Top 115 Grants & contracts professional Jobs in Minneapolis Mn

Grants & Contracts Professional
University of Minnesota —Minneapolis, MN
- Online Application
- Background check
- Bachelor of Science
- Mid-level
Grants and Contracts Coordinator (Grants & Contracts Professional 2)
University of Minnesota —Minneapolis, MN
- Online Application
- Hybrid work
- Background check
- Surgery
- Bachelor of Science
Grant and Contract Professional 3
University of Minnesota —Minneapolis, MN
- Online Application
- Hybrid work
- Background check
- Google Workspace
- Bachelor of Science
Development Officer Senior: Grants
Hennepin Healthcare —Minneapolis, MN
- $42.46 - $63.69 an hour
- Full-time
- Psychiatry
- Research
- Office
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
Project Manager, Industrial Innovation Initiative
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development —Minneapolis, MN
- $82,000 - $93,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Mid-level
- Bachelor's degree
- Travel
- Health savings account
- Health insurance
Problem Gambling Treatment Grants Manager - Grants Specialist Senior
State of Minnesota - Human Services Dept —Saint Paul, MN
- $30.76 - $48.60 an hour
- Online Application
- Hybrid work
- Background check
- Writing skills
- Office
- Paid parental leave
- Paid holidays
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Events Manager
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity —Saint Paul, MN
- $72,000 - $77,000 a year
- Clean driving record
- Mid-level
- Driver's License
- Paid parental leave
- Health savings account
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Extension Educator, Health & Nutrition - St. Cloud
University of Minnesota —Minneapolis, MN
- $74,000 - $88,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Background check
- Mid-level
- Office
Communications and Equity Specialist
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Schools —North Saint Paul, MN
- From $60,000 a year
- 8 hour shift
- School experience
- Marketing
- Mid-level
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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American Indian Mental Health Block Grant Manager - Grants Specialist Senior
State of Minnesota - Human Services Dept —Saint Paul, MN
- $30.76 - $45.26 an hour
- Online Application
- Hybrid work
- Background check
- Writing skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Paid parental leave
- Paid holidays
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Environmental Sustainability Coordinator
Sabathani Community Center —Minneapolis, MN
- $50,000 - $65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Mid-level
- Office
- Driver's License
Public Funding Coordinator
FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVICES, INC —Saint Paul, MN
- $36 - $38 an hour
- Full-time
- Research
- Mid-level
- Office
- 403(b) matching
- Paid holidays
7d
Project Assistant, Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
University of Minnesota —Minneapolis, MN
- $24.33 - $30.69 an hour
- Weekends as needed
- Background check
- Mid-level
- Office
- Travel reimbursement
Overdose Prevention Project Manager, State Program Admin Principal
State of Minnesota - Health Department —Saint Paul, MN
- $32.97 - $48.60 an hour
- Online Application
- Hybrid work
- Background check
- Office
- Master's degree
- Paid parental leave
- Paid holidays
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Grant & Contract Accountant
University of Minnesota —Minneapolis, MN
- $59,500 - $61,500 a year
- Online Application
- Hybrid work
- Background check
- Bachelor of Science
- Mid-level
Policy Specialist, MISO
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development —Minneapolis, MN
- $65,000 - $85,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Bachelor's degree
- Health savings account
- Health insurance
2026-27 Management Assistant 3 - Office of College & Career Readiness
Saint Paul Public Schools —Saint Paul, MN
- $72,183 - $100,685 a year
- Online Application
- Mid-level
- Office
- Administrative experience
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
3d
Contract Manager, Policy Specialist - Human Services Program Representative 2
State of Minnesota - Human Services Dept —Saint Paul, MN
- $32.97 - $48.60 an hour
- Online Application
- Hybrid work
- Research
- Mid-level
- Bachelor's degree
- Paid parental leave
- Paid holidays
7d
Lecturer in Food and Culinary Science
University of Minnesota —Minneapolis, MN
- Part-time
- Background check
- Laboratory
- Classroom
10d
Assistant HRA Administrator
City of Bloomington, MN —Bloomington, MN
- $107,239 - $141,120 a year
- Full-time
- Spanish
- English
- Residential
- Free parking
- Paid parental leave
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Grants & Contracts Professional

University of Minnesota -
Minneapolis, MN

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Job Details

Full-time

Qualifications

Employee relationship building

Full Job Description

BA/BS plus at least 4 years of experience, or a combination of related education and work experience to equal at least eight years.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Demonstrated extensive experience drafting and managing budgets for external and internal grant proposals and preparing budgets for SPA approval.
Specific internal (e.g., UMN Grant-in-Aid) and external (e.g., NIH) grants & contracts knowledge as it relates to higher education.
Ability to efficiently multi-task across proposal submissions to a variety of funders and
deadlines.
Experience with human subjects research as it pertains to grant proposal requirements.
Experience effectively working with faculty researchers to manage proposal submissions
from start to finish.
Willingness and ability to work in a hybrid capacity (flex remote and in-person) on the UMN Twin Cities campus.
Organized, committed to completing tasks fully and on time, and display professional skills in inter-professional interactions.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with nursing foundation and other grant mechanisms.
Experience with grant proposals that include clinical trials.

