USF College of Nursing · 20 hours ago
Unit Research Administrator
Tampa, FL, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$60K/yr - $60K/yr
1+ years expThe USF College of Nursing is seeking a Unit Research Administrator to provide fiscal and administrative support to various departments. The role involves assisting researchers with grant proposals, budget preparation, and post-award management while ensuring compliance with federal and university regulations.
Higher Education
No H1B
Responsibilities
Works closely with faculty in the development of proposals while ensuring compliance with applicable sponsor, University Sponsored Research, Foundation and College of Arts and Sciences regulations, guidelines and processes
Provides technical assistance to facilitate the development of grant proposals and assists faculty with submitting proposals to various agencies
Assists in critical review, writing, and editing of research proposal
Calculates budgets and ensures inclusion of all appropriate and required elements including direct and indirect costs, cost share, program income, etc
Assists in developing budget justifications, review of sub-recipient budgets and justifications, and insures accurate completion of sponsor application forms and USF internal forms
Works with the CAS Office of Research to ensure completeness and compliance of all components of the proposal
Responsible for the oversight and support to Principal Investigators, project staff, and CAS administration in the following areas of post-award management
Awards underwrite accounts properly assessing risk; prepares and oversees award setup; develops and modifies as necessary sub-recipient agreements; processes all financial transactions including payroll distribution monitoring and cost transfers; work with department Chair/staff on resource commitments to confirm available funds for hiring projected personnel funded by grants/contracts
Coordinate with department staff on preparing hiring documents and processing of grant paid tuition payments; monitors effort reporting process; identifying and tracks cost sharing and matching requirements and documentation; assists with obtaining sponsor approvals for non-budgeted financial transactions or changes; preparation of monthly ledgers and reconciliation reports; annual and award financial closeouts; assists with responses to audits and post-project requests
Reconciles projects, research initiative accounts, start-up, retention, and carry-forward accounts on a monthly basis, prepares documents
Attends ongoing trainings, meetings and workshops to stay current on all grant policies and procedures
Collaborates with other research personnel for best practices, and represents the college and/or department on committees and communicates pertinent information to departments
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and 1 year of professional administrative experience; or a Master's degree
Progressively responsible related experience may substitute for the required education on a year for year basis
4 years of directly relevant experience may be substituted for bachelor's degree
6 years of directly relevant experience may be substituted for master's degree
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration/Accounting/Finance, or closely related field
1 year of grant research or grant research administration experience
Knowledge of USF business systems and policies
Benefits
Medical, dental and life insurance plans
Retirement plan options
Employee and dependent tuition programs
Generous leave
Hundreds of employee perks and discounts
Company
USF College of Nursing
The USF College of Nursing began in 1973 by enrolling its charter class into the Bachelor’s Program.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase