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Department: MED-Dermatology
Salary/Grade: EXS/8
Job Summary:
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 work that is somewhat project oriented & involves some complex problems &/or decisions.EE administers policy.
Target hiring range for this position will be between $67,978-$84,973per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
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)
*Certified Research Administrator (CRA)
*ASRSP effort reporting 101
*NU Financials budget reconciliation and reporting
*Audit & Advisory best practices
Specific Responsibilities:
Complexity
*Typically administers multiple research projects such as:
oSingle Principal Investigator (PI) proposals, grants &/or contracts
oBasic multi-PI or multi-unit proposals, grants &/or contracts
oResearch portfolio for a small to mid-sized unit
oNIH U-approximately $500K+/yr. over multiple yrs
oNIHP-approximately $500K+/yr. over multiple yrs.
oNIH T-approximately $100-$200K+/yr. over multiple yrs.
oDOD and industry awards
oCenter or program grants
oProposals with cost sharing
oFixed-price contracts
oNon-funded negotiations such as NDAs, user agreements
Pre-Award
*Manages pre-award administration of grants and &/or contracts.
*Establishes procedures at the small to mid-sized unit level related to pre-award administration.
*Coordinates of large-scale proposals, teaming/collaboration agreements, confidentiality agreements, intellectual property agreements or user agreements submission.
*Prepares &/or reviews complete budget and budget justification, assessing the need for the redistribution of project F&A among multiple redistributed chartstrings.
*Completes sponsor and university proposal forms.
*May coordinate IRB and IACUC protocols; sub-recipients, facilities, administrative costs, space, and co-investigator agreements.
Post-Award
*Coordinates post-award administration of research grants &/or contracts.
*Monitors execution of all financial transactions in research portfolio.
*Forecasts & provides information for reports on financial status of projects.
*Manages day-to-day financial functions.
*Verifies that protocols are linked to chart strings; labor distribution assignments.
*Completes expenditure reviews.
*Reconciles monthly payroll entries.
*Verifies & processes cost share entries.
*Regularly review award budget status with PIs
*Prepares & submits invoices to sponsors.
*Identifies program income issues.
*Proposes resolutions to overdrafts.
*Prepares interim & final financial reports.
*Facilitates account close out activities.
*Serves as liaison between department & OSR, ASRSP, IACUC, IRB, internal audit, funding & regulatory agencies, subcontractors, collaborators, institutes, centers,... For full info follow application link.
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.
