Director, Sponsored Projects & Research Administration

University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California, Berkeley seeks an Executive Director for the Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) to provide leadership, management, and oversight of proposal processing, contract and grant administration, and budget development across pre-award and non-financial post-award activities with federal, state, local, and private sponsors.

The role reports to the AVC for Research Administration and Compliance and leads a team of managers, with broad authority and signatory responsibility for

Responsibilities

• Reports directly to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Administration and Compliance and independently manages all activities related to governmental and charitable foundation sponsored projects through subordinate managers including implementing delegation of authority to request and accept extramural funding up to $10 million in annual direct costs per agreement.

Job description

University of California, Berkeley seeks an Executive Director for the Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) to provide leadership, management, and oversight of proposal processing, contract and grant administration, and budget development across pre-award and non-financial post-award activities with federal, state, local, and private sponsors.

The role reports to the AVC for Research Administration and Compliance and leads a team of managers, with broad authority and signatory responsibility for