The G&C Professional is an intermediate-level research administrator who works one-on-one with faculty researchers to manage the full life cycle of grant proposals from initial project inception through final institutional approval and submission. This position provides highly responsive, direct project management support primarily for a standard portfolio of federal and non-federal grant submissions. The G&C Prof 3 ensures that individual faculty proposals are structured accurately, meet all milestones, and adhere strictly to compliance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

End-to-End Proposal Management (Standard Portfolios) (45%):
- Work one-on-onewith School of Nursing (SoN) Principal Investigators (PIs) through the entire grant submission process from start to finish as well as grant reporting phases.
- Build operational checklists, outline submission timelines, lead proposal preparation meetings, and cross-reference application materials against sponsor solicitation matrices to ensuresubmission readiness. Draft all non-science proposal components (e.g., facilities; other support; collaborator, consultant and administrative letters) for faculty review.
- Ensure all documents are compliant with Sponsor requirements (e.g., verifying page limits, auditing font types, configuring SciENcv profiles, Other Support documents). Upload all proposal documents into sponsor systems.
Sponsor Requests (5%):
- Initiate and work with PIs to develop documents in response to Sponsor requests. Coordinate, route and submit pre-award Just in Time (JIT) and
  other requests through eRA Commons and the Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA).

Budget Preparation & Calculation (20%):
- Partner directly with PIs to prepare and calculate standard proposal budgets and baseline budget justifications and statements of work.
- Ensure the accurate application of institutional base salaries, fringe benefit rates, and indirect cost rates (F&A) in total alignment with university policy and funder constraints.
- Initiate internal setup paperwork for SPA, mapping budget line-items to UMN PeopleSoft chart strings, and set up initial internal tracking systems.
- Draft and manage subaward and no-cost extension budgets, including directly emailing external institutional coordinators, issuing subrecipient commitment packages, auditing external
  institutional rate agreements/fringe allocations, and ensuring external institutional sign-offs weeks in advance of the submission deadline.
Post-Award Support (3%):
- Provides baseline post-award financial support, including monitoring active grant budgets and spending compliance, assisting PIs with standard
  financial reporting requirements, and ensuring alignment with sponsor terms and University policies.

Manage Data and Reporting (5%):
- Prepare and route the proposal information in MN GEMS, enter information into ONRS and other databases and ensure institutional data are accurate, and run reports as needed.
- Collaborative Relationship Building (10%): Cultivate and maintain strong, productive professional relationships with faculty researchers.
- Actively learn their ongoing administrative preferences, keep them tightly informed of milestone internal deadlines, and offer seamless, personalized guidance throughout their submission pipeline.
- Provide high-touch, solution-oriented service to all internal team members and external institutional partners.

Research Training (2%):
- Work with other Office of Nursing Research and Scholarship (ONRS) to design and lead training initiatives for research tools (e.g., SciENcv, My Bibliography) enabling investigators to efficiently manage their research profiles.

Template Customization & Feedback (5%):
- Utilize existing office templates, worksheets, and job aids to streamline the pre-award process for faculty.
- Provide regular administrative feedback and input to senior staff to help continuously refine and improve these tools for accuracy and thoroughness.

Operational Alignment & Development (5%):
- Participate actively in weekly office team meetings to discuss current issues, dissect major policy updates, share regulatory
  compliance insights, coordinate staff workload balances, and cover for staff who are out
  of the office.
- Maintain cutting-edge expertise by engaging in university courses, federal
  workshops, and national research administration webinars.

Founded in 1909 and recognized as the first nursing program established within a university, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing continues to lead the profession into the future. With a mission to generate knowledge and educate leaders to shape the future of nursing and advance health care to improve the health and wellbeing of all, the school and its research are addressing health issues and improving health. With nearly $6 million in National Institutes of Health awards to the School of Nursing and the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing in 2019, the University of Minnesota rose to 10th in the latest ranking of NIH funding to schools of nursing.

The school is ranked among the top programs in nurse midwifery and nursing informatics, and it is internationally renowned for its efforts to improve health and health care through the use of big data. The School was one of nine nursing schools nationally awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine in 2020.

The University of Minnesota has one of the largest, more comprehensive academic health centers in the nation. While robust scholarly inquiry is central to the School of Nursing’s mission, it is enhanced by interprofessional collaboration with schools and colleges within the University and its health sciences schools comprised of pharmacy, medicine, public health, dentistry and veterinary medicine.

Applications must be submitted online. To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions. You will be given the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume.

Additional documents may be attached after application by accessing your "My Job Applications" page and uploading documents in the "My Cover Letters and Attachments" section.

To request an accommodation during the application process, please e-mail [email protected] or call (612) 624-8647.

The University recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the academic mission. The University is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds.

The University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. To learn more about diversity at the U: http://diversity.umn.edu

Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Our presumption is that prospective employees are eligible to work here. Criminal convictions do not automatically disqualify finalists from employment.

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC)

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.

At the University of Minnesota, we are proud to be recognized by Forbes as a Best Employer for Company Culture (2026), Best Employer for Women (2023), and Best Employer by State (2022-2026). In 2026, we also received Culture Excellence & Industry Awards recognition for employee appreciation and work-life flexibility.

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