Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Data, Reporting, and Grants Administrator
Filed in Administrative on February 9, 2023
The Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) at MIT seeks a data, reporting, and grants administrator to design, enable, implement, and manage the quantitative and qualitative data collection that J-WEL relies upon to plan, manage, and check the impact of its work.
Responsibilities will include leading the process and design of grants administration, where J-WEL funds research across MIT; selecting platforms and designs and developing resources for internal databases, documentation, and policies/procedures; managing the annual faculty grants disbursement process and maintaining relationships with recipients; database management; establishing timelines/action steps for grants and data reporting; developing basic communication plans; developing a project management approach to track, implement, analyze, and improve grant and data processes; collaborating on determining objectives and success metrics; developing methods for collecting feedback and tracking metrics; and performing other duties as needed.
A full description is available here.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- At least three years’ administrative, operations, and/or project/program management experience
- Strong analytical and written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with databases and technology platforms, including learning new tools (e.g., QuickBase)
- Self-motivation and the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Discretion with confidential matters
- Ability to prioritize competing requirements and multiple deadlines and adapt to and support change
- Ability to communicate in a consistent, clear, and concise manner
- Ability to leverage the strengths, expertise, and diverse perspectives to maintain a high-performing team with shared goals and responsibilities
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced-level academic training in educational administration and information technology
- Familiarity with academic grants design and administration
- Knowledge of higher education business operations, especially organizations with complex global impact aspirations involving multiple stakeholders
- Interest in data for impact assessment
- Familiarity with MIT financial, administrative, and operational policies/procedures
Interested candidates may apply online at https://hr.mit.edu/careers. Please reference job number 22353.
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