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Research Grants Administrator

Employer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Salary
Competitive Salary
Date posted
Oct 31, 2024
Salary:

Minimum $72,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

Job Summary:

The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is growing! We are looking for a for a Research Administrator, interested in making a difference in healthcare, to manage the department's research portfolio. BME educates engineers to lead the biotechnology revolution of the 21st century. Our Biomedical engineers are progressing science and technology to solve the most fundamental problems in medicine. This position plays a critical role in the whole life cycle of grants management including all activities associated with pre-award and post award. Responsibilities include working with principal investigators and research staff to develop nontechnical proposal documents, ensuring compliance with sponsor, state and university requirements particularly in regard to budget development and accuracy, facilitating the proposal review, routing to award staff to ensure efficient, compliant management of awards, and verifying and certifying efforts according to funders and UW-Madison policies. Our BME administrative team works closely together to make an impact in our growing department.

Responsibilities: Manages research administration activities from proposal preparation through closeout on behalf of a unit. Reviews and approves proposal submissions, contract negotiations, project setups, compliance, and/or financial reporting. Develops and oversees implementation of operations and strategic planning to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements within a school/college/division/unit. May manage a programmatic unit and/or personnel.
  • 15% Executes research administration operational policies and procedures including financial, administrative, staffing, and compliance on behalf of a unit
  • 30% Reviews and approves programmatic transactions spanning the life-cycle of sponsored projects to ensure compliance with institutional and/or sponsor policies and procedures
  • 10% Serves as a key resource to leadership and staff in the unit as well as a liaison to partners and stakeholders
  • 25% Executes activities related to proposal submission, contract negotiation, and/or award setup on behalf of a unit
  • 10% Executes activities related to financial compliance, audit, or reporting on behalf of a unit
  • 5% Provides training to faculty, staff, and/or administrators within the unit regarding policy, procedure, and/or execution of sponsored project administration
  • 5% Supports departmental administrative activities
Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Required
Bachelor's Degree

Qualifications:

Required qualifications:
1 year experience either in grant management/research administration or clinical research management.
Experience in cloud-based systems in research administration or finance or other operational platforms.
Experience with advanced Excel functions (Pivot tables, VLookup etc.).
Demonstrated track record of organizational skills, attention to details and meeting deadlines.

Preferred qualifications:
Experience with federal (e.g. NIH, NSF, DOD), state, foundation or industry funding mechanisms.
Received Certified Research Administrator certificate or completed Level 1 NCURA training.
Experience in a higher education setting.

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

This position may be eligible for partial remote work following training/probationary period. This may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Additional Information:

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. citizen or national of United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

How to Apply:

Please click on the "" button to start the application process. Applicants will be asked to upload a resume and cover letter outlining relevant qualifications and experience as it pertains to the required and preferred qualifications outlined in the job posting.

Contact:

Mondira Saha-Muldowney
mondira.sahamuldowney@wisc.edu
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Multi-fun Res Admin Mgr(SC016)

Department(s):

A19-COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING/BIOMEDICAL ENGR

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

307862-AS

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