improvement of education, mental health, libraries, and information services and systems.

Morgridge College of Education

The University of Denver’s Morgridge College of Education (MCE) invites applications for the position of Manager, Grants Administration.
The Morgridge College of Education’s vision is to train global leaders who employ innovative and effective approaches to advance learning throughout the lifespan, educational change, and social equity. Our programs prepare ethical, collaborative practitioners who can apply principles to promote learning and development with diverse clients and communities. This is a full-time, benefitted position.

Position Summary

The Manager of Grant Administration partners with the Dean and the Assistant Dean (AD) managing financial, human resources, and general business operations functions for the sponsored projects at the college. The Manager is experienced in managing federal, state, local, and private grants and awards. The Manager serves as a business partner for the departments and institutes and ensures all current-year transactions align with the current-year budget and supports long-term strategies. The position reports directly to the college’s Director of Budget & Operations. Additionally, this position will collaborate closely with college stakeholders, including faculty and researchers also serving as a point of contact for transactional processes for central offices across the university. The ideal candidate will have the proven skills outlined below and the ability to oversee financial, human resources, and operational projects from inception to completion.

Essential Functions

Grant and Research Administration

• Manage grant budgets and prepare spending projections
• Monitor for cost overruns, ability to distinguish allowable costs
• Ensure accuracy of reports and transactions, initiate transfers where appropriate
• Provide progress reports to Investigators, regulatory bodies and other internal and external stakeholders
• Provide final reports to Investigators, regulatory bodies and other internal and external stakeholders
• Provide support for Electronic Research Administration system for faculty and staff
• Set up and administration of sub-contracting efforts, set up and administration of consultants, while working with ORSP
• Prepare and verify effort certifications, performing payroll and time entry
• Perform payment operations including P-Card, purchase orders and other entries as needed
• Assist in ensuring rules and regulations of sponsoring agencies are adhered to
• Aid in review and interpretation of agency specific guidelines
• Grant Proposal Support and Preparation
• Assist Investigators in proposal preparation including budget preparation and completion of standard forms as required, providing administrative training in the use of systems that support faculty searches for research funding
• Provide Investigators with advice on budget restrictions, direct/indirect cost rates and other budgetary issues based on ORSP and sponsor guidelines.
• Route necessary documents and forms through appropriate systems (College, University, Federal and State agencies, and other research sponsors)

Operations and Supplemental Support

• Assists the MCE Business Team to accomplish the following:
• Process general ledger entries related to human resources, finance, and other transactions as needed or directed.
• Conduct training sessions and coordinates onboarding for new staff members with budgetary and HR responsibilities.
• Work to review the college’s business process and their continuous improvement.
• Provides and manages backup support for essential business functions in college departments during staff vacancies.
• Other duties as assigned by the Dean and AD.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Direct prior experience with federal and state government agencies that administer sponsored research including budget preparation and monitoring, and grant administration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to d