Grants & Contracts Administrator – Entry level

Job description

The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health. The Wistar Institute has an opening for a fully remote entry level position of Grants & Contracts Administrator to join the Finance department. The official job title of this position is Research Financial Administrator (RFA). The successful candidate will provide grant-related administrative and financial support to the Principal Investigators, their scientific staff and Finance team. Responsibilities will include pre- and post-award financial administration of grants including preparing financial aspects of federal and non-federal proposals, administering awards in compliance with agency and institutional policies, fiscal management of grant budgets, and preparing invoices and reports of expenditures for sponsoring agencies. In a...