Emory University

Pre-Award Manager, Research Administrator

Emory University

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Atlanta • United States

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About the role

  • Leads and supervises all staff performing pre-award activities for the sponsored projects research portfolio for their assigned department, division or school
  • Monitors workload distribution and redistributes tasks, as appropriate
  • Provides guidance to team members, as appropriate
  • Mentors staff for professional development
  • May perform post-award activities in support of the RAD unit
  • Analyzes information and formulates conclusions
  • Ensures strong levels of customer service to faculty and departments being served
  • Addresses issues that violate performance levels or terms of the RAD performance level agreements
  • Performs pre-award activities to include developing a budget, compiling proposal contents, entering proposal into EPEX, assisting PIs in submission of JIT forms, preparing CAS exceptions for approval
  • Prepares high-quality written reports.
  • Works with Post-Award team lead to coordinate inter-team meetings to facilitate collaboration between the pre-award and post-award teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and five years work-related grants and contracts experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
  • Supervisory experience preferred
  • Knowledge of federal rules and regulations relating to research grant and/or contract activity
  • Specific deep understanding of the award proposal processes for multiple sponsoring bodies
  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite software.
Benefits
  • Emory is an equal opportunity employer
  • Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringguidancecustomer serviceteam collaborationworkload distributionproblem-solvingcommunicationprofessional developmentanalytical skills