Research Administrator – Infectious Diseases

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Education • Enterprise • SaaS

WashU IT is the information technology department of Washington University in St. Louis, providing essential IT services and support for the university's students, faculty, and staff. The department is integral to facilitating the university’s academic, research, and administrative functions, ensuring that technological resources and solutions are efficiently delivered and maintained across the university’s campuses. WashU IT also plays a crucial role in helping the university confront complex technological challenges and enhance its operational capabilities.

501 - 1000 employees

📚 Education

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

📋 Description

• Plays a vital role in the sponsor project life cycle, ensuring that research proposals adhere to sponsor guidelines and are successfully submitted. • Manages a portfolio of faculty post award and payroll sourcing activities with minimal supervision/oversight. • Oversees a complex portfolio of Global Health grants and contracts. • Serves as responsible for the oversight and day-to-day management of research administration. • Manages budgeting, analysis, justifications for proposals; gathers information for protocols and non-technical proposal components as needed. • Acts as liaison between the Chair, Faculty, and Department Administrators (DAs). • Stays current on federal and university developments regarding research administration and complex regulations. • Compiles and ensures accurate regulatory compliance of necessary data collected from various sources. • Works with Principal Investigator to compile and submit the entire grant according to established agency/university guidelines. • Prepares and reviews all agency forms for submission. • Tracks and maintains online database of grants submitted, awarded, rejected, etc. • Prepares monthly financial reports on complex research accounts and distributes/discusses with PIs and senior leadership. • Assists DA in reconciling funds and monitoring spending levels, overdrafts, and cost sharing commitments.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education. • Relevant Experience (4 Years) • Grants Administration (2 Years) • Knowledge of S2S and SUBS system • Knowledge of agency guidelines. • Master’s degree (preferred) • Adobe Acrobat skills • Analytical Thinking skills • Computerized Accounting skills • Computer Literacy skills • Deadline Management skills • Grant Administration skills • IBM Cognos Analytics skills • Interpersonal Communication skills • Learning New Technologies skills • Maintaining Composure skills • Microsoft Excel skills • Microsoft Word skills • Oral Communications skills • Supervisory Management skills • Workday Software skills • Written Communication skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation • 10 recognized holidays • Sick time • Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance. • Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees. • Defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan with university contributions starting at 7%. • Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more! • 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. • Family care resources for continued childcare needs. • Tuition coverage for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years.