Associate Director for Research Programs and Financial Services - College of Nursing

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Position Summary:

Florida Atlantic University is seeking an Associate Director for Research Programs and Financial Services - College of Nursing - Boca Raton, FL.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Support and build Novelution (FAU’s grant sub-mission software) grant proposal package submissions.

• Provide day to day leadership and direction to the CON Fiscal Coordinator to ensure that processing of all financial and budgetary transactions is in compliance with pre and post award activities of grant-related business processes of the CON.

• Review and approve timesheets for grant-funded hourly employees, including maintaining records of hours, addressing missing timesheets and ensuring compliance with effort reporting requirements.

• Process post-award financial transactions related to internal CEL CON grant funding (such as overhead and start-up accounts, CEL awards) and pilot-scale awards. Provide CEL CON researchers with monthly financial reports of these account activities and balances.

• Provide guidance to college faculty during the proposal development process by interpreting sponsor guidelines, providing templates, and assisting with budget development.

• Coordinate with the Office for Sponsored Programs to ensure smooth proposal submissions and new award set-ups.

• Contribute to and manage decisions regarding internal funding.

• Serve as a member on the Research and Scholarship Forum (RSF) and any other committees as assigned.

• Supervise and coordinate internal limited submission process and procedures and other pre-proposal reviews.

• Assist with the review of IRB applications for completeness.

• Serve as the Budget Manager and provide review for all proposals routing through the College of Nursing – Office of Nursing Research and Sponsor Programs.

• Work with the Research Accounting Office to ensure timely financial reporting and invoicing.

• Monitor spending on awards for compliance with federal, university, and sponsor regulations.

• Pre-and post-award management of a higher-complexity research portfolio including proposal development process and budget development, award set-up, maintenance, reporting and closeout.

• Process costing allocations, payroll/accounting adjustments, budget amendments and grant- related travel requests.

• Facilitate progress report submissions, no-cost extensions, and re-budget requests as necessary.

• Monitor federal and sponsored research related policies and communicate changes to researchers and their teams.

• Work as a liaison to college faculty to answer questions, research, analyze, and resolve problems on new, existing, or terminated grant-making initiatives.

• Track all sponsored research activity, including submissions and awards and perform data monitoring functions.

• Provide metric reports and graphs to College and University leadership, as well as external reports.

• Assist with fulfilling the College of Nursing’s strategic plan along with FAU's strategic plan to achieve R1/Tier 1 designation according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

• Manage decisions regarding internal funding initiatives.

• Provide support and guidance to ensure both technology resources and processes are streamlined, automated and efficiencies are continuously being assessed.

• Work closely with the Dean of the College of Nursing, the Associate Dean of Research and Scholarship (ADRS) in the College of Nursing, Division of Research (DoR) units, FAU Foundation, Research Deans, and other members of the FAU community to share information and provide support to faculty.

• Serves as a backup for other team members when needed, and performs other tasks and duties as deemed appropriate by the supervisor.

• Other job-related duties as assigned.

The College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University seeks scholars who are committed to supporting the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds and to thoughtfully engaging all communities in higher education. Florida Atlantic University embodies a culture of strategic and collaborative community engagement that results in mutual benefit to the institution and the various internal and external communities that it serves. 

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