Grant Operations Specialist

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $71K - $109K 💻 Operations 🗓️ June 24th, 2026

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Rutgers University is hiring a Grant Operations Specialist. The specialist manages the accounting and budget responsibilities for multiple active research projects within the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, overseeing grants administration from pre-award to post-award processes, including budget development, proposal routing, financial document maintenance, and fiscal management. The role also involves developing administrative processes and handling internal business operations such as purchasing, payroll, and commitment accounting related to grant oversight.

Highlights

Oversee grants administration including budget development, proposal routing through RAPSS, and post-award fiscal management.

Develop and guide administrative processes to support general operations.

Manage internal business functions such as purchasing, payroll, and commitment accounting for grants.

Use Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, grants.gov, and university systems like RAPSS and Rutgers chart of accounts.

Prepare and submit federal grant applications through grants.gov and other portals.

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field plus at least two years of experience in sponsored projects administration or equivalent.

Salary range: $71,447 to $109,422, with the final offer based on qualifications and department funding.

Full-time position with standard 37.5 hours per week and potential eligibility for hybrid work arrangements.

Position belongs to the Admin Assembly (MPSC) union and offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, retirement plans, and educational benefits.

Supports faculty and individual principal investigators managing active research projects within the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research.