Associate Research Administrator
Core
Administrative support for managing day-to-day contracts and grants operations for the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Role type
Associate Research Administrator
Builds
Administrative components of research proposals, project budgets, and compliance reports
Domain
Higher Education / Research Administration
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Grant and contract administration, budget development and review, expenditure approval, statistical report creation and analysis, project management, government policy compliance, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint), data management
Preferred skills
Procurement knowledge, proposal review, cross-training and mentoring
Technologies
Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Access, SPSS, Visio, SunGard, Outlook
Responsibilities
Prepare administrative components of research proposals, develop and finalize project budgets, review and approve expenditures, serve as liaison between principal investigators and research offices, ensure proper award setup and cost-sharing fulfillment, develop project status reports, participate in contract closeout, advise on university and government policies, contribute to process improvements
Seniority
Mid-level, potential for leading related staff