Research Administrator 3

Description

The Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology is seeking a Research Administrator 3 to join its dynamic research administration team supporting a diverse and growing portfolio of sponsored research. In this role, you will play a key part in advancing innovative, investigator-led science by supporting faculty through the full lifecycle of their research awards, from proposal development and submission through award setup, post-award management, and closeout.

This position offers the opportunity to work on a range of moderately complex research proposals, including single-investigator NIH submissions, with responsibility for reviewing and analyzing key financial components such as budgets, effort commitments, salaries, and project expenditures. You will be part of a collaborative support model that includes partnership with a Senior Research Administrator, providing shared expertise and coordinated portfolio management for each PI.

Annual range: $74,445.00-$152,460.00

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with various stakeholders.
• Minimum 5 years of research administration experience
• Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet programmatic and financial needs.
• Close attention to detail in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment
• Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel
• Strong writing skills in a variety of styles to draft persuasive text for a variety of audiences while ensuring adherence to funding sponsor's guidelines
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques
• Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting
• Demonstrated ability to communicate medical, policy and administrative information in English.

Preferred:

• Strong organization skills, ability to prioritize job functions, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously with multiple proposal submission systems.
• Experience preparing, managing, and projecting budgets.
• Mathematical skills for the preparation of complex calculations and forecasts and to identify and resolve complicated financial scenarios.
• Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors, federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.

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