University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Office of Research Development & Strategy; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Job Title: Research Services Post Award Project Administrator

Position #: 00844966 – Requisition #: 38909

Job Summary:

This is a 1.0 FTE position for a Research Services Post Award Project Administrator within the Extramural Research Division of the Office of Research Development and Strategy. The mission of the Extramural Research Division of the Office is to grow and accelerate the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus’s federal research funding portfolio, enhance national research rankings and reputation across Schools/College (School of Medicine as a top 10 research institution), and enable world-class research.

This position is responsible for managing a large, multi-year, federally funded biomedical research contract awarded to CU Anschutz Medical Campus. This role will oversee, coordinate, and execute complex activities for a priority research initiative, with activities relating to some or all the following: project/team integration, scope, schedule/timelining, cost, quality, resourcing, proactive and coordinated communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder/subaward engagement. This position will work very closely with the Principal Investigators, co investigators, scientific project manager, and grant administrators to ensure the project is on time, on budget, and within scope.

The ideal candidate for this position will have experience successfully managing other high-level research projects that are of considerable size, scope, and complexity ($10M+).

Key Responsibilities:

• Launch, facilitate, and oversee day-to-day management of project plans for research performed at CU Anschutz, including managing cross-functional scientific, administrative, and/or project team meetings; timelines; research operations and complex project logistics; etc.

• Develop and continuously improve systems, workflows, communication tools, and standard operating procedures to increase efficiencies for collaborative work, data tracking/reporting, etc.

• Anticipate and orchestrate proactive resolutions to challenges/roadblocks that could compromise the CU Anschutz team’s ability to meet milestones and escalate issues that require campus-level solutions.

• Work collaboratively with the department post-award team to manage fiscal performance (financial tracking), ensuring review of expenditures for allowability per grant/contract terms, identification of budget concerns, and development/implementation of resolutions to align with institutional, project, and sponsor requirements.

• Manage all subcontracts with participating institutions and facilitate payment of invoices promptly and work closely with subaward sites to track milestone completion and provide required reporting.

Work Location:

Hybrid – this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

Why Join Us:

The Office of Research Development & Strategy (ORD&S) under the Vice Chancellor for Research at CU Anschutz, guides faculty in the pursuit of research funding, the formation of cross-disciplinary science initiatives, and the development of collaborative, team-science research. Our goal is to catalyze collaborations, improve funding success, and grow the CU Anschutz extra