Pre-Award Research Administrator I - Entry-level
Boston, Massachusetts
Employer: Tufts University
Industry: Research Administration
Salary: $53400.00 per year
Job type: Full-Time
Overview
The Office of the Vice Provost of Research (OVPR) at Tufts University provides the key services necessary to deliver exceptional results in research. The Central Pre-Award is a function overseen by Research Administration & Development and provides mandatory review, approval and submission for sponsored funding.
This is an entry-level position. Join us at Tufts in supporting our faculty and students by beginning a career in Research Administration! Research Administration makes research possible. A career in Research Administration might be right for you if you love to solve problems in creative ways, you communicate well, you're detail-oriented and motivated by deadlines.
What You'll Do
You will work with faculty and other researchers, to support the business aspects of grants and contracts that help them obtain the sponsored funding they need to make ground-breaking research happen. Your partnership will be instrumental to the researchers you support. The Pre-Award Research Administrator I works under general supervision to administer a standard portfolio of sponsored subawards and amendments.
Responsibilities include:
Basic Requirements:
Minimum $53,400.00, Midpoint $66,750.00, Maximum $80,100.00
Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.
The Office of the Vice Provost of Research (OVPR) at Tufts University provides the key services necessary to deliver exceptional results in research. The Central Pre-Award is a function overseen by Research Administration & Development and provides mandatory review, approval and submission for sponsored funding.
This is an entry-level position. Join us at Tufts in supporting our faculty and students by beginning a career in Research Administration! Research Administration makes research possible. A career in Research Administration might be right for you if you love to solve problems in creative ways, you communicate well, you're detail-oriented and motivated by deadlines.
What You'll Do
You will work with faculty and other researchers, to support the business aspects of grants and contracts that help them obtain the sponsored funding they need to make ground-breaking research happen. Your partnership will be instrumental to the researchers you support. The Pre-Award Research Administrator I works under general supervision to administer a standard portfolio of sponsored subawards and amendments.
Responsibilities include:
- Reviews subaward determinations for outgoing subcontracts and conducts risk assessments for new and continuing subawards
- Prepares subcontract agreements and amendments using standard templates and terms
- Facilitates negotiation of subawards with standard terms and conditions (under supervision)
- Prepares documentation for non-fiscal post-award services concerning subrecipient monitoring, subaward amendments and interpretation of terms and conditions
- Acts as resource to principal investigators and department research administrators by responding to inquiries and providing guidance and policy resources
- Assists with ad-hoc report requests, as needed
- Develops and maintains expertise in research administration
Basic Requirements:
- Knowledge and skills as typically acquired through completion of a bachelors degree and some related experience and/or understanding of research administration
- Proficient with MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and internet
- Knowledge of funding agencies and their programs
- Understanding of regulations that govern federal research funding and areas of regulatory compliance
- Proficient with electronic subcontracts and management systems (i.e., FFATA Subaward Reporting System, eSRS Small Business Subcontracting Reporting system, etc.) or ability to learn these and other systems
- Previous exposure to grants
Minimum $53,400.00, Midpoint $66,750.00, Maximum $80,100.00
Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.
Created: 2024-09-13
Reference: 20866
Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
City: Boston
ZIP: 02120
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