Job Title: Sponsored Projects Officer
Research Division: RESEARCH-SPONSORED PROJECTS
Requisition #: 13-31632

To Be Considered:  Please visit http://www.chop.edu/careers/index.html and submit the required application materials.

Job Description: Responsible for institutional oversight and non-financial aspects of sponsored projects administration.  Provide proactive guidance and support to investigators and staff in preparing and submitting all types of proposals to federal and other sponsors.  Negotiate and accept awards and manage post-award administrative matters.  Maintain a strong customer-service oriented environment. Implement policies and standard operating procedures to ensure compliance with sponsor rules and regulations. Provide formal/informal training to departmental employees, investigators, and staff on internal and external systems, operations, and processes.

Requirements:
•	Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred.
•	Three or more years’ prior experience in providing sponsored project management services on NIH and other federally funded grants or contracts 	directly for investigators in an academic research/hospital environment is required.
•	Demonstrated track record in a front-line service-oriented position, involving extensive customer contact and relationship building.
•	Financial management experience preferred.
•	Broad knowledge of policies and regulations governing federal funding and accompanying compliance issues.
•	Knowledge of principles of grantsmanship/contract management and sponsor proposal and award policies and procedures (particularly those of the 	National Institutes of Health) required.
•	Ability, especially under pressure, to be professional, courteous, and tactful in dealing with investigators, administrative staff and funding agency 	contacts.
•	Ability to establish clear priorities and multi-task in a high-volume setting responsive to externally imposed deadlines.
•	Ability to work with minimum direction and guidance within a service-team environment.
•	Exceptional ability to meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, academic environment.
•	Management expertise with NIH grants and other sponsored projects funding.
•	Excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel, and experience using pre-award databases. Exceptional management expertise with
 NIH grants and other sponsored projects funding.
•	Strong skills in distilling complex compliance issues so that they are understandable to the lay audience.  Analytical and problem-solving skills essential.
•	Effective verbal and written communication skills to facilitate interaction with investigators, Department Heads, and regulatory agencies.
•	Strong customer-service skills with ability to find and implement creative, compliant solutions to satisfy customer needs.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability or veteran status.

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