Join Emory University’s Research Administration Services as a Pre-Award Manager! The position is primarily remote. Get full details and apply @ https://staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/105905/research-administrator%2c-pre-award-manager-%28emory-primate-center-research-administration-services%29/job

Research Administrator, Pre-Award Manager (Emory Primate Center Research Administration Services)

Job Number 105905

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Description

Dedicated to discovering causes, preventions, treatments, and cures of disease, Emory National Primate Research Center (EPC) is improving human and animal health and lives worldwide. One of seven NPRCs funded by the NIH, EPC conducts studies that make breakthrough discoveries possible. Learn more at http://enprc.emory.edu

The Division of Research Administration Services (RAS) within the Emory National Primate Research Center at Emory University is currently seeking a full time Research Admin, Pre-Award Manager to join our team. Our work consists of managing a team of 4 pre-award administrators with submission of federal and non-federal proposals, progress reports and just in time requests.   

Collaborate. Innovate. Serve. These three simple words capture what we do at EPC to help advance science and improve the health and well-being of humans and non-human primates. This is an amazing opportunity to indirectly save and change lives and make a positive impact in the science and research community. 

Reporting to the Research Administration Services (RAS) Director, the Research Administrator, Pre-Award Manager leads and supervises all staff performing pre-award activities for the sponsored projects research portfolio for their assigned department, division, or school.

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

• Monitors workload distribution and redistributes tasks, as appropriate.
• Provides guidance to team members, as appropriate.
• Mentors staff for professional development.
• May perform post-award activities in support of the RAS unit.
• Understands and applies federal and university rules to management of effort allocation for individuals compensated whole or in part from federal awards.
• Applies costing rules and regulations to federally funded projects.
• Analyzes information and formulates conclusions.
• Ensures strong levels of customer service to faculty and departments being served.
• Addresses issues that violate performance levels or terms of the RAS performance level agreements, both with internal RAS staff and with departments and/or faculty.
• Performs pre-award activities to include developing a budget, compiling proposal contents, entering proposal into EPEX, assisting PIs in submission of JIT forms, preparing CAS exceptions for approval, interacting with OSP and assisting in the preparation of sub-award documents and relationships with other partners on a project.
• Prepares high-quality written reports.
• Works with Post-Award Manager to coordinate inter-team meetings to facilitate collaboration between the pre-award and post-award teams.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

Direct questions to Marcie Burnham (xxxxxx@emory.edu)