Contract Coordinator
Job Description
Responsibilities
\n Maintain and monitor subrecipient and other contractual agreements, budgets, staffing plans, time and effort reports; develop tools as needed. Review subrecipient invoices for allowability of costs; respond to questions. Create and/or assist in preparing financial reports, budgets and contracts. Update, maintain and provide training of financial reporting tools used by subrecipients. Create and/or assist subrecipient financial guidance documents/newsletters. Troubleshoot subrecipient questions as received. Confer regularly with program staff and other department/University personnel, and/or various firms/organizations/individuals outside the University to plan and coordinate activities, exchange information, resolve problems, etc. Perform various accounting and departmental functions: prepare and process purchase orders; review invoices for payment, post transactions in departmental tracking tools; set up meetings; maintain contact lists. Provide fiscal training/orientation of Nutrition Educators. Assist and update the Maine RHTP - NEP finance/program manual and website as needed. Travel throughout Maine as needed. Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
\n Associate degree in business or other appropriate discipline, plus two to three years of relevant bookkeeping and administrative experience, or a combination of comparable education and experience. Basic knowledge and skills in general accounting/bookkeeping principles and procedures. Experience with grant fiscal management preferred. Strong administrative and organizational skills. Strong computer skills and proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word required. Good reading, spelling/grammar and general writing and math skills. Ability to deal effectively with a wide variety of University personnel, students, and/or outside individuals/organizations. WordPress and previous UNE experience desirable.
