ADMINISTRATOR

POSITION AVAILABLE:        GRANTS AND CONTRACTS ADMINISTRATOR

LOCATION:                           HRCA Research and Training Institute
 Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for
 Aged
 1200 Centre Street
 Boston, MA  02131-1097

DIRECT RESUME
TO:                                         Human Resources (at the Center)

POSITION START
DATE:                                     As soon as possible for overlap

RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT:  The HRCA Research and Training Institute has a staff of
 44 investigators,
research associates and assistants, programmer analysts, nurse specialists,
 secretarial and clerical support staff,
plus 2 Institute Research Co-Directors and 1 Managing Director.  The research
 program, which is rapidly growing,
is dedicated to:  Maximizing the strength, vigor and physical well-being of
 frail elders; preserving memory and
reasoning in old age; and improving quality of life and quality of care for
 elders across the entire spectrum of health
care.  The Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, in which the Institute is
 located, is an independent, non-profit,
non-sectarian, 725-bed, long-term care facility, dedicated to care of the
 elderly, applied and clinical research which
will benefit the aged, and teaching and training in geriatrics and gerontology.
 The Center is closely associated with
the major universities and medical schools in the greater Boston area, and is
 home of the Harvard Geriatrics
Fellowship program.

RESPONSIBILITIES:                 Serves as the Grants and Contracts
 Administrator for the HRCA Research and
Training Institute under the direction of the Managing Director (Diane Gilbert).
 Prepares budgets for grants,
contracts, agreements, and associated applications.  Works with the Institute
 Directors in preparing the annual
Institute budgets for personnel, supplies and capital equipment.  Further
 develops and maintains a system for
monitoring the flow of funds in terms of allocations and encumbrances.  Works
 with Fiscal Services in tracking
expenditures and reporting those expenditures against authorizations to
 Management and Principal Investigators.
Conducts reconciliations.  Manages the processing of invoices on a current
 basis.  Prepares monthly effort
reports.  Works with Managing Director and Assistant to the Managing Director in
 assuring compliance with
federal, state, local, non-governmental sponsor and institutional regulations
 and guidelines.  Works with other
institutions in the preparation and finalization of contracts and subcontracts.
 Produces monthly financial reports
for the Directors and the Center Administration.  Working with the Managing
 Director, develops systems where
necessary to assure financial viability, integrity and compliance for the
 Institute's research efforts.

REQUIREMENTS:                      Bachelor's degree.  Minimum of 3 years as a
 grants/contracts administrator.  CRA
preferred.  Working knowledge of Wordperfect or Microsoft in a Windows
 environment; lotus or excel; preferably a
relational database; preferably the world wide web.  Must be well-organized,
 flexible, have a great sense of
humor, excellent communication skills, and work well with many different
 personalities who have varying levels of
research experience.  Must be familiar with federal regulations pertaining to
 grants and contracts administration.
Must enjoy working in a demanding, fast-paced environment.

SALARY:                                 Commensurate with experience.

HRCA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.