Assistant Director

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Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

The Assistant Director will supervise the Business Services Coordinator in addition to being responsible for performing Pre-Award duties in the Sponsored Programs Office ( SPO) for the School of Medicine ( SOM). The Assistant Director will work closely with the Director to manage the daily operations, ensuring the department's goals are successfully attained. Responsibilities include providing training and guidance to the Grants Analysts and assisting the Director with developing standard operating procedures and strategic planning for the department. This position will function in a team environment and be responsible for the review and timely submission of SOM faculty proposals in a highly deadline-driven environment to secure funding for research and other sponsored programs. The Assistant Director has delegated signature authority to provide final university approval on behalf of the Vice Chancellor for Research. The proposal review conducted by the Assistant Director includes a review of proposal budgets, budget justifications, and administrative information to ensure compliance with all regulatory bodies including IACUC, IRB, federal regulations (Uniform Guidance), sponsor guidelines, and university and state policy governing sponsored research. Proposal approval may include electronic submission using various agency systems, specifically grants.gov/cayuse, and the era commons or by providing institutional signature. The Assistant Director is responsible for the review and submission of Just-in-Time ( JIT) materials, non-competing NIH progress reports (RPPRs), the NIH grant closeout final technical reports (FRPPRs) and corresponds with the sponsoring agency representatives to provide information as required. The Assistant Director is responsible for serving as the back-up to the Director of the Sponsored Programs Office in her/his absence. The Assistant Director should be a seasoned research administrator capable of using sound judgement in making decisions that may pertain to proposal processing priority in a heavy, deadline-driven environment and/or resolving other urgent matters in the Director's absence or as delegated; managing proposal submission problems that may be encountered; serving as a mentor to the Grants Analysts within the office by providing guidance and instruction on policies and procedures. The Assistant Director will interact with departmental staff and faculty in the School of Medicine and departments throughout the campus as well as sponsoring agency representatives.

Mid- to late-career with Masters and 2- 4 yrs experience; Bachelors and 3-5 yrs experience

This position requires a sharp attention to detail; ability to multitask; excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to prioritize using sound judgment; strong analytical skills; ability to read and interpret procedures and policies; experience using Microsoft Office software.

Prior research administration experience. Experience working in a central office of research administration with pre-award grant responsibilities. Preference for a Certified Research Administrator.

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