Research Administrator, Pre-Award III - School of Medicine - Pediatrics

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports the day-to-day activities of a team of Pre-Award Specialists.
• Maintains workload distribution and reports concerns to the Research Administration Services (RAS) Director.
• Provides guidance to team members, as appropriate.
• Collaborates with RAS Director on pre-award activities, issue resolution, and workload distribution.
• Manages pre-award activities for an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts.
• Ensures effective and efficient workflow and adherence to quality standards.
• Coordinates with Post-Award team lead to organize inter-team meetings.
• Assists departmental faculty/PI in the development, preparation, and submission of grant and contract proposals.
• Monitors and ensures all applications meet agency and university guidelines and published timelines and deadlines.
• Manages the Just-In-Time process and enters proposals in a timely manner for further review.
• Secures necessary sub-awards documents for proposals and assists the PI in developing budgets and budget justification.
• Reviews biosketches and facilities & resources for consistency, accuracy, and completeness.
• Ensures proposals are consistent with sponsor guidelines on budget, format, font size, and page limits.
• Maintains proposal status and advises the PI on requirements and deadlines associated with research protection protocols.
• Works effectively with other offices (central, school, departments, divisions) on research proposal.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree and five years of work-related grants and contracts experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Knowledge of federal rules and regulations relating to research grant and/or contract activity.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite software.