Grants Specialist / Project Specialist I

Grants Specialist / Project Specialist I Job Type: Full Time Location: Philadelphia, PA Job Description: FINANCE PROJECT SPECIALIST The American College of Radiology (w.ACR.org), a professional association for radiologists, has been a major factor in radiology clinical research since the 1960s. Located in Philadelphia, the clinical research office administers the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (w.RTOG.org), the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (w.ACRIN.org), the Quality Research in Radiation Oncology group (w.QRRO.org) and ACR Image Metrix (w.ACR ImageMetrix.net) a subsidiary of the ACR. The ACR is the premier healthcare society committed to ensuring that imaging is safe, effective, and accessible to all patients and is one of the top US health care organizations in federally funded clinical research, receiving over $40 million annually in grants from the National Cancer Institute. The Project Specialist will provide support in developing industry and protocol budgets for studies that report to the NCI in addition to academic institutional imaging budget requests. As a member of the ACR team you will: . Prepare department industry budgets and protocol budgets for NCI studies . Assemble clinical grant applications for NCI funding initiatives . Prepare NIH grants and budgets for existing and new clinical research opportunities . Respond to institutional imaging budget requests . Build monthly budgets and expense analyses This position requires a bachelor's degree or commensurate related experience. BS in Finance/related field preferred. This position typically requires four to six years of related experience with previous experience with NIH/NCI grants as a grants administrator highly desired. Experience with Great Plains/FRX software desired. This position requires PC and MS Office skills along with strong verbal and written communication, organizational, presentation and interpersonal skills. If you would like to put your experience to great use in a professional team oriented environment, please apply online at w.acr.org (Jobs at ACR), or you may submit your resume and salary history to: American College of Radiology 1818 Market Street, Suite 1600 Philadelphia. PA, 19103 Attention: Human Resources (Position: P 4) hr@acr.org ACR offers competitive compensation and an exceptional benefits package including a defined contribution pension plan, 403B, paid vacation, paid personal days, paid holidays and sick days, all major insurances life, health, dental, prescription, ADandD, short and long term disability, LTC, flexible spending, tuition reimbursement, health club benefit, a business casual/people friendly work environment and more! ACR is an EOE M/F/D/VIndustries: Education/Higher Education