Research Administrator, Pre-Award Manager - School of Medicine

Emory • Atlanta, GA

23h • Remote

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 excellence of our academic community. This role, 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. The manager monitors workload distribution, redistributes tasks as appropriate, provides guidance to team members, and mentors staff for professional development. This position may also perform post-award activities in support of the RAS unit. The role requires understanding and applying federal and university rules to the management of effort allocation for individuals compensated whole or in part from federal awards, as well as applying costing rules and regulations to federally funded projects. The manager will analyze information, formulate conclusions, and ensure strong levels of customer service to faculty and departments. They will address issues that violate performance levels or terms of the RAS performance level agreements, both with internal RAS staff and with departments and/or faculty. Pre-award activities include developing a budget, compiling proposal contents, entering proposals 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. The role also involves preparing high-quality written reports and working with the 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and five years 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, with specific deep understanding of the award proposal processes for multiple sponsoring bodies.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite software.

Nice To Haves

• Supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities).
• Emory University is committed to ensuring equal access and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager