Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health? CLICK HERE to apply through your Workday account. Exemption Status: Exempt Hiring Range: $68,369.60 - $123,073.60Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Schedule Details: Monday through Friday, On Call - Required Scheduled Hours: 8a-430p Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 40 Cost Center: 99940 - 5951 IS Applications This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process. Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. Collaborates closely with operational stakeholders and is responsible for the selection, development, implementation, testing, documentation, maintenance, and adoption of application software to effectively meet clinical or business information system needs. I. Major Responsibilities: Project and Meeting Leadership: 1. Proactively identifies barriers to completing work and escalates issues with proposed solutions. 2. Attends all required meetings, assume accountability for assigned follow-ups and practice closed loop communication. 3. Participates as workstream lead on cross-functional projects, ensure tasks are completed within scope and project management guidelines. 4. Runs optimization requests, including scheduling meetings, identifying timelines, and allocating resources. Stakeholder Engagement: 1. Develops and maintains partnerships with operational staff, serving as a subject matter advisor for application-related questions. 2. Leads discussions with subject matter experts, caregivers, and vendors to evaluate, design and configure application features. Product Evaluation and Application Support: 1. Attends product demonstrations to assess system functionality against customer requirements and recommends appropriate software solutions. 2. Facilitates application upgrade processes, including recommending new functionalities to operational caregivers. 3. Tests new features and functionalities and develop Job Aids for customer support and training. Issue Investigation and Troubleshooting: 1. Investigates application and system configuration issues to develop and implement effective system fixes. 2. Participates in ticket triage and analysis to determine the appropriate work stream and assist in scoping efforts. 3. Independently troubleshoots application components within server configurations, including system services and interface jobs, and engage other teams as necessary. 4. Effectively participates in critical incident response and escalates appropriately as needed. Collaboration and Configuration: 1. Collaborates with subject matter experts, caregivers, and vendors to evaluate and configure application features. 2. Configure application features, security settings, and develop support documentation, including test scripts and workflow diagrams. 3. Builds relationships with third-party vendors to maintain vendor software. Documentation and Training: 1. Develop support documentation for application teams, including test scripts, workflow diagrams, and knowledge base articles. 2. Partners with the training team to create end-user training materials. Mentorship: 1. Mentors less experienced team members, providing guidance and support for their development. Continuous Learning: 1. Actively learns and applies new skills to improve support for customers and coworkers. 2. Continuously advances knowledge of current products, including obtaining application certifications and staying updated on system configurations and emerging technology and industry trends. 3. Actively participates in professional development programs defined by department. Adaptability: 1. Demonstrates high adaptability to dynamic responsibilities and evolving project requirements. Must be able to work off hours as needed and participate in an on-call rotation. II. Position Qualifications: License/Certification/Education: Required: 1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience. 2. Epic/Workday/Application certification(s) or ability to achieve, as required by department. Experience/Skills: Required: 1. 3 years experience with enterprise platforms (EHRs/ITSM/ERPs). 2. Team player with strong problem solving, time management and decision-making skills, ability to maintain a positive attitude, solution focused. 3. Able to act independently with minimal oversight. 4. Able to serve as a mentor to less experienced team members. 5. Able to lead meetings and effectively communicate with all users at all levels of the organization. Preferred: 1. Healthcare experience. Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements. Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents. III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions: Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day. As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

• Evaluate the utilization and impact of wellness activities on plans and report related savings • Own day-to-day execution of assigned health & welfare initiatives and makes recommendations within established guidelines • Support ongoing benefits operations by reviewing, validating, and coordinating required administrative activities with internal partners and vendors • Serves as primary analyst support for assigned benefits carriers • Escalates complex issues and financial risks to Manager of Benefits as appropriate • Assist in the administration of annual open enrollment for health & welfare plans and any special projects • Compiles data and performs statistical analysis and interpretation to provide solutions and recommendations on health care practices and projects applicable to Benefits • Identify opportunities for operational improvements and shares recommendations with Manager • Ensures compliance with ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, Medicare, and state regulations • Successfully manages multiple competing deadlines in a complex, matrixed environment

Provide analytical support by mining data and interpreting results to meet business needs. Develop methodologies for new projects and proactively identify issues to recommend resolutions, driving innovation and quality improvement initiatives.

