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Pre-Award Administrator - Team C

Chicago, IL💼 Full-time💰 $75,000–$75,000🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Facilitates the development and initiation of research grants and contracts for faculty in the Department of Neurological Surgery, managing pre-award activities like proposal preparation and post-award compliance.

Role type

Pre-Award Administrator (Research Administration)

Builds

Grant and contract proposals, annual reports, budget drafts, and compliance documentation for sponsored research.

Domain

Higher Education / Research Administration / Financial Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Grant application preparation, budget drafting, compliance monitoring, data entry, report summarization, effort allocation coordination, audit support, federal/non-federal policy knowledge, spreadsheet skills, database management

Preferred skills

Accounting and fiscal reporting, accounting systems, multi-investigator grant coordination, process improvement, financial analysis

Technologies

Word processing, database management, spreadsheet tools

Responsibilities

Identify, prepare, and submit grant applications to federal and private sources; assist in timely submission of annual reports and continuation applications; serve as a resource to ensure award activities adhere to terms; attend grants management meetings; seek new funding opportunities and draft proposal budgets; prepare summaries of grants and effort allocations for Principal Investigators; review applications against guidelines and draft progress reports, amendments, and budgets; perform data entry and trend analysis for grant reports.

Seniority

Mid-level Individual Contributor

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