Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist-Clinical Trials

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

About The Position

This individual serves as a Grant or Contract reviewer for the Mount Sinai School of Medicine/ Mount Sinai Health System. Interacts with the faculty, departmental administrators, finance and institutional compliance committees on all Sponsored Programs and research programs. Represent the Institution to non-profit funding agencies, federal government officials and drug and device manufacturers. Responsibilities Both -Report to the Associate Dean of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Assistant Director, Grants and Contracts Office regarding research-related activities Both - Provide reports as requested for departments and individual researchers Grants Specialist Review approximately one thousand grant applications per year for all pre-award financial and administrative policies on behalf of Institutions central business office. Interact with departmental administrators, faculty and extramural funding agencies (Federal, NY State, non-profit etc.) to enforce needed corrections prior to institutional endorsement. The need for significant oversight and training in this area is expected. Grants Specialist Responsible for correct compliance characterization of the above applications and routing to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Institutional Review Board, Bio-Safety Officer and Financial Conflict of Interest in Research Committee. The need for significant oversight and training in this area is expected. Grants Specialist - Review and provide Just-In-Time, supplemental and amended information to extramural sponsors on above applications. The need for significant oversight and training in this area is expected. Grants Specialist Provide information to Sponsored Programs Accounting for fund activation. Grants Specialist - Additional responsibilities split between positions include maintenance of web-site and electronic forms, creation and maintenance of training grant tables, liaison to the Institutional Bio-Safety Officer, liaison to the Biomedical Research Alliance of New York, liaison to the Committee on Special Awards and Fellowships and creation and distribution of funding opportunities packets, calendars and special alerts. Contracts Specialist Negotiate clinical trial agreements and amendments on behalf of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Generally negotiations occur with pharmaceutical or device company attorneys and have broad legal repercussions to the Institution. The need for significant oversight and training in this area is expected. Contracts Specialist - Review, mail and negotiate (if applicable) funding agreements from other Educational Institutions and Non-profit Sponsors (AHA etc.) Contracts Specialist Negotiate site agreements for large scale, NIH funded clinical trials with coordinating centers at MSSM. The need for significant oversight and training in this area is expected. Contract Specialist Liaison to the Office of Industrial Liaison for Sponsored Research Agreements and IP issues pertaining to non-profit agreements. The need for significant oversight and training in this area is expected. Contract Specialist Liaison to Risk Management for Certificate of Insurance Requests. Contracts Specialist Liaison to Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) for subcontracts written by SPA, but signed by GCO. Both - Information Technology: Must have a strong working knowledge of information systems including the Grants Tracking System and Microsoft Office Suite to: Provide customized fiscal reports for academic and service departments within the organization. The need for significant oversight and training in this area is expected. Routine entry and maintenance of data for all non-federal sponsorship in the Grants Tracking System. The need for significant oversight and training in this area is expected.

Requirements

Bachelors or equivalent combination of education and related work experience
Six years of related experience
Must have a strong working knowledge of information systems including the Grants Tracking System and Microsoft Office Suite

Responsibilities

Report to the Associate Dean of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Assistant Director, Grants and Contracts Office regarding research-related activities
Provide reports as requested for departments and individual researchers
Review approximately one thousand grant applications per year for all pre-award financial and administrative policies on behalf of Institutions central business office.
Interact with departmental administrators, faculty and extramural funding agencies (Federal, NY State, non-profit etc.) to enforce needed corrections prior to institutional endorsement.
Responsible for correct compliance characterization of the above applications and routing to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Institutional Review Board, Bio-Safety Officer and Financial Conflict of Interest in Research Committee.
Review and provide Just-In-Time, supplemental and amended information to extramural sponsors on above applications.
Provide information to Sponsored Programs Accounting for fund activation.
Maintenance of web-site and electronic forms
Creation and maintenance of training grant tables
Liaison to the Institutional Bio-Safety Officer
Liaison to the Biomedical Research Alliance of New York
Liaison to the Committee on Special Awards and Fellowships
Creation and distribution of funding opportunities packets, calendars and special alerts
Negotiate clinical trial agreements and amendments on behalf of Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Review, mail and negotiate (if applicable) funding agreements from other Educational Institutions and Non-profit Sponsors (AHA etc.)
Negotiate site agreements for large scale, NIH funded clinical trials with coordinating centers at MSSM.
Liaison to the Office of Industrial Liaison for Sponsored Research Agreements and IP issues pertaining to non-profit agreements.
Liaison to Risk Management for Certificate of Insurance Requests.
Liaison to Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) for subcontracts written by SPA, but signed by GCO.
Provide customized fiscal reports for academic and service departments within the organization.
Routine entry and maintenance of data for all non-federal sponsorship in the Grants Tracking System.