at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50180
Department: MED-Basic Science Admin
Salary/Grade: EXS/6
Job Summary:
An Associate Research Administrator for the Basic Sciences Administration (BSA) provides administrative assistance and routine problem solving in support of unit's research programs and mission. Assistance may include the preparation and/or submission of routine research proposals, grants and/or contracts according to standard practice and/or general instruction. May assist with and/or complete proposal submissions, prepare information used in grant budgets, process, and project financial transactions, and/or effort reporting activities. Constituency will be determined based upon candidate experience and unit needs and will support approximately 4 faculty of varying portfolio size and complexity.
BSA supports the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, as well as Center for Genetic Medicine, and the Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics. The BSA Research Administration Team manages pre- and post-award administration including approvals of procurement and expense reports, proposal development, award setup and management, budget preparation, compliance, effort reporting, financial management, and financial reporting and projections.
Specific Responsibilities:
Complexity
- Typically administers multiple research projects such as:
- Single Principal Investigator (PI) basic proposals, grants and/or contracts
- May assist with components of multi-PI or multi-unit proposals, grants and/or contracts
- NIH R01-approximately $250K/yr. over 5 yrs.
