Senior Research Administrator

1 month ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Northwestern University Full time
Job ID50004
LocationChicago, Illinois

Department: MED-Inst for Pub Health & Med
Salary/Grade: EXS/9

Job Summary:

The Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) within Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine was founded in 2012 with a vision to achieve the best possible health for all people and is comprised of 18 research centers. IPHAM is recruiting a senior research administrator to collaboratively support IPHAM's faculty with pre and post award grants management.

Specific Responsibilities:

Complexity

  • Typically administers multiple research projects such as:
  • Complex multi-PI or multi-unit proposals, grants &/or contracts
  • Research portfolio for a more complex small to mid-sized unit
  • NIH U-approximately $500K+/yr. over multiple yrs.
  • NIH P-approximately $500K+/yr. over multiple yrs.
  • NIH T-approximately $100-$200K+/yr. over multiple yrs.
  • 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 and &/or contracts.
  • Coordinates proposal submission.
  • Coordinates budget and justification preparation.
  • Completes sponsor and university proposal forms.
  • Coordinates sub-recipients, facilities, administrative costs, space, and co-investigator agreements.
  • Creatively and proactively evaluates and resolves problems and makes decisions.

Post-Award

  • Coordinates post-award activities.
  • 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 CUFS chart strings; labor distribution assignments.
  • Completes expenditure reviews.
  • Reconciles monthly payroll entries.
  • Prepares & submits invoices to sponsors.
  • Identifies program income issues.
  • Proposes resolutions to overdrafts.
  • Prepares interim & final financial reports.
  • Facilitates account close out activities.
  • Participates in efforts to improve research administration

Financial

  • Oversees unit's entire 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

  • Provides research administration training.
  • Develops staff.
  • Mentors other administrative staff in research administration.
  • Serves as a resource for research administration guidance.
  • 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.

Supervision

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: (Education, experience, and any other certifications or clearances)

  • 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.
  • A minimum of 5 years' experience required with 2 years of research administration and 3 years of research, finance, administrative or other relevant experience.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

  • Organization, time management, detail oriented
  • Multi-tasking, communication
  • Self-starter, diplomatic, pro-active, manage stress
  • Managing people
  • Provide leadership by cooperatively anticipating, coordinating, strategizing

Benefits:
At Northwestern, we are proud to provide meaningful, competitive, high-quality health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts and more Visit us at to learn more.

Work-Life and Wellness:
Northwestern offers comprehensive programs and services to help you and your family navigate life's challenges and opportunities, and adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles.
We support flexible work arrangements where possible and programs to help you locate and pay for quality, affordable childcare and senior/adult care. Visit us at to learn more.

Professional Growth & Development:
Northwestern supports employee career development in all circumstances whether your workspace is on campus or at home. If you're interested in developing your professional potential or continuing your formal education, we offer a variety of tools and resources. Visit us at to learn more.

Northwestern strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for people who can obtain them as a critical tool for minimizing severe illness. More information can be found on the webpage.

The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today.

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. Click for information on EEO is the Law.

Target hiring range for this position will be between $76, ,151 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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