Title:  Lead, Research Administration

Summary

The Scott Department of Urology (SDU) at Baylor College, located within the largest medical center (Houston, Tx) globally, provides cutting-edge research, compassionate and exceptional care, and extensive education and training opportunities to prepare our next generation of providers for prominent national and international positions.

Job Duties

• Participates in pre-and/or post-award grant management activities by following funding opportunity announcements and guidelines.
• Serves as point of contact between sponsors, principal investigators, research staff, and institution.
• Assists investigators in maintaining ERCOI/DOI submissions.
• Manages Sub-Award Management System, including sub-in and sub-out.
• Works closely with the research leadership on ad hoc reporting such as monthly, quarterly, and interim/final progress reports.
• Responsible for basic SAP financial entries and transactions, such as journal entries, invoicing, payment deposits, reconciliations, and purchase orders.
• Monitors research expenses and financial accounts/reports; identifies risks/deficits.
• Prepares and maintains research report templates, and staff training logs.
• Communicates regularly with the departmental research leadership to facilitate the collection and analysis of research and financial data.
• Assists with several research submission portals, such as NIH ASSIST, BRAIN, ProposalCentral, and EBRAP.
• Study setup and maintenance through portals such as CTMS, QCT, EPIC, SRM, BRAIN, E-VACS, ERDSP, and Clincard.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with grants management and finance