Research Administrator (I, II, III) Post Award

About the role

The department is either going to hire a Research Administrator I, II, or III. This position performs the more complex pre-award and post-award administration of federal, state, private profit and private non-profit grants and contracts awarded to the University of Houston. They serve as team leader for research administration teams for assigned college units.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and submits proposals to external funding sources;
• Initiates the creation of cost centers according to awarded project terms and conditions and modifies cost centers according to revised award notices;
• Provides guidance and expertise to faculty, department administrators and university executives on a wide variety of grants and contracts issues;
• Responsible for customer problem review and resolution for research administration team;
• Develops and implements internal operating procedures for assigned team;
• Captions the work activities of assigned team and provides work direction as needed;
• Maintains web-based proposal submission and research administration using electronic research administration systems;
• Negotiates the terms and conditions of grants and sub-recipient awards with potential sponsors and awardees and reviews contracts in conjunction with the Research Contracts Officer;
• Research sponsor's financial and administrative regulations applicable to funded projects;
• Evaluates expenditure reallocation documents according to federal, state and university guidelines for allowability, appropriateness and timeliness.

Requirements

• A thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline;
• Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed;
• A minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience for Research Administrator I;
• A minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience for Research Administrator II;
• A minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience for Research Administrator III.

Qualifications

Department is willing to accept education in lieu of experience. Department is willing to accept experience in lieu of education.

Skills

None specifically listed in the job description.

Benefits

None specifically listed in the job description.

Pay

$49,400 - $74,300 Annual Salary

Schedule

Not specified