Pre- and Post-Award Research Admin Lead

UWMSN University of Wisconsin Madison; United States; On-site; USD 67,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

The University of Wisconsin–Madison invites applications for a Multi-functional Research Administration Manager in the College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. This role supports faculty through the grant lifecycle, including proposal development, award management, compliance, and closeout.

Responsibilities include leading and training staff, submitting proposals or invoices when authorized, and ensuring financial compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience applying fiscal and administrative rules, regulations and procedures for administering sponsored projects.
• Experience with pre- and post- award research administration including grant proposal development and/or budget planning/management.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a key resource to leadership and staff in the unit as well as a liaison to partners and stakeholders
• May have authority to submit proposals, agreements, or invoices to a sponsor on behalf of the principal investigator or project director
• Executes activities related to proposal submission, contract negotiation, and/or award setup on behalf of a unit
• Executes activities related to financial compliance, audit, or reporting on behalf of a unit
• Executes research administration operational policies and procedures including financial, administrative, staffing, and compliance on behalf of a unit
• Provides training to faculty, staff, and/or administrators within the unit regarding policy, procedure, and/or execution of sponsored project administration
• May supervise the day-to-day activities of research administration staff
• Reviews and approves programmatic transactions spanning the life-cycle of sponsored projects to ensure compliance with institutional and/or sponsor policies and procedures

Skills

Research administration

Budget planning

Grant proposal development

Financial compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration/Research Administration

Tools

Workday ERP

UW RAMP

Job description

The University of Wisconsin–Madison invites applications for a Multi-functional Research Administration Manager in the College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. This role supports faculty through the grant lifecycle, including proposal development, award management, compliance, and closeout.

Responsibilities include leading and training staff, submitting proposals or invoices when authorized, and ensuring financial compliance.