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Research Administrator

3 months ago

Evanston, Illinois, United States Northwestern University Full time
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:

o Fill out internal & external paperwork

o Create & review budget

o Review sponsor guidelines

o Read 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.
Human Resources

  • Processes paperwork associated with hiring & termination of employees.
  • Sets-up post doc
  • Provides training to technical and administrative staff in unit regarding research administration. .
Compliance

  • Ensures compliance with all appropriate NU policies & practices; local, state, federal, agency & sponsor rules, regulations & requirements regarding grant &/or contract administration.
  • Recommends changes to improve programs, policy &/or practice.
  • Resolves compliance problems & issues working in conjunction with faculty.
  • Resolves compliance problems & issues involving research safety, animal subjects and human subjects.
  • Alerts supervisor to potential higher risk compliance issues.
Supervision

  • Mentor other administrative staff in research administration.
Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
  • 2 years research administration + 1 year financial or administrative support experience in a research environment (total of 3 years).
Minimum Competencies:

(Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

  • Organization, time management, detail oriented
  • Multi-tasking, communication
  • Self-starter, diplomatic, pro-active, manage stress
  • Managing people
  • Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including ability to create complex formulas and pivot tables
The target hiring range for this position will be between $67,978 to $95,595 per 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.


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