Grant & Project Support Manager

609680 Flagstaff, Arizona, United States Radiant Center University Staff Closing at: Oct 19 2026 - 11:55pm MST Special Information This position is a hybrid position which allows the incumbent to complete their work at both an NAU site, campus, or facility and at a non-centralized site with or without accommodation. This position is subject to the availability of funding. About the Department/College NAU’s Radiant Center for Remote Sensing coalesces existing expertise in remote sensing and applications across the university to answer pressing scientific questions in multiple disciplines including planetary surfaces, atmospheres, ecology, forestry, wildfire science, environmental science, urban planning/geography, geoscience/volcanology, and anthropology/archeology. The Radiant Center is housed under the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) which promotes research, scholarship, and creative activity across Northern Arizona University. About the Position The Radiant Center is seeking an experienced Grant and Project Support Manager to support project management for recently activated US Army Corps of Engineers programs. Beyond these programs, this position provides broader grant and project management support for sponsored activities across Radiant, including proposal development, budget preparation and oversight, post-award activities (schedule management, procurement support, reporting, etc.), and other PI support duties. All responsibilities are geared toward supporting project integrity and completion that meet legal, auditing, and foundation requirements, and ensuring compliance with university, state, and federal best practices and regulations. Grant administration duties will include serving as the primary liaison between investigators, granting agencies, and NAU’s Office of Sponsored Projects in the budgeting and preparation of grant proposals; recording and tracking grant proposals, awards, funding agency requirements and forms; managing reference documentation, investigator profiles and curriculum vitae, abstracts, reference literature, internal/external reporting, and other pertinent material. Financial tasks will include tracking expenditures, providing financial forecasting, facilitating procurement of research equipment and materials, initiating fund transfers as directed, helping to track and invoice subaward contracts, reporting to sponsors, and providing custom invoicing & backup documentation for subrecipient invoicing. This position serves as an important member of the Radiant administrative team and may direct students, part-time employees or full-time employees in carrying out their duties of Grant and Project Management. Responsibilities Include 45% - Project Management Support Monitor spending on grants. Maintain and track progress on projects and stay in communication with the engineering team. Maintain the program schedule and milestones with engineering team and PI, including weekly updates and status meetings. Collect information needed for funding agency reports, and support report submissions; support PIs with quarterly, annual, final, or other reporting. Facilitate purchasing of research equipment, materials, supplies, and software, and provide travel support for grant-related travel. Interface with NAU Facility Services, ITS, NAU Purchasing, Finance and HR Service Teams as needed. Ensure that all personnel FTEs are correct and that personnel are removed from grant funds at the time of close out, or when scheduled by the needs of the grant. Ensure that faculty salaries are split across projects appropriately, as relevant. Initiation of fund transfers (IDT, IPT) and funding changes with Radiant’s Financial Oversight Analysts. Provide research support to Pls including grant cost share tracking, IDC tracking, and general Pl financial support in coordination with the Radiant admin team. Assist with hiring of staff and student workers on research grants. Assist with funded r…

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