Research Administrator

The Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine is seeking a Research Administrator to join its dynamic research administration team supporting a diverse and growing portfolio of sponsored research. In this role, you will play a key part in advancing innovative, investigator-led science by supporting faculty through the full lifecycle of their researchawards, from proposal development and submission through award setup, post-award management, and closeout.

This position offers the opportunity to work on a range of moderately complex research proposals, including single-investigator NIH submissions, with responsibility for reviewing and analyzing key financial components such as budgets, effort commitments, salaries, and project expenditures. You will be part of a collaborative support model that includes partnership with a Senior Research Administrator, providing shared expertise and coordinated portfolio management for each PI. .

Annual Range: $70,900-$145,200

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or equivalent combination of education and experience
• High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of research administration experience.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with various stakeholders.
• Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet programmatic and financial needs.
• Close attention to detail in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel.
• Strong writing skills in a variety of styles to draft persuasive text for a variety of audiences while ensuring adherence to funding sponsor's guidelines.
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques
• Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting

Preferred:

• Strong organization skills, ability to prioritize job functions, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously with multiple proposal submission systems. Preferred
• Experience preparing, managing, and projecting budgets. Preferred
• Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively.
• Mathematical skills for the preparation of complex calculations and forecasts and to identify and resolve complicated financial scenarios.
• Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors, federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.
• Sponsors, federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.