at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job ID49334
LocationEvanston, Illinois
Department: WCAS Chemistry
Salary/Grade: EXS/8
Job Summary:
This Research Administrator position in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern is a full-time hybrid position (37.5 hours), working under the Associate Director of Financial Administration on-site three days per week, and two days remote. 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.
Please Note:
Supervisor provides objectives & deadlines.Work is reviewed for fulfillment of objective & deadlines & overall compliance with policy & procedures.EE completes some activities without direction, informing supervisor only of potentially controversial matters, &/or far-reaching implications.
EE uses some judgment to adapt an advanced knowledge of skills, methods, practices, policies &/or procedures & a moderate degree of innovation, analysis & reasoning to complete
*As time and budget allows:
*New-"Brown Bag"-Interested in becoming an RA?
*Need more "How To:" sessions such as:
oFill out internal & external paperwork
oCreate & review budget
oReview sponsor guidelines
oRead a solicitation
*Five University Business Processes classes (HR700, HR705, HR715, HR725, HR740)New-"Brown Bag"-Interested in becoming an RA?
*NU-ORI-Res Dam Training session
*SCS course: Grantsmanship for the Research Professional
*NCURA-National Council of University Research Administrators/SRA - Society of Research Administrators International (regional or national meetings)
*ASRSP effort reporting 101
*NU Financials budget reconciliation and reporting
*Audit & Advisory best practices
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
*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 chartstrings.
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 & SR, ASRSP, IACUC, IRB, internal audit, funding & regulatory agencies, subcontractors, collaborators, institutes, centers, etc.
*Participates in efforts to improve research administration including serving on university committees related to research administration.
Financial
*Oversees sponsored project portfolio.
*Reviews transactions and resolve issues that requires a more complex level of financial understanding such as cost-sharing &/or effort reporting knowledge.
*Provides information to senior management that is used for department budgeting purposes.
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