Research Analyst (Post Award Specialist)

About the role

The position is responsible for supporting a variety of departmental needs related to research grant funding. These include serving as a liaison with the Grants office on pre-award matters, monitoring grant budgets, processing payroll and tuition scholarships for grant-funded personnel, and serving as a liaison to the International office for grant-related work authorization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison to Grants Contracts Administration (GCA) and COS Research Officers for pre-award budgetary matters for Chemistry departmental grants, including cost share agreements, departmental rules norms for payroll and tuition coverage, and departmental facilities costs.
• Monitor grant account balances to help investigators avoid over or underspending the approved budget.
• Work with CROs as needed to address any compliance and policy questions related to grant expenditures.
• Oversee and monitor a checkbook system for grant and nonsponsored project accounts to track encumbered payroll, POs, Pcard purchases, and other pending expenses that will impact available balances.
• Create and manage job postings for grant-funded postdoctoral scholars, hourly researchers and other research staff.
• Serve as departmental liaison to UNT International for work authorization needs of postdoctoral scholars, visiting scholars, and grant-funded research staff.
• Aid in the collection of data for the required annual Space Survey.

Requirements

• Clear, effective communication skills; e.g., emails to ask about or convey rules, regulations and procedures or ability to explain same verbally.
• Interpersonal skills to maintain excellent relationships with researchers and various offices across the institution.
• Time management skills, including ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Prior knowledge of pre- or post-award administration regulations and procedures.
• General administrative experience with budgets, purchasing, payroll, travel, and/or scheduling, with specific skills in budget planning, analysis, reconciliation, and forecasting.
• Problem solving skills; being flexible and creative within regulations.
• Ability to determine when decisions can be appropriately made and when they must be referred to a higher level to protect institutional integrity.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new things and manage change processes.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and synthesize information from a variety of sources and prepare reports and graphical displays, as requested by the head of the unit.
• Maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Knowledge of safety and security precautions appropriate to work performed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field and three years of relevant experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Three or more years of experience working with grants in an academic setting, including interactions with faculty, staff, and students.
• Knowledge of Uniform Guidance 2 CFR Part 200 and federal funding agency guidelines (e.g., NSF, NIH).
• Experience with Power BI, PeopleSoft, and grant management software such as Cayuse.

Skills

• Clear, effective communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Time management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Problem solving skills.
• Ability to determine when decisions can be appropriately made and when they must be referred to a higher level.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new things.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and synthesize information.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Knowledge of safety and security precautions.

Benefits

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Pay

$43,888 FTE: 1.000000

Schedule

M-F, 8am-5pm