Research Administrator

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Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reporting to the Research Administration Services (RAS) Director, leads and supervises all staff performing pre-award activities for the sponsored projects research portfolio for their assigned department, division or school.
• Monitors workload distribution and redistributes tasks, as appropriate.
• Provides guidance to team members, as appropriate.
• Mentors staff for professional development.
• May perform post-award activities in support of the RAS unit.
• Understands and applies federal and university rules to management of effort allocation for individuals compensated whole or in part from federal awards.
• Applies costing rules and regulations to federally funded projects.
• Analyzes information and formulates conclusions.
• Ensures strong levels of customer service to faculty and departments being served.
• Addresses issues that violate performance levels or terms of the RAS performance level agreements, both with internal RAS staff and with departments and/or faculty.
• Performs pre-award activities to include developing a budget, compiling proposal contents, entering proposal into EPEX, assisting PIs in submission of JIT forms, preparing CAS exceptions for approval, interacting with OSP and assisting in the preparation of sub-award documents and relationships with other partners on a project.
• Prepares high-quality written reports.
• Works with Post-Award team lead to coordinate inter-team meetings to facilitate collaboration between the pre-award and post-award teams.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and five years work-related grants and contracts experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Knowledge of federal rules and regulations relating to research grant and/or contract activity, with specific deep understanding of the award proposal processes for multiple sponsoring bodies.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite software.

NOTE: Tasks related to this position can be performed remotely with only occasional visits to an Emory University location.  Eastern (EST) time zone business hours may apply.  Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.  Emory does not approve as a primary work location in the following states; NJ, AK, and HI, any U.S. Territories or outside of the United States.

Additional Details

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