Post-Award Research Administrator (Pharmacy)

University of Rhode Island; Kingston (RI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Rhode Island, located in Kingston, RI, invites applications for a Research Coordinator to manage post-award administration for College of Pharmacy sponsored projects. This professional staff role coordinates budgets, salaries, personnel actions, and compliance with sponsor requirements.

The position requires collaboration with Sponsored Projects, HR, payroll, and graduate programs to ensure accurate reporting and timely actions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate post-award administration of sponsored research projects within the College of Pharmacy.
• Review award notices and establish tracking mechanisms for project periods, reporting deadlines, budget periods, personnel commitments, and project milestones.
• Monitor sponsored project activity throughout the award lifecycle and communicate deadlines, administrative requirements, and funding concerns to principal investigators and college leadership.
• Review awarded projects to ensure salary distributions for faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, graduate assistants, and student employees are aligned with approved budgets and effort commitments.
• Coordinate salary distribution changes, funding reallocations, and related administrative processes for sponsored projects.
• Track graduate student appointments, stipends, tuition support, funding allocations, and project-supported assistantships; monitor funding end dates and gaps.
• Assist investigators and administrators with budget monitoring, account reconciliations, and budget revision requests; prepare supporting documentation and monitor expenditures.
• Coordinate college-level administration of subawards, including documentation, establishment, invoice tracking, deliverables, reporting, and closeout activities.
• Maintain tracking systems for sponsored research agreements, contracts, deliverables, reporting requirements, renewal dates, and milestones; coordinate actions with researchers and offices.
• Coordinate hiring and appointment processes for grant-funded personnel; prepare and process personnel documentation.
• Assist in monitoring sponsored project accounts and maintaining accurate project records using university systems.
• Prepare administrative, financial, and project status reports for investigators, leadership, and other offices.
• Serve as liaison among investigators, College administration, Sponsored Projects, HR, Payroll, Graduate School, and collaborators to support administration of sponsored projects.
• Develop and implement procedures, tracking tools, and reporting processes to improve management of sponsored research activities.
• Assist with pre-award grant administration activities including proposal development and submission.

Job description

University of Rhode Island, located in Kingston, RI, invites applications for a Research Coordinator to manage post-award administration for College of Pharmacy sponsored projects. This professional staff role coordinates budgets, salaries, personnel actions, and compliance with sponsor requirements.

The position requires collaboration with Sponsored Projects, HR, payroll, and graduate programs to ensure accurate reporting and timely actions.