Senior Award Administrator

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Do you thrive in a collaborative environment that allows you to build strong relationships throughout the organization?

If so, The Office of Sponsored Programs Administration (OSPA) at Iowa State University is currently seeking candidates for a Senior Award Administrator, which will be classified as a Research Administrator III!

What You'll Do:

• Independently review, analyze, develop, negotiate, and execute a wide variety of contracts and agreements under signature authority delegated by the Director of OSPA.

• Ensure compliance with ISU internal policies, sponsor guidelines, and federal regulations (2 CFR 200, FAR, DFAR).

• Serve as a resource to faculty, staff, and grant coordinators in the administration of such contracts, and agreements.

• Analyze requests for subrecipient agreements including risk assessment and subrecipient monitoring.

• Independently develop, negotiate, and execute subcontracts and subcontract amendments off ISU prime contracts/agreements under delegated signature authority.

• Communicate with faculty, staff, sponsors, and sub-recipients on the pre and post-award management of contracts, agreements, and subcontracts.

• Arrange and lead meetings to discuss award/subcontract terms and conditions as well as strategies for negotiating or developing contracts, agreements, and subcontracts.

• Ensure award and negotiation data are accurately entered into OSPA database systems to enable ISUs administration to create accurate reports.

• Collaborate with Offices of University Counsel, Research Ethics,Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Sponsored Programs Accounting, Procurement Services, Information Technology, Risk Management and others to ensure award compliance with sponsor and ISU policies.

• Provide just-in-time guidance or materials for understanding and implementing sponsor-specific regulations and requirements.

The successful candidate has the ability to work on-site in Ames if they prefer.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an on-going basis without sponsorship.

About Department:

The Office of Sponsored Programs Administration promotes and facilitates the research, education, and outreach missions of Iowa State University by supporting and administering research and sponsored programs. OSPA is the central point of coordination for research and sponsored programs and the Universitys authorized representative for grants, contracts and other agreements from external sponsors. The goal of OSPA is to deliver high quality services in an efficient and professional manner in compliance with sponsor rules and regulations.

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Senior-level position possessing high-level professional and/or technical skills working independently under minimal supervision to support ISUs mission and department or work unit goals
Applies senior-level professional knowledge and expertise to work requiring greater latitude
Solves moderately complex problems and regularly exercises judgment to determine appropriate action
Regularly exercises judgment to resolve problems and determine appropriate action on a broad set of issue and problems. May provide recommendations regarding problems/issues outside the bounds of defined procedures and practices
Responds to complicated inquiries, provides training, and provides direction to lower-level staff
May provide supervision for one to two other staff (i.e., leads a small work team)
May lead projects for which well-defined practices and procedures may not exist
Provides guidance to students

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