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Research Management Services (RMS) Is seeking a Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst, Post-Award. RMS supports the pre- and post-award administration for sponsored funding across multiple departments within the School of Medicine. RMS strives to provide the highest quality of customer service in sponsored research management to our customers including departments, faculty, key stakeholders and central teams including the Office of Research Administration (ORA), Sponsored Projects Shared Services (SPSS) and the School of Medicine Central Finance. The Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst provides dedicated professional level sponsored funds management for more than 80% of time with specific responsibility for pre-award and post-award functions that includes, but may not be limited to, proposal preparation, submission, budget development, account maintenance and oversight, billing/invoicing, reporting, compliance, and closeout. This position works independently on a variety of grants/contracts that range from moderately to highly complex. These grants, contracts and awards may involve highly detailed budgets, multiple projects, cores and subawards, investigator-initiated projects, consortiums, DOD requirements, higher complexity foundation grants and pharmaceutical company sponsored clinical trials. While this role may assist with aspects of non-sponsored funds, the primary focus of this position is to ensure timely, effective, and efficient management of sponsored funding. Specific Duties & Responsibilities - Oversee and direct complex award management activities including monitoring and managing accounts, audits, evaluations and reporting. - Partner with and act as final point of contact with faculty and/or budgetary staff and the Office of Research Administration toward the planning and development of application submissions to various federal agencies, private agencies/foundations and commercial companies. - Understand and ensure compliance with institutional policies for the pre-award process and sponsor guidelines. - Review sponsored project proposals for assigned faculty prior to forwarding to the Grants & Contracts Manager and/or ORA for signature. Ensure accuracy and adherence to relevant guidelines. - Responsible for timely budget preparation for principal investigator review. - Serve as liaison between research units, central offices and funding agencies. - Review budgets and related justification for appropriateness and completeness of content. - Provide groundwork for subcontract negotiations. - Ensure compliance related to grant and contract management, including sponsoring organization guidelines, internal protocols, accurate protocol information within grant documents, conflicts of interest, etc. - Maintain ongoing updates and communications related to current awards, including regular auditing and reporting to principal investigators on financial status, and departmental leadership as needed. - Manage related post-award processes, including award setup, review, account setup verification, and ensure that staff are set up appropriately. - Ensure that post-award responsibilities are completed, including budget distribution, account reconciliation, e-form setup, effort reporting, cost transfers, invoice payments and finalization of paperwork related to subcontract setup. - Provide information and assistance to complete closeouts as needed. - Other duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree. - Four years of related experience in sponsored research and/or financial positions. - Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. - Successful completion of the Research Administration Training Program (13-15 months) is equivalent to two years of relevant experience for this position. If an employee does not successfully complete the program, no additional experience will be applied. Preferred Qualifications - Experience in an academic or medical setting. Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications - Knowledge of external federal guidelines/procedures for grants and contracts, including NIH, NSF, DOD and NASA. Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency - Analytical Skills - Intermediate - Attention to Detail - Intermediate - Grant Closeout Procedures - Intermediate - Grant Proposal Preparation - Intermediate - Grant Regulations - Intermediate - Grants and Contracts Management - Intermediate - Oral and Written Communications - Intermediate - Record Keeping - Intermediate - Regulatory Compliance - Intermediate - Relationship Management - Intermediate The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs. Classified Title: Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst, Post-Award (SOM - Central Finance) Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually ($86,500 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.00pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Remote Department name: SOM Admin Finance Research Services Personnel area: School of Medicine