Director, Surgery Sponsored Programs and Grants

Job Summary:

This position leads a dynamic team and supports members of the Department of Surgery who are engaged in sponsored research or other sponsored activities. The leader directs and conducts administrative activities to maintain and build on the vibrant and expanding Surgery research portfolio. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates who are interested in learning and growing in the field of research administration.

The successful candidate will have expertise in grant submission, management, and compliance; experience in managing and supervising a team; and demonstrate highly effective communication, organizational, and motivational skills. The ideal candidate will also embrace personal accountability to meet tight and critical deadlines and take initiative to support department and research goals.

Duties include working with the Co-Vice Chairs for Research on advising and assisting faculty and staff in developing and submitting grant applications, contract proposals, progress and final reports (and related budgets for all); keeping faculty and appropriate staff apprised of status of grants, current contract or grant policies, regulations and guidelines made by granting agencies (especially NIH) and campus research offices; and acting as liaison between principal investigators (PIs) and granting agencies (including electronic research administration/ERA issues), University offices, etc.

This position partners with the Department of Surgery Financial Controller in the areas of general ledger structure, transaction processing and policy development to ensure that financial transactions are recorded in an efficient and accurate manner that provides consistency and integrity for management and financial reporting. This position also works with the Department of Surgery Office of Clinical Research (OCR) to provide oversight of the budgeting, invoicing, and payment reconciliation related to sponsor and investigator-initiated clinical trials.

Due to the highly complex nature and variety of automated systems, this position provides direction, policy guidance, technical assistance, and financial expertise to management, faculty, staff, and external partners and meeting with faculty and academic staff to identify research interests and to develop funding strategies and plans.

This individual will participate in Department strategic initiatives and serve as a key partner to the Director of Research Operations and the Co-Vice Chairs for Research. This position reports to the Director of Research Operations.

Responsibilities:

Leads operations and personnel related activities in one or more areas of sponsored programs, grants, contracts, or research administration through the grant life cycle from proposal preparation through closeout. Develops and oversees implementation of operations and strategic planning to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements within a unit. Leads a significant programmatic unit and personnel.

• 20% Implements research administration operational policies and procedures including financial, administrative, staffing, and compliance
• 10% May review and approve programmatic transactions spanning the life-cycle of sponsored projects to ensure compliance with policies and procedures
• 20% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• 5% Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing organizational information and representing the interests of the unit
• 40% Executes activities related to proposal submission, contract negotiation, and/or award setup on behalf of a unit
• 5% Executes activities related to financial compliance, audit, or reporting on behalf of a unit

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Education:

Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in health administration, the biological sciences, the social sciences, business or related field<