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Assistant Research Administrator, Cardiovascular Research Institute
2 months ago
LocationChicago, Illinois
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Department: MED-Feinberg Cardio Res Inst
Salary/Grade: NEX/11
Job Summary:
Completes clerical and administrative tasks in support of unit's sponsored programs and research mission. This may include coordinating pre-award &/or post-award processes; completing internal or external forms for any/all portions (including budget) of a proposal or award; collecting, distributing &/or archiving proposal and award related documents; using spreadsheets to calculate budgets and track data &/or data analysis.
Please note: Supervisor provides objectives, deadlines & specific instructions only for new, difficult, &/or unusual work. Work is reviewed upon completion & only occasionally to verify technical accuracy & compliance with practice, policy, & procedures. EE informs supervisor of on-going progress &/or potentially controversial matters.
EE uses an advanced knowledge of skills, methods & practices & some innovation, analysis, & reasoning to choose appropriate alternatives from among pre-defined policies & procedures to complete work that includes successive steps & involves some non-routine problems &/or decisions.
As time and budget allows:
New-"Brown Bag"-Interested in becoming an RA?
Need more "How To:" sessions such as:
Fill out internal & external paperwork
Create & review budget
Review sponsor guidelines
Read a solicitation
Five University Business Processes classes (HR700, HR705, HR715, HR725, HR740)
Specific Responsibilities:
Pre-Award
- Completes pre-award administration of grant &/or contract activities.
- Prepares proposals.
- Obtains approvals.
- Develops straightforward budgets using spreadsheets.
- Updates bio sketches.
- Formats & uploads files to electronic platforms.
- Collects &/or distributes information both internally &/or externally to/from faculty, staff, students, etc.
- Tracks proposal due dates and follows up/coordinates proposal routing as needed.
Post-Award
- Completes routine post-award administration of grant &/or contract activities.
- Processes purchase orders & cost transfers.
- Reconciles budget statements.
- Tracks expenses via spreadsheets.
- Monitors project balances and end dates.
- Coordinates core resource account set-up and maintenance.
- Provides data needed for the preparation of interim and final financial and technical progress reports.
- Processes account close-out activities.
Financial
- Completes day-to-day financial transactional activities for grants &/or contracts (obtaining approvals as necessary).
- Completes day-to-day financial transactional activities for department (obtaining approvals as necessary).
- Updates spreadsheets.
- Processes travel reimbursements.
- Assigns P-card expenses.
- Transfers expenses.
- Purchases lab &/or office equipment &/or supplies, etc.
- Monitors sponsored and non-sponsored budgets.
- Ensures timely payment of invoices.
- Reconciles accounts.
- Provides financial data, analysis &/or reports for inclusion within grant, contract &/or department budget.
Compliance
- Tracks, update, process, and submit required forms &/or reports related to compliance.
- Learns about compliance related issues & activities.
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.
Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)
- Organization, time management, detail oriented
Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)
- Demonstrated skill/knowledge in proficient use of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Demonstrated skill/knowledge of financial reporting.
- Action oriented - Willing or likely to take practical action to deal with a problem or situation.
- Coachability - Receptive to feedback, willing to learn, embracing continuous improvement.
- Collaboration - Facilitates open and effective communication, cooperation and teamwork within and outside of one's own team.
- Collegiality - Helpful, respectful, approachable; builds strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
- Initiative - Exhibits energy and desire to achieve; sets ambitious goals and acts decisively; takes action that no one has requested to improve or enhance job results and avoid problems.
- Meets deadlines - Displays consistency and success in adhering to deadlines.
- Multi-tasking - Demonstrates ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Organization - Plans, organizes and schedules in an efficient, productive manner; anticipates contingencies and pays attention to detail.
Target hiring range for this position will be between $19.31 to $27.16 per hour. 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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