Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist

Troy University
Troy University

Posted on Jul 23, 2026
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Posting Details

Position Information
Posting Number SF2561P
Position Title Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist
Position Type Professional/Salaried
Department Sponsored Programs - Troy
Division Finance and Administration
Campus Troy
Work Status Full-Time (FT)
Temporary No
Location Troy - T01
Job Summary
The Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist position is responsible for:
  • Advising principal investigators (PIs) on proposal strategy, timelines, and sponsor policies related to their grant writing.
  • Support faculty and staff on all sponsored project proposals by:
    • Prospecting for potential project funding
    • Assisting with internal registration and routing of documents
    • Registering and maintaining online sponsor portals (including Grants.gov, Research.gov, eRA Commons, JustGrants, etc.)
    • Registering and assigning faculty login and password information
    • Navigating online submissions based on sponsor requirements
    • Assisting with grant writing and editing (as needed)
    • Assisting with budget development and review based on sponsor requirements assuring the request is allowable, allocable, reasonable, and consistently applied
    • Creating/maintaining electronic and hard-copy proposal records
    • Tracking the application process and documenting funded and unfunded projects
    • Obtaining reviewer comments from funded and unfunded projects to aid future proposal development
    • Processing funded projects for account setup
    • Assisting with post-award functions as needed (e.g., submission of online amendments).
  • Interpreting federal regulations, including Uniform Guidance (soon to be Uniform Grant Regulation (UGR)) (2 CFR Part 200), FAR, and agency-specific requirements.
  • Ensuring compliance with institutional, state, federal, and sponsor regulations.
  • Assisting with modification and programming of the database to accommodate differing requests and reporting requirements.
  • Assisting the Director with oversight of PI eligibility.
  • Securing reviewers’ comments, copies of proposals and any other documents to assist grant writers in improving proposal competitiveness.
  • Coordinating faculty/staff training in all aspects of proposal development.
  • Conducting research on specific funding requests for TROY faculty and staff.
  • Assisting the Director in the review and distribution of daily, bi-weekly, and monthly publications of potential funding opportunities, and targeting these opportunities to interested TROY faculty and staff members.
  • Developing and reviewing budgets for grant proposals to ensure they are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and consistently applied.
  • Assisting with the annual Sponsored Programs recognition luncheon (developing printed materials and coordinating staff to work the event).
Minimum Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree in a related field
2. Minimum of two years of related work experience
Preferred Qualifications
1. Knowledge and experience in the use of Datatel
2. CRA certification
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? No
Work Hours
8am to 5pm
Monday through Friday
May occasionally require some time worked outside normal office hours.
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position
N/A
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? No
Posting Date 07/22/2026
Closing Date
Open Until Filled Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants
Quick Link https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/47859

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Solicit References Through the System? No
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Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

  1. * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
    • Troy University employment website (www.troyuniversityjobs.com)
    • Chronicle of Higher Education
    • Higher Ed Jobs
    • Social Media website
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    • Other employment website (please specify below)
    • Employee Referral (please specify below)
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  2. Please specify:

    (Open Ended Question)

  3. * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following:
    • Not a current Troy University employee
    • Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty)
    • Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete
    • Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees)
  4. * Do you have a Bachelor's degree in a related field?
    • Yes
    • No
  5. * Do you have a minimum of two years of related work experience?
    • Yes
    • No

Applicant Documents

Required Documents
  1. Resume
  2. Cover Letter
  3. List of References
Optional Documents
  1. Unofficial Transcript 1
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