Senior Sponsored Research Administrator - Mellon College of Science

Carnegie Mellon University•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science (MCS) is seeking a Senior Sponsored Research Administrator to manage Pre-award Administration for the Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences and provide expert-level post-award budget support. This role involves managing the full lifecycle of proposal submissions, ensuring compliance with sponsor requirements, and providing crucial support to faculty and researchers. The position offers a dynamic and challenging work environment within a collaborative research administration team.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required.
At least 5 or more years of sponsored research administration or related business administration experience in an academic setting required.
Successful completion of a pre-employment background check.

Nice To Haves

NCURA or SRA certification preferred.
A combination of education and proven experience from which comparable knowledge is demonstrated may be considered.

Responsibilities

Cradle to grave submission of proposals to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) and Sponsors: Prepare proposal development and ensure budgetary compliance. Prepare proposal package for compliance with sponsor requirements. Completion of representations and certifications.
Identify required protocol (e.g., human subjects, animal subjects, rDNA) and disclosure (e.g., conflict of interest) requirements and notify Compliance Administrator. Enter proposal into Sponsor proposal package and complete routing requirements in SPARCS.
Work with PIs to organize and assemble proposals and to assist PIs in the organization and assembly of complex multi-investigator proposals that may include multiple institutions. Daily interaction with faculty, staff, researchers, federal and non-federal sponsors, finance and research representatives from subcontracting institutions, CMU's Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of Research Integrity and Compliance, and Sponsored Projects Accounting Office, as well as finance and research administration counterparts campus-wide.
Participate as an active and collaborative member of the Chemistry and Biological Sciences Research Administration team, participating in team meetings, trainings, and professional development.
Provide information regarding potential funding agencies. Assist principal investigators to meet agency and sponsor deadlines. Provide principal investigator with any materials received from OSP, agency or industry sponsor, and any specific instruction or restriction that pertains to the award. Provide information to compliance administrator on inclusion of humans, animals, hazardous materials, rDNA if applicable. Advise partners regarding agency or industry sponsor communication and solicitation requirements during the review, after submission, and during the award process.
Interpret regulations and guidelines for program funding (both university and agency) for multiple moderately complex grants.
Provide faculty members with various options and scenarios that can be used in a proposal's planning or during the execution of the work (i.e., assessing labor allocation and distribution across multiple awards, etc).
Develops budgets for faculty members and assists in proposal creation and submission, including the preparation of proposal budgets, often with multiple subcontractors.
Provides reporting to business manager, department head and college of proposal and award data for annual and other reporting purposes.