Research Administrator, Pre-Award III - School of Nursing

Emory University - Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Atlanta, GA

Educational Services

About the position

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community.

Responsibilities

• Supports the day-to-day activities of a team of Pre-Award Specialists.
• Monitors workload distribution and raises any concerns to the Research Administration Services (RAS) Director.
• Provides guidance to team members, as appropriate.
• Coordinates with RAS Director regarding pre-award activities, issue resolution, and workload distribution.
• Works with Post-Award team lead to coordinate inter-team meetings to facilitate collaboration between the pre-award and post-award teams, as necessary and appropriate.
• Manages pre-award activities for an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts within a RAS unit using knowledge of grant and contract management rules and regulations, technical expertise, and analytical skills.
• Manages the day-to-day operations and objectives in support of the assigned portfolio.
• Contributes information and ideas related to areas of responsibility as part of a cross functional team.
• Ensures effective and efficient workflow and adherence to quality standards for staff/program and self.
• Performs pre-award activities for a unit (school, department, or division) within a RAS unit.
• Pre-award activities include, but are not limited to, assisting departmental faculty/PI in the development, preparation, and submission of grant and contract proposals.
• Ensures all applications meet agency and university guidelines and published time tables and deadlines, including management of the Just-In-Time process.
• Ensures proposals are entered and routed in a timely manner for further review.
• Confers with PI and Pre-award support staff at collaborating institutions to secure necessary sub-awards documents for proposals.
• Assists the PI in the development of budgets and budget justification which includes proofing the budget for inconsistencies and ensuring accuracy.
• Reviews budgets for consistency with sponsor, monitors compliance with agency and University regulations regarding submission; verifies all financial information to include application of the appropriate overhead rate for the project.
• Advises the PI on administrative requirements in preparing proposal submissions and on budget adjustments and revisions necessary to meet the sponsor requirements.
• Coordinates and reviews certain proposal elements (biosketches and facilities & resources) for consistency, accuracy, and completeness.
• Reviews proposals for consistency with sponsor guidelines on budget, format, font size, page limits excluding narrative content (obtain and review sponsor guidelines).
• Monitors and facilitates proposal process through the routing process in compliance with University procedures and institutional signatures.
• Obtains signatures as needed.
• Monitors proposal status and advises PI on requirements and deadlines associated with research protection protocols.
• Works effectively with other offices (central, school, departments, divisions) on research proposal.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and five years of work-related grants and contracts experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Knowledge of federal rules and regulations relating to research grant and/or contract activity.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite software.