The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department is seeking a Budget Specialist to support HR and Finance actions. 

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage all HR/Payroll documents (including visa applications), for approximately 20 faculty/staff and 90+ students/fellows and submit to BHRSA Service Center for processing. Creates and maintains employee HR/Payroll files including postdoc and faculty hires.
• Provide administrative support to the Chair, including calendar and travel management. Also, provides administrative support to the department Administrator, including special projects as needed.
• Assist with the day-to-day maintenance of budget management based on an awareness of the status of department or unit funding sources, including most of the following: monthly account reconciliation, ongoing monitoring of expenses, processing travel expenses, coordinating procurement processes and vendor payments, coding invoices, initiating cost transfers and/or wire payments. Track and monitor revenue and expenditures to identify variances and to provide up-to-date expenditure and balance information.
• Assist in developing budgets and budget projections, based on a basic knowledge of funding sources, by performing basic calculations and analyses, generating standard reports, and applying approved processes and procedures.
• Assemble budgets for grants and contracts in pre-award period. Assist in submitting grants and fellowships via Coeus and era Commons Assist. Monitor post award budgets based on established processes and procedures. Process student awards, sub-awards, and budget reallocations for grants managed by exempt-level budget staff. Assist in development and maintenance of budget monitoring systems by setting up electronic and paper files, recommending and following workflow, and suggesting process improvements.
• Assist with award setup details after grant numbers are assigned.
• Assist with the support of relevant post-award responsibilities including account reconciliation, effort reporting, cost transfers, paying invoices, closeouts, and related faculty support.

• High School Diploma or graduation equivalent.
• Three years of related administrative and/or budget experience.
• Related coursework at the college level may substitute for experience to extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• College Degree preferred.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Two years? office/clerical experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and applications.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Communication.
• Record keeping.
• Ability to take direction.

Technical Qualifications or Specialized Certifications

• Two years office/clerical experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and applications.

Classified Title: Budget Specialist 
Role/Level/Range: ATO 37.5/02/OE  
Starting Salary Range: $18.20 - $33.90 HRLY ($50,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am ? 5:00pm 
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health 
Department name: ???????Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

Show more

Show less

Connections working at Johns Hopkins University