The Director of Sponsored Programs Administration is responsible for the delivery of pre-award services, as well as non-financial post-award services, in support of all sponsored programs activity at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, including those sponsored by federal and state agencies, foundations, corporations, and other sources. The director also has delegated authority to sign proposals and execute agreements related to sponsored research, instruction, and public service.
Directly reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Director of Sponsored Programs Administration serves as the Institutional Official, with signature authority, for all grants and contracts submitted to federal and non-federal extramural funding agencies, assuring they are compliant with all relevant federal, state, and institutional policies and regulations. Furthermore, the Director oversees the organizational structure of the Sponsored Programs Administration office, while ensuring that an adequate number of professional and managerial employees are on hand to achieve the timely review and submission of proposals, both grants and contracts.
In order to develop and implement federal, state, and university-wide policies and procedures relative to the submission of sponsored program agreements, the director informs and collaborates with deans, chairs, and division directors, and their associate deans, chairs, and division chiefs of research, as well as directors of research-related offices and officers, such as the Compliance Office, IRB, IACUC, IBC, COI, UNeMed, Comparative Medicine, Internal Affairs, and Export Control.
In addition, the director communicates regularly with other University of Nebraska officials, including the directors of other pre-award offices, the Provost and Associate Provost, the director of the NU Foundation, and multiple members of the Office of Legal Counsel, as well as members of the technology transfer group, UNeMed. The Director will develop templates as needed for minimum or standard language required in contracts or other agreements with other entities or institutions based on existing regulations, and will revise these as new information or new regulations arise.
Other duties of the Director include: working collaboratively with other campus leaders and research program leaders, informing them of changes in regulations or procedures that could impact grant and contract submissions, and solving problems as they arise; providing regular and accurate reports of research awards as required, including those requested or required by the Board of Regents; meeting regularly with other program leaders within the Vice Chancellor for Research Office to keep them abreast of, anticipate, and solve problems as they arise, as well as announce strategic initiatives that will impact the Sponsored Programs Administration office.
The Director of Sponsored Programs Administration also works regularly with the director of Sponsored Programs Accounting to assure speedy and accurate hand-offs of funded projects, as well as with program officers and other NIH officials to respond to any questions they have, or that faculty or staff might have, about funded or pending sponsored programs.
Required: Bachelor's degree, and 6 years experience in any combination of activities below:
Academic research administration and management; oversight of regulatory requirements for federally funded research; pre-award review and submission requirements; negotiation of research and other types of contracts with third parties; addressing compliance as it relates to federal and non-federal grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements; in addition, a history of oversight and management of people.
Preferred: Masters or other advanced degree preferred, and experience with a variety of grant and contract mechanisms for patient-oriented research, including pharmaceutical company-sponsored clinical trials. History of fiscal responsibility.
UNMC is an Affirmative Action Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, including an equal opportunity employer of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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Link to apply: https://unmc.peopleadmin.com/postings/75245
Contact Pam Welch at pswelch@unmc.edu, or 402-559-4837 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for additional questions.
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Bethany DeCarolis
Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs
University of Nebraska Medical Center
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