Northwestern Univ. Research Administrator Job Opening Pamela Webb 05 May 1999 12:24 EST
Please share this with colleagues who may be interested in applying. RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR Northwestern University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Chicago Campus BACKGROUND We are looking for an NIH-experienced research administrator to join the Chicago campus office of Northwestern's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. This campus serves the Medical, Dental and Law Schools. The Medical School, under the direction of a new dean, is committed to recruiting 200 additional faculty and doubling its research volume within the next five years. This is a wonderful career opportunity for a research administrator with solid fundamental skills who wants to be in a service-oriented, supportive work environment with great long-term growth potential. Overall, Northwestern's research administration office has a staff of 24 managing a research portfolio of $214M annually in contract and grant funding. RESPONSIBILITIES Serve as a member of the senior professional staff with delegated authority to execute contract and grant proposals and awards on behalf the University. Responsible for the review and submission of approximately $100M of proposals for research, public service and training projects and the negotiation and acceptance of $35M of resulting awards annually. Serve as liaison between faculty, academic departments and research centers, campus administrative units, and a wide variety of federal, state, local and private funding agencies, ensuring compliance with university, federal and agency regulations, policies, procedures, forms and guidelines for the conduct of research. Write and negotiate subcontracts. Assist in campus training activities and re- engineering efforts to move towards electronic research administration. QUALIFICATIONS Demonstrated knowledge of federal regulations related to research administration, including OMB A-21, OMB A- 110, Federal Acquisition Regulations and major federal funding agency guidelines. Knowledge of university policies and procedures related to the conduct of research strongly preferred. Experience negotiating clinical trials and working with industry preferred. Demonstrated ability to review and interpret policies and procedures involving complex problems requiring substantial independent judgement. Interpersonal skills to work effectively with agency personnel, faculty, campus staff, and co-workers in situations involving competing opinions, significant deadline pressure, and multiple competing tasks. Willingness to work in a rapidly changing environment and to test and adopt electronic solutions. Solid working knowledge of PC-based computing applications in the networked computing environment, including Microsoft Office, email, electronic calendaring software and database applications. SALARY Competitive and commensurate with experience APPLICATION PROCEDURE The position is available immediately and is located in the Chicago Office. For primary consideration, apply by May 15, 1999. For consideration please send your resume to: Pamela A. Webb Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Chicago Campus Northwestern University 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611-3008. Questions may be addressed to either Pamela Webb, Director at xxxxxx@nwu.edu or Barbara Siegel, Executive Director, at xxxxxx@nwu.edu. Northwestern University is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Pamela A. Webb, Director Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Chicago Campus Northwestern University Phone: (312) 503-7955 Fax: (312) 503-2234 Email: xxxxxx@nwu.edu ====================================================================== 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.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================