Research Analyst

University of North Texas System•Denton, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The College of Engineering Research Services office provides comprehensive assistance to our faculty with their sponsored research awards. Post-Award administration supports faculty in administering their awards such as monitoring the award budget for compliant spending, planning future spending, reconciling project expenditures, and providing monthly spending and balance updates. Research Services also provides full administrative support on all of sponsor project spending, including processing student hires, tuition payments, travel vouchers, supply/equipment purchases, and more. This position will support College of Engineering sponsored projects through coordination of HR hiring, procurement, travel and reimbursements, and the administration of scholarships and stipends.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related field and three years of relevant experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Clear, effective communication skills; e.g. emails to ask about or convey rules, regulations and procedures or ability to explain same verbally.
Interpersonal skills to maintain excellent relationships with researchers and various offices across the level of the institution.
Time management skills including ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
Prior knowledge of pre- or post-award administration regulations and procedures.
General administrative experience with budgets, purchasing, payroll, travel, scheduling with specific skill in budget planning, analysis, reconciliation and forecasting.
Problem-solving skills; being flexible and creative within regulations.
Ability to determine when decisions can be appropriately made and when they must be referred to a higher level, to protect institutional integrity.
Curiosity and willingness to learn new things and manage change processes.
Ability to gather, analyze, synthesize information from a variety of sources and prepare reports and graphical displays, as requested by the head of the unit.
Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Knowledge of safety and security precautions appropriate to work performed.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a position at the level of administrative specialist or higher.
Experience with grants.
Experience with the University policy and procedures.

Responsibilities

Prepares sponsored grant expenditure documents (requisitions, ePAR, IDO, travel, pcard, scholarship, etc.), or enter Time and Labor information for staff and hourly workers on the research project and in compliance with the award rules, to a limited degree.
Reviews for routine sponsored research grant compliance issues and the required internal forms or training (e.g. cost sharing, IDC, Etc.)
Performs cash management (e.g. petty cash or participant payments) if part of a sponsored research grant project.
Reviews research grant award documents for award sponsor terms and allowability in order to assist researcher with compliance.
Tracks research grant expenditures, budget balances, as needed for bottom line availability before creating expenditure transactions.
Remains current on all UNT and Grants & Contracts Administration trainings, procedures, processes and best practices for administering post-award grant management activities that support researchers in the college.
Monitors research grant expenditure deadlines, as well as university end of year transaction deadlines, acting as a liaison between the College Research Services team and the Grants and Contracts Administration unit to inform and remind researchers about required grant deadlines.