Post Award II, Research Administrator - Emory Primate Center

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    "description": "<h2>Discover Your Career at Emory University</h2>\n<p>Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.</p>\n<h2>Description</h2>\n<p>The Emory Primate Center Research Administration unit (EPiC RA) at Emory University is currently seeking a full time Post Award II, Research Administrator to join our team. The EPC RAS unit supports EPC’s research goals by providing best-in-class delivery of research administration support services to faculty. These services are customer-focused, consistent, compliant, cost-effective, collaborative, and continuously improved.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, organized, dependable, detail-oriented, deadline driven, and have a passion for research administration. The ideal candidate will also be someone that can work in a fast-paced changing environment, with excellent time management and multi-tasking skills, who can pivot their communication style to meet the needs of their customer. This position reports directly to the Post-Award Manager.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Dedicated to discovering causes, preventions, treatments, and cures of disease, Emory National Primate Research Center (EPC) is improving human and animal health and lives worldwide. One of seven NPRCs funded by the NIH, EPC conducts studies that make breakthrough discoveries possible. Learn more at http://enprc.emory.edu</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Collaborate. Innovate. Serve. These three simple words capture what we do at EPC to help advance science and improve the health and well-being of humans and non-human primates. If you are someone with experience in research administration within higher education who is familiar with NIH proposal guidelines, this is an amazing opportunity to indirectly save and change lives and make a positive impact in the science and research community.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>Manages post-award activities within a Research Administration Services (RAS) unit in support of an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts within one or more units (i.e., school, department, division, institute, or center) using knowledge of grant and contract management rules and regulations, technical expertise, and analytical skills.</li>\n <li>Post-award activities include regular review, reconciliation, and projection of award finances, preparing adjustments and corrections to award budgets, preparing financial reports, and at the end of the award, ensuring all financial requirements have been met, and closing out the award.</li>\n <li>Interacts regularly with and provides high quality customer service to faculty members conducting sponsored research.</li>\n <li>Ensures adherence to quality standards and all policies and award regulations.</li>\n <li>Works with the post-award specialists to solve problems, answer questions, and give guidance on post-award activities and other grants management topics on a daily basis.</li>\n <li>Works with colleagues/team members to jointly solve questions and challenges in their daily work.</li>\n <li>Upon award acceptance, defines account establishment parameters, including billing and reporting requirements, budget, and cost sharing obligations.</li>\n <li>Sets up award in financial system.</li>\n <li>Distributes award information to PIs, co-PIs and relevant staff and other RAS units.</li>\n <li>Coordinates with relevant individuals to make adjustments to payroll for all budgeted positions (including relative cost sharing positions).</li>\n <li>Reviews and reconciles award expenditures and budgets, making adjustments, as necessary.</li>\n <li>Projects and forecasts future award expenditures.</li>\n <li>Manages budget, reporting and compliance timelines through the lifecycle of the grant or contract.</li>\n <li>Communicates with PIs on a regular basis regarding budget and expense adjustments and revisions.</li>\n <li>Completes financial reports to be sent to sponsor, as required by the award terms and conditions.</li>\n <li>Monitors compliance with agency and University regulations regarding reporting.</li>\n <li>Assists PIs with non-financial report submissions, as necessary.</li>\n <li>Coordinates and submits requests for No Cost Extensions, Carryover, rebudgeting requests, changes in scope, and other changes to the award; 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