Grants and Contracts Administrator

Duke Careers

Grants and Contracts Administrator managing complex grants and contracts supporting faculty at Duke University. Ensuring successful and compliant research funding from pre-award to post-award stages.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $59,829 - $96,900 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage a dynamic portfolio of complex grants and contracts
Support faculty and ensure successful, compliant research funding from pre-award through post-award stages
Assist departmental faculty/PI in the development, preparation, and submission of grant and contract proposals
Ensure all applications and contracts meet agency and university guidelines and published time tables and deadlines
Manage and oversee an assigned portfolio of complex grants and contracts using knowledge of grant and contract management rules and regulations, technical expertise, and analytical skills
Prepare and submit grants and contracts through pre-award process utilizing both Sponsor and Duke regulations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in an academic institution
Pre-award and post-award management of federal grants
CRA preferred
bachelor's degree program
Research or grants education and/or certification preferred
Successful completion of Financial Services Introduction to R3, Introduction to Duke GL, Introduction to Accounting, Sponsored Research Reporting, Research Administration at Duke (online), Basic Compliance (online), Duke Human Research Training (online), Budget Development and Negotiation Training, Industry Funded Clinical Research—Process for Contracts within first six months of hire
Successful completion of the Research Administration Academy (RAA) within 12 months of start date if hired without RAA training

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs
generous retirement benefits
wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

grant managementcontract managementpre-award managementpost-award managementanalytical skillsbudget developmentnegotiation

Soft Skills

organizational skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skills

Certifications

CRAResearch Administration Academy (RAA)Research or grants education certification