Remote Post-Award Research Administrator - Senior Supervisor

Penn State University; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 66,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition discount 75%

Job summary

Penn State seeks a Post-Award Research Administrator (Senior Supervisor) for the Ag Research Administration Office. The role focuses on pursuing, administering and conducting sponsored programs, ensuring compliance with university guidelines, and training personnel in research administration.

The position is remote, with responsibilities spanning budget setup, labor distribution, subawards, and financial reporting, with leadership duties and a PSU ACES program requirement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree 6+ years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience accepted
• Required Certifications: None

Responsibilities

• Prepare and approve requests for advance fund numbers, fund numbers, cost centers, cost sharing cost centers, and other account set up actions.
• Prepare and submit budget documents for awarded funds, budget adjustments, and account close-out transfers confirmation.
• Responsible for tasks associated with labor distribution and effort.
• Review expenditures for approval; review and approve personnel appointments on sponsored program funds.
• Run system-generated financial reports; manage subawards; prepare and submit monthly/quarterly financial reports.
• Maintain knowledge of funding policies, regulations and procedures to assist with the administration of awards and to assist in the determination of the allocability, allowability, reasonableness and consistency of costs.
• Resolves issues and implements solutions; initiates process improvements to address systemic roadblocks.
• Supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management.
• Complete the Penn State ACES Program and obtain PSU Delegated Signature Authority, if not already completed/obtained.

Skills

Budget management

Supervisory experience

Regulatory compliance

Sponsored programs

Education

Bachelor's Degree

6+ years of relevant experience

Job description

Penn State seeks a Post-Award Research Administrator (Senior Supervisor) for the Ag Research Administration Office. The role focuses on pursuing, administering and conducting sponsored programs, ensuring compliance with university guidelines, and training personnel in research administration.

The position is remote, with responsibilities spanning budget setup, labor distribution, subawards, and financial reporting, with leadership duties and a PSU ACES program requirement.