Research Administration Associate - Pre Award

Summary

This role will support the Department of Pediatrics/Newborn & Palliative Care. The Research Administration Associate will primarily focus on advanced level support in pre-award administration, at the grant application proposal stage; but will also contribute to award activities throughout the award life cycle: cost assessment, budget development, financial set-up, resource allocation, and preparation of quarterly reports.

Employees with CRA certification are eligible for certification pay.

Job Duties
?Provides guidance to investigators for proposal development and submission, by interpreting granting agency guidelines and instructions.
?Provides budget input and guidance to principal investigators when drafting budget justifications, creates the budget spreadsheets, and completes other budget forms for submission and reporting.
?Negotiates industry-sponsored contracts, including clinical trial agreements, sponsored research agreements, and material transfer agreements.
?Communicates with BCM Accounting, Grants & Contracts, and collaborating institutions to ensure sub-awards and independent consultant agreements are established and executed in a timely manner.
?Manages Cost/Effort allocations in PEPT/SAP for research faculty, employees, and learners.
?Manages the Time/Effort certification process in the BCM Effort Reporting System.
?Ensures compliance with all federal, sponsor, and institutional policies and guidelines and serves as a liaison between faculty, employees, learners, Baylor College of Medicine, and sponsors.
?Pre-award management for each division(Awards range from $50K -$1M/ea.).
?Primary focus will include Basic Science and Human Subject Research, with a significant amount of awards that are federally funded.
?Manages awards and sub-awards from multiple sponsors
?Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
?Bachelor's degree. Certified Research Administrator certification through the Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC) may substitute for the degree requirement.
?Two years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications
?Relevant experience, in grant application development, budgeting, and/or grant financial management.
?Contract management and/or accounting a plus.
?Prior experience working in an academic research setting strongly preferred.
?Must be able to work independently, with limited supervision, supporting (10-15) active researchers in Pediatric/Newborn & Palliative Care.
?Should be familiar with pre-award grant submission processes.
?Ability to understand and manage the complexities of research grants, including issues related to informed consent, access to data, and conflict of interest.
?Strong attention to detail and data quality.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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