University Grants Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Position Type: Professional / Unclassified

Department: LSUAM ORED - Operations - Research Programs (Attres Elizabeth Tagge (00002557))

Work Location: 0126 David F. Boyd Hall

Pay Grade: Professional

The Program Manager provides administrative and financial support to all multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, or strategic research programs for Health Affairs supported by the Office of Research & Economic Development. This position will assist with all financial accounting, grant reporting and compliance with funding agencies for assigned faculty, programs, and projects, and provide operational support as required.

• Portfolio Management: Work directly with Associate Director of Research Operations and assigned Principal Investigators to provide assistance with routine business functions to ensure payroll, procurement, accounts receivable/payable, travel, events, and collaborator expenses are processed and allocated to correct program budgets. Assists with preparation of all internal budgets for the PI’s portfolio (i.e., operating, discretionary, affiliation, grants, foundation, agency, etc.), reconciles, and monitors spending to ensure adherence to budget. Executes budget/spending adjustments and correcting accounting as deemed necessary.
• 50% Post-Award Research Proposal Support: Works with Office of Sponsored Programs and Sponsored Programs Accounting to make necessary changes and resolve any issues. Liaises with Associate Director of Research Operations, Chief Health Officer, ORED Assistant Vice Chancellors for Research Development and Finance to review and monitor on-going financial performance, adherence to annual budgets and ensure post-award follow-up items are addressed timely. Tracks effort on funded awards to ensure it is met and documented within the period of performance. Assists Principal Investigators with all funding agencies by ensuring that required information is maintained and reported on a regular basis (e.g. RPPR, annual reports, etc.). Interfaces with ORED Research Development and prepares electronic submissions as needed for no-cost extensions, supplemental funding, and modifications. Reviews all assigned, pending and proposed grants and contracts to ensure grants are budgeted, reconciled, and projected appropriately to ensure PI has sufficient effort to allocate to pending and proposed projects.
• 35% Collaboration Management: This position collaborates with the Chief Health Officer to ensure successful program implementation. This includes supporting research meetings and events, ensuring all collaborators have necessary information for their role in the project, managing group communications, tracking projects to ensure tasks are accomplished, progress reporting, and ensuring that potential risks to the program are identified, brought to the attention of the Associate Director of Research Program Operations and other applicable departments/units for prompt mitigation.
• 10% Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of experience. Some experience leading multiple initiatives or projects simultaneously and managing grants from biomedical or health related funding agencies (NIH, LA Dept. of Health, private industry, etc.).

Physical ability and eye-hand coordination necessary to use a computer terminal, copier, telephone and other standard office equipment. LSU seeks to employ qualified, fiscally responsible individuals in sensitive positions within the university. Therefore, all candidates and temporary staff who are selected for employment at Louisiana State University for a position that regularly engages in financial matters including handling credit cards, cash, grant funds, or other university funds must undergo a credit check per FASOP HR04.

Preferred Skills: Posting Date: August 21, 2026 Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified): December 19, 2026

Background Check - An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check.

Benefits - LSU offers outstanding benefits to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement options; various leave options; paid holidays; wellness benefits; tuition exemption for qualified positions; training and development opportunities; employee discounts; and more!

Positions approved to work outside the State of Louisiana shall be employed through Louisiana State University’s partner, nextSource Workforce Solutions, for Employer of Record Services including but not limited to employment, benefits, payroll, and tax compliance. Positions employed through Employer of Record Services will be offered benefits and retirement as applicable through their provider and will not be eligible for State of Louisiana benefits and retirement.

LSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and maintain that valid work authorization throughout employment.

Changes in laws, regulations, or government policies may impact the university’s ability to employ individuals in certain positions.

LSU includes institutions, facilities and programs in each of Louisiana’s 64 parishes, and its campuses stretch the length of the state from New Orleans to Shreveport. Each institution plays a vital role in preparing students to incorporate new knowledge and technologies into their daily lives. LSU researchers across Louisiana are working on developing a wide-range of innovations to improve quality of life by studying issues such as disease management, advance medical treatments, obesity, coastal protection, hurricane preparedness, energy, natural resource management and agriculture, among others. Louisiana’s Flagship University is a land-, sea- and space-grant institution with academic programs in all areas of science, engineering, humanities, arts and social sciences. The University comprises of nine institutions: Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (“LSU”), the premier flagship university for the state, which include the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and the School of Veterinary Medicine Louisiana State University at Alexandria Louisiana State University at Eunice Louisiana State University at Shreveport LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans LSU Health Science Center – Shreveport The Health Care Services Division Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Pennington Biomedical Research Center Any other college, university, school, institution, or program now or hereafter under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College