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.