Job Description
Nemours Children's Health is looking for a Special Programs Award (Pre-Award) Specialist.The Special Programs Award
Pre-Award Specialist II providespre-award services to help Nemours research investigators develop and submit federal, state, foundation,private and other sponsored project proposals. The
SPA Pre-Award Specialist II acts as a liaison between the PI, SPA Grants Specialist and Clinical Trials Business Office Manager. The SPA Pre-Award Specialist II isresponsible for providing services in various aspects of the proposal preparation phase, including interpretation of the sponsoring agency's guidelines, budget development, gathering documentation to
support sub awards and subcontracts, coordination of required approvals, and regulatory requirements.
Incumbent is responsible for the oversight and management of assigned PI research proposals in terms of
reviewing project budgets, understanding submission guidelines, identifying areas of potential concern or
conflict with terms and conditions, and with some funders, the actual submission of proposals. The SPA Pre-
Award Specialist II is responsible for helping manage up to 80 proposals per year and serves as a senior
subject matter expert within the SPA for problem resolution for PI’s, Nemours associates, and external
entities as needed.
Primary Responsibilities
- Coordinate proposal development assistance to PI’s, establish the electronic application option to be used for all proposals and the required timeline for internal and external submission deadline dates.
- Meet with Principal Investigator regularly to provide one-on-one personalized service and to collect and build administrative components of proposal.
- Assist in developing proposal budget in line with budget justification and commensurate with sponsor and Nemours policies.
- Coordinate cost sharing approval documentation between PI and institutional leadership as required.
- Coordinate sending and receipt of all required subrecipient proposal materials between prime and subrecipient participants.
- Serve as a primary source of expertise to ensure that proposals meet sponsor requirements; ensure proposal documents are compliant with Uniform Guidance and FAR terms and conditions and other required federal regulations; consult with appropriate managerial staff on any exceptions to Institutional policy, including program matching commitments, facilities, and administrative rates, etc.
- Assemble all final proposal documents, perform initial proposal review, and hand off to Grant Administration office for final review and processing of application submission.
- Generate a proposal file to include all documents associated with the preparation, development and submission of each new application and maintain with new updates as needed.
- Provide detailed documentation for each new proposal to include all proposal development assistance provided to PI’s during the proposal development process.
- Assist SPA Special Programs Award Manager with preparation of internal research award budgets through InfoReady, donation fund monitoring through Oracle, and other assignments as required.
Qualifications
- Advanced experience with Research Administration (pre- and/or post-award) strongly preferred
- Bacherlor's degree required; Master's preferred
- CRA, CPRA, and/or CFRA preferred
- A minimum of 5 years experience in an academic or non-academic research healthcare organization, advanced grants management and pre-award experience required
About Us
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
