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.