Senior Grants and Contracts Management Consultant 4

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Job Title:

Senior Grants and Contracts Management Consultant 4

Department:

Public Health | College Administration

The Senior Grants & Contracts Management Consultant leads and advises pre-award grant support activities for principal investigators (PIs) within The Ohio State University College of Public Health (CPH). This position provides expert-level guidance throughout the full proposal lifecycle, including proposal development, budget preparation, submission, and administrative compliance, and serves as a key strategic resource for investigators, research staff, and college leadership.

The consultant serves as a senior-level leader for proposal development and acts as the primary point of contact for complex and high-risk submissions. Responsibilities include coordinating proposal assembly and submission with the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP); locating, formatting, editing, and reviewing all required proposal components; ensuring adherence to sponsor guidelines and internal deadlines; and advising investigators on submission strategies and best practices.

This position leads the development and review of complex and multi-year grant budgets and establishes subrecipient budgets and supporting documentation in coordination with internal stakeholders. The consultant provides expert review of administrative components such as biographical sketches, resources and facilities documents, letters of support, and other sponsor-required materials.

The Senior Grants & Contracts Management Consultant works closely with division chairs, the Associate Dean for Research, and principal investigators to advise on grant submission procedures, lead grant submission activities, and troubleshoot and resolve complex or escalated grant-related process issues. The role also identifies and disseminates funding opportunities and provides strategic guidance to investigators on proposal positioning and competitiveness.

This position leads and participates in the preparation and submission of training grants and other large, complex, and multi-disciplinary applications. The consultant provides leadership in administrative compliance, interpreting sponsor guidelines and university policies, ensuring appropriate effort commitments, allowable expenditures, and adherence to administrative requirements.

The consultant applies comprehensive knowledge of compliance requirements related to human and animal subjects research, financial conflict of interest, conflict of commitment, foreign involvement and collaboration, biosafety, and related regulatory areas. Responsibilities include reviewing current and pending support, gathering protocol and compliance documentation, and ensuring required trainings and disclosures are completed within sponsor-specified timelines when proposals are likely to be funded.

In addition, the Senior Grants & Contracts Management Consultant leads administrative efforts related to sponsored research reporting, including the preparation and submission of annual progress reports and other required deliverables, and communicates proposal metrics, compliance trends, and fiscal information to college leadership.

The position collaborates with the CPH business office and other internal partners to support select post-award activities, including subaward setup, no-cost extensions, residual balance management, and other administrative actions as appropriate.

The Senior Grants & Contracts Management Consultant