Associate Specialist, Medical Education Grants

Responsibilities

•        Responsible for the grant application and reporting processes from grant receipt and review to decision.

•        Expected to collaborate closely with internal partners, educational providers, and our Alliance colleagues.

•        With peer support and supervisor guidance, will ensure accuracy and timeliness of processes.

•        Within Medical Education, we serve as a meaningful liaison to the scientific and healthcare community supporting unbranded and independent education on clinical advances.

Daily Expectations:

·      Processing IME grants from receipt and review through decisions according to current standard processes.

·      Troubleshooting any issues that may arise in the application process to support accuracy, compliance, and timeliness of grants.

·      Collaborate on and secure appropriate documentation to ensure accurate and current records for audit purposes.

·      Foster and maintain compliant partnerships with grant recipients.

·      Serve as a resource on the grant application processes and the grant portal.

·      Coordinate sharing of relevant information for communications/reports to collaborators, with direction from senior team members.

Qualifications:

·      Bachelor’s degree required with an advanced degree a plus.

·      Minimum of 1 year’s medical education within a medical education, communication or pharmaceutical industry setting.

·      Knowledge of compliance guidelines that impact independent medical education grants and continuing medical education programs is required.

·      Knowledge of systems and processes involved in grant routing, management, and payment (EFMS, Zycus, QlikSense, Excel, PPT, etc.) a plus