Job ID: 30501 Job Title: Executive Director, OSR Primary Job Location: Evanston, Illinois To view the job posting and/or apply for the job, click here https://careers.northwestern.edu/psp/hr92prod_er/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Employee&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=30501&PostingSeq=1 Job Summary: The Executive Director is responsible for all aspects of pre-award and non-financial post-award management. This includes policy development and implementation; outreach to faculty and administrative staff through training, presentations and informal communications; facilitating excellent working relationships between research administration staff in the Office for Sponsored Research, the schools and other Office for Research units; and interaction with federal agencies and other institutions to promote awareness of the national research agenda and solve common problems. S/he serves as the Institutional Official (as delegated by the President) in all pre-award and non-financial post-award grants and contracts management areas, including signature authority on all proposals, awards, and other documents related to sponsored project administration. Specific Responsibilities: Serves as Institutional Official for all pre-award and non-financial post-award activities, including grants, cooperative agreements and contracts to federal and state agencies, foundations and corporations. Monitors all sponsored projects proposals and awards for compliance with federal agency and NU regulations. Fosters compliant environment by staying abreast of changes in agency regulations, requirements, and policies and disseminating agency information. Keeps informed of emerging federal issues that will impact NU¿s sponsored research program. Resolves administrative and management problems that may be complex and that may involve a number of central offices and school departments. Ensures that a high level of service support is provided to principal investigators and departmental administrators; establishes standard operating procedures for service delivery; develops and monitors internal performance metrics to ensure high levels of service and accomplishment of objectives. Supervises staff, fostering excellence and effectiveness and optimizing staff skills and organizational structure. Provides leadership in the area of staff development and continuing education, ensuring that all OSR staff interact and communicate promptly and effectively with other university units and know relevant current regulations and procedures. Provides education, training and research information for OSR staff and NU departments, schools and Centers through a variety of venues. Takes a lead role in designing and implementing research administration training programs. Works collaboratively with the Director of Electronic Research Administration to identify, develop and implement new and improved systems for proposal development and award management. Serves as a member of the Office for Research leadership team. Reports on important or controversial issues and provides guidance on appropriate actions to resolve the issues. Briefs OR leadership on specific cases of non-compliance when cases may have an impact on the ability to safely and properly conduct research on campus, including cases that may result in negative publicity, regulatory agency penalties or funding agency sanctions. Oversees the annual budget and expenditures for the Evanston office of the Office for Sponsored Research. Advises the Vice President for Research on use of cost share funds for required and recommended institutional cost share on proposals and awards. Represents the Office for Sponsored Research on university-wide committees. Represents NU and participates in national task forces and research administration organizations, such as the Federal Demonstration Partnership, Council on Governmental Relations and National Council of University Research Administrators. Responds to requests for information in the Federal Register. Performs other duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience. Demonstrated working knowledge of federal grant and contract administration, practices related to the protection of intellectual property rights and an understanding of the mission and principles of institutions of higher education. Previous work experience (at least five years) must have been in the administration of sponsored research at a major research university, in the federal government or at another entity engaged in sponsored research. Experience in negotiating government and corporate contracts. Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses applicable to agreements with educational institutions. Proven ability to supervise and motivate professional and administrative support staff in a team environment. Working knowledge of current management principles and practices, skill in dealing with others in work relationships involving mentoring, conflict resolutions and the ability to make difficult decisions. Proven ability to produce and deliver educational and training curriculum and complex information on technical issues to a diverse audience at all levels of the institution. Experience in the use of management information systems. Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.) Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment across organizational units and at all levels, including faculty, deans, central administration and senior institutional officials Proven ability to build internal and external relationships. Team-builder with strong management experience and excellent leadership skills. Customer-focused and dedicated to providing optimum service. Experience in developing performance measurements and quality service principles. Highest level of professional and personal integrity. Thrives in a high-volume, fast-paced environment and is able to handle significant stress and a large workload. Preferred Qualifications: (Education and experience) Successful completion of a full course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a master's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience. = = = = = = Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.healthresearch.org (click on the "RESADM-L" link under "Sponsored Programs"). A link directly to helpful tips: http://tinyurl.com/resadm-l-help = = = = = =
