Research Administrator/Senior Research Administrator

at  Virginia Commonwealth University

SUMMARY:

The Research Administrator-Senior Research Administrator/Team Leader is responsible for the following duties:

• Supervise team reviewer, including workload and priorities, assuring adequate productivity and quality of work. Provide performance feedback to enhance skills or accomplish tasks; intervene to correct performance problems.
• Manage team work queue in RAMS-SPOT database and associated email account to respond timely to VCU faculty and staff, as well as non-profit, federal, state and local government sponsors;
• Review and submit sponsored project proposals, agreements and administrative actions for central university office consistent with delegated authority*;
• Participate in management working group(s), as assigned.
• Actively and accurately interpret and apply sponsor and university regulations and requirements to ensure compliance.
• Delegated authority refers to the ability to execute documents pertaining to: (1) the application for and award of grant, contracts and other agreements to the university for research, development, training and public service and (2) the award of grants and other monies to other institutions for research, development, training and public service. Readiness for delegation authority will be determined by Director, OSP.

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• Supervise team reviewer, including workload and priorities, assuring adequate productivity and quality of work. Provide performance feedback to enhance skills or accomplish tasks; intervene to correct performance problems.
• Manage team work queue in RAMS-SPOT database and associated email account to respond timely to VCU faculty and staff, as well as non-profit, federal, state and local government sponsors;
• Review and submit sponsored project proposals, agreements and administrative actions for central university office consistent with delegated authority*;
• Participate in management working group(s), as assigned.
• Actively and accurately interpret and apply sponsor and university regulations and requirements to ensure compliance.
• Delegated authority refers to the ability to execute documents pertaining to: (1) the application for and award of grant, contracts and other agreements to the university for research, development, training and public service and (2) the award of grants and other monies to other institutions for research, development, training and public service. Readiness for delegation authority will be determined by Director, OSP