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Grants and Contracts Manager
Fenway Health
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $90,000 - $110,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Oversee a portfolio of research grants and contracts, ensuring accurate submissions and compliance with federal and sponsor requirements.
- Serve as Fenway Health’s subject matter expert on research grant regulations, policies, and best practices.
- Maintain knowledge of federal, state, and private sponsor rules to ensure compliance and competitiveness in funding applications.
- Provide training for PIs and Project Managers on grant and finance processes.
- Manage pre-award activities ensuring timely, compliant, and competitive submissions.
- Coordinate application development and submission processes.
- Manage a portfolio of awarded grants and contracts in compliance with federal requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, public administration, or a related field; or 5+ years’ experience in federal and research grants management.
- Minimum of 3–5 years of progressively responsible experience in federal grants and contracts administration (HRSA, SAMHSA), preferably with federally funded research (NIH, CDC).
- Strong knowledge of OMB Uniform Guidance and federal grant compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated experience in both pre-award (proposal preparation, budgeting) and post-award (financial monitoring, reporting, closeout) functions.
- Certified Research Administrator (CRA), Certified Pre-Award Research Administrator (CPRA), or Certified Financial Research Administrator (CFRA). Candidates without certification will be expected to pursue appropriate certification or advanced training.
- Completion of NIH, HRSA, or other federal agency’s grants management training.
- Advanced Excel skills, including creating financial models, analyzing burn rates, and generating reports, and/or using Power Query for data transformation and reporting.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance plans
- Generous paid time off
- Commuter benefits
- Excellent benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
federal grants managementresearch grants administrationproposal preparationbudgetingfinancial monitoringreportingcloseoutOMB Uniform Guidancecompliance requirementsadvanced Excel
Soft skills
trainingcommunicationorganizational skillsleadershipattention to detail
Certifications
Certified Research Administrator (CRA)Certified Pre-Award Research Administrator (CPRA)Certified Financial Research Administrator (CFRA)
