Research Administrator 2 - Social Work

University of Houston System; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 57,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Houston System in Houston, TX is seeking a grant administration professional to lead the pre-award and post-award operations for diverse external funding sources. You will serve as the team leader for the research administration team for assigned college units.

The role involves guiding faculty and administrators on grants and contracts, developing internal procedures, and ensuring compliance with sponsor requirements. All positions are security sensitive.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of directly job-related experience.
• Thorough understanding of federal, state and university grant regulations.
• Ability to lead a research administration team and coordinate complex processes.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and submits proposals to external funding sources and manages cost centers.
• Provides guidance to faculty, department administrators, and executives on grants and contracts.
• Resolves issues within the research administration team.
• Develops and implements internal procedures for the assigned team and directs work.
• Maintains web-based proposal submission and research administration systems.
• Negotiates terms of grants and sub-award awards with sponsors and reviews contracts with the Research Contracts Officer.
• Researches sponsor regulations applicable to funded projects.
• Evaluates expenditure reallocations for allowability and timeliness.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Department: Dean, Social Work

Salary: 56,800 - 64,600

Description

Performs the more complex pre-award and post-award administration of federal, state, private profit and private non-profit grants and contracts awarded to the University of Houston. Serves as team leader for research administration team for assigned college units.

Responsibilities

• 1. Reviews and submits proposals to external funding sources; initiates the creation of cost centers according to awarded project terms and conditions and modifies cost centers according to revised award notices.
• 2. Provides guidance and expertise to faculty, department administrators, and university executives on a wide variety of grants and contracts issues.
• 3. Responsible for customer problem review and resolution for research administration team.
• 4. Develops and implements internal operating procedures for assigned team; coordinates the work activities of assigned team and provides work direction as needed.
• 5. Maintains web-based proposal submission and research administration using electronic research administration systems.
• 6. Negotiates the terms and conditions of grants and sub-recipient awards with potential sponsors and awardees and reviews contracts in conjunction with the Research Contracts Officer.
• 7. Research sponsor's financial and administrative regulations applicable to funded projects.
• 8. Evaluates expenditure reallocation documents according to federal, state and university guidelines for allowability, appropriateness and timeliness.
• 9. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Experience will be considered in lieu of education.

MQ: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Requires a minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.