Department: MED-Gastroenterology
Salary/Grade: EXS/8

 

Job Summary:

Provides administrative leadership and intermediate problem solving in support of unit's research programs and mission. May provide sole support to a small to mid-sized unit or support a portion of activities in a larger unit.  May provide lifecycle pre- & post-award research administration ensuring the fulfillment of all grant &/or contract & compliance requirements.  Manages overall day-to-day research administration activities & may research & identify funding opportunities & faculty &/or PIs with associated research competencies & interests.  Ensures that all activities are completed in compliance with associated local, state, federal & institutional rules & regulations.

Specific Responsibilities:

Complexity:

�         Typically administers multiple research projects such as:

�         Single Principal Investigator (PI) proposals, grants &/or contracts

�         Basic multi-PI or multi-unit proposals, grants &/or contracts

�         Research portfolio for a small to mid-sized unit

�         NIH U-approximately $500K+/yr. over multiple yrs.

�         NIH P-approximately $500K+/yr. over multiple yrs.

�         NIH T-approximately $100-$200K+/yr. over multiple yrs.

�         DOD and industry awards

�         Center or program grants

�         Proposals with cost sharing

�         Fixed price contracts

�         Non-funded negotiations such as NDAs, user agreements

Pre-Award:

�         Manages pre-award administration of grants &/or contracts.

�         Reviews solicitation and proactively resolves any issues/questions within the solicitation with OSR and/or sponsor. 

�         Establishes procedures at the small to mid-sized unit level related to pre-award administration.

�         Coordinates large-scale proposals, teaming/collaboration agreements, confidentiality agreements, intellectual property agreements or user agreements.

�         Manage representation of sub-recipients, cost sharing and administrative costs on a proposal. 

�         Coordinates IRB and IACUC protocols. 

�         Prepares &/or reviews complete budget.

�         Assesses the need for the redistribution of project F&A among multiple redistributed chart strings.

Post-Award:

�         Completes post-award administration of research grants &/or contracts.

�         Reviews account establishment.

�         Manages effort commitments of key project personnel.

�         Approves high value/high-risk expenditures.

�         Interprets awards documents.

�         Reviews and reports expenditures.

�         Verifies processing of cost share transactions.

�         Reviews award budget status with PIs.

�         Provides data needed for interim and final financial and technical progress reports.

�         Facilitates account close out activities, coordinating with ASRSP as needed. 

�         Establishes procedures at the small to mid-sized unit level related to post-award administration.

�         Serves as liaison between department & OSR, ASRSP, IACUC, IRB, internal audit, funding & regulatory agencies, subcontractors, collaborators, institutes, centers, etc.

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