Unit Research Administrator

University of South Florida•Tampa, FL

About The Position

The Unit Research Administrator position provides various levels of fiscal and administrative support to CAS Departments. This position may support departments housed in the School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (SNSM), the School of Social Sciences (SSS), the School of Humanities (SHUM), or Centers and Institutes. This position acts as a primary contact between Principal Investigators and Sponsored Research on the identification, development, review, submission and subsequent administration of grants and contracts. This position supports researchers by preparing budget projections, developing materials for compliance analysis, and advising the researchers concerning the review of the proposals by Sponsored Research. This position requires the knowledge of federal sponsor agency guidelines and regulations (NSF, NIH, NEH, etc.), OMB Uniform Guidance, and private sponsor agency (private foundation, corporate) guidelines. In addition, this position must interpret and apply varied Federal, State, and University policies and regulations through the entire proposal and contract process. After awards are made the position provides guidance to researchers on administrative steps such as setting up accounts, reconciling the projects on a regular basis, reviewing and approving invoices and financial reports prepared by Sponsored Research, preparing expenditure transfers and override requests with supporting justification, and reviewing the final reconciliation of the projects prepared by Sponsored Research.

Requirements

Knowledge of federal sponsor agency guidelines and regulations (NSF, NIH, NEH, etc.)
Knowledge of OMB Uniform Guidance
Knowledge of private sponsor agency (private foundation, corporate) guidelines
Interpret and apply varied Federal, State, and University policies and regulations through the entire proposal and contract process