Administrative Manager

About the position

The Department of Women's Health at the Dell Medical School is looking for an Administrative Manager. Under the supervision of the Associate Director of Research, this position provides high-level administrative support to the Women's Health faculty, fellows, and residents conducting research and research staff.

Responsibilities

• Manages purchasing/payments for research-related initiatives, projects, and staff.
• Leads the purchase of Tango cards through the coordination of research team, Tango, Dell Med Finance, and department's payment processor.
• Identifies the most efficient and cost-effective way to purchase required item or service, selects appropriate payment methods, executes transactions, and tracks transactions.
• Works with vendors to generate quotes and invoices.
• Creates Purchase Orders.
• Processes payments.
• Processes reimbursements.
• Travels to vendors to purchase and pick-up participant incentives.
• Manages ProCard for purchasing items needed to support research projects and research study team.
• Tracks delivery of purchases, saves receipts in Box folder, and date stamps receipts using DocuSign.
• Submits initial summary reconciliation forms for participant incentives purchased using research ProCard, and then every 6 months after initial purchase, until fully disbursed.
• Regularly updates ProCard Log Excel file, used for monthly reconciliation.
• Supports monthly ProCard Reconciliation efforts, through organization of log, receipts, obtains IT and OOR approvals for purchase, and ensures alignment of supporting documentation with monthly credit card transactions.
• Provides admin support of department's research account management.
• Assists with oversight of effort allocation for PIs and research staff.
• Maintains log tracking 26-accounts in Smartsheet.
• Maintains log tracking PI expenditures in Smartsheet.
• Maintains log tracking study specific expenditures in Smartsheet.
• Creates/submits cost transfers.
• Creates and submits department's research-related invoices, and maintains log tracking department's research-related invoices in Smartsheet.
• Maintains log tracking department's fellows' research expenditures in Smartsheet.
• Maintains log tracking department's residents' research expenditures in Smartsheet.
• Assists with the creation, submission, and maintenance of department's research contracts, like NDAs, MTAs, DUAs, service agreements, and other contracts.
• Provides admin support for hiring and on-boarding research personnel.
• Reviews Workday for new applicants, downloads application/resume, uploads and organizes in Box.
• Assists with the on-boarding task for research staff new hires.
• Leads onboarding tasks for UT Volunteer Research Assistants.
• Leads onboarding tasks for Ascension Volunteer Research Affiliates.
• Leads onboarding tasks for CUC Research Affiliates.
• Provides admin support for research staff's professional development.
• Maintains log tracking professional development expenditures in Smartsheet.
• Purchases items in support of professional development, with approval from Associate Director.
• Renews professional memberships and purchases conference registrations.
• Oversees travel for professional development: Provides logistical support for lodging, airfare, and registration fees, creates RTAs, archives event info for tracking purposes and travel reimbursement.
• Provides admin support of department's research regulatory management.
• Assists PIs with creation, submission, and tracking of various regulatory compliance efforts.
• Creates and maintains tracking log of required trainings.
• Provides admin support of department's research grant management.
• Maintains department's PI's critical research related documents.
• Administratively supports grant submissions.
• Provides admin support for department's Resident Research Committee (RRC) and Departmental Research Committee (DRC).
• Schedules meetings, creates meeting agendas, and organizes review of monthly submissions for department review.
• Attends meetings, takes notes, disseminates minutes to committee members.
• Supports research outreach and recruitment.
• Creates, submits, maintains OOEFs for research recruitment/outreach events.
• Coordinates events and purchases/processes reimbursement of food/beverages/flyers for recruitment/outreach events.
• Creates and updates Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all tasks.
• Handles other complex tasks involving multiple steps, coordination with various stakeholders, and navigation through both internal and external systems.
• Conducts regular follow-ups and maintains consistent communication with stakeholders throughout the duration of the task until its completion.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least five years of experience with advanced administrative functions.
• Effective communicator with excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Executive scheduling, calendar management, and travel management experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various constituents; faculty, staff, learners, prominent university and community leaders, and professional organizations.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work efficiently and flexibly in a fast-paced environment.
• Outstanding organizational, prioritizing, and time-management skills.
• Professional demeanor with tact and respect at all times.
• Ability to address individuals and information with a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality in various delicate, formal or urgent situations.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience supporting research administration.
• Experience supporting clinical research grant submissions and project management.
• Experience working within The University of Texas at Austin system.
• Experience working within the Dell Medical School system.
• Experience working with/within the Ascension Seton system.
• Experience working with/within the CommUnityCare (CUC) system.
• Experience working in clinics/hospitals.

Benefits

• Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) eligibility.
• Equal opportunity employer.
• Pay transparency.