Grants Assistant

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) at City Tech is responsible for the administration, compliance and documentation of all sponsored programs. OSP is seeking to hire a Grants Assistant. OSP is physically located within the Faculty Commons (FC), a hub for faculty professional development, along with the Offices of Assessment and Institutional Research and Evaluation (AIRE) and the Faculty Commons Design Team. OSP works in partnership with the Research Foundation of CUNY, the fiscal agent for all grants and contracts. City Tech is committed to providing broad access to high quality technological and professional education for a diverse population, and OSP plays a critical role in fulfilling the college’s mission.

Under the direct supervision of the Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), the Grants Assistant works collaboratively with administration, faculty and staff across the college to advance the college’s research mission and strategic plan through assisting with the preparation, review and administration of research and education proposals for external funding.

About New York City College of Technology

New York City College of Technology (City Tech) of the City University of New York (CUNY) is a comprehensive college of over 13,000 students in downtown Brooklyn, offering associate and baccalaureate degrees in technology and health related degree programs, other career-oriented degrees and liberal arts transfer degrees in its Schools of Arts and Sciences, Technology and Design, and Professional Studies. We are the largest public college of technology in New York State and exceptional in that we go beyond traditional class offerings to create a high-tech, hands-on educational experience for our students, to prepare them for a rapidly changing world. For the last five years, City Tech has been among the leaders in the diversity of the students it serves among all Comprehensive Colleges/Bachelor’s (North) in the annual survey by U.S. News and World Report. Students and faculty are from more than 120 countries and speak more than 85 languages, with many students the first in their families to attend college.

• Research and disseminate funding opportunities through regular and reliable channels of communication including website content.
• Support proposal development, preparation and coordination for individual faculty members and teams.
• Provide guidance on proposal components ensuring alignment with sponsor and college mission.
• Assisting with preparation of non-technical sections of proposals including institutional profile, facilities and library resources, and prior funding information.
• Ensure pre- award compliance at application submission and post-award compliance on subrecipients and sponsor reporting.
• Review of grant accounts expenditures and assistance with staff onboarding
• Performing related duties as assigned

• Bachelor's Degree and at least one year of professional office experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented collaborative environment.
• Strong computer skills to include word processing, web searching, downloading, and reporting, form creation and spreadsheets.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of institutional life.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in review and submission of electronic grant proposals.
• Successful grant writing experience.
• Experience with eRA systems.

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.