Summary

Supports the Department of Pediatrics/Critical Care Medicine/Hospital Medicine/Renal. The Senior Research Administration Associate will be primarily responsible for the post-award financial management activities of grants, managing the award life cycle, from application to award closeout. Primary Responsibilities include financial set-up, resource allocation, and preparation of quarterly reports. Must have wide-depth of knowledge with relevant experience of contracts, subcontracts, and be highly comfortable managing multiple projects at one time. Reports through the Pedi-RRO Office and Division leadership for key deliverables.

This role is eligible for hybrid work arrangement working at least two days onsite.

Employees with CRA certification are eligible for an annual bonus.

Job Duties

• Manages data of active, pending, and closed grants for the Research Resource Office, supporting one or more Divisions: number of submissions, number of awards, faculty effort and other statistics related to grant reporting.
• 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.
• 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.
• Post-award management of the research portfolios in Pediatrics/Critical Care Medicine/Hospital Medicine/Renal.
• 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.
• Supports Researchers in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine/Hospital Medicine/Renal. Divisions with 50+ faculty members.
• Manages complex awards and sub-awards from multiple sponsors and outside institutions: industry, clinical, federal, and foundation - including, but not limited to CDC & NIH.
• Leads grant administration of bench/translational/clinical research. Must have wide-depth of knowledge with relevant experience of contracts, subcontracts, be highly comfortable managing multiple projects at one time.
• Reports through the Pedi-RRO Office and Pedi-CCM/Hospital Medicine/Renal leadership for key deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• At least (4) years of relevant experience, in grant application development, budgeting, and/or grant financial management
• Must have a working knowledge of sponsor application submission systems such as ASSIST, Workspace, and Proposal Central
• Prior experience working in an academic research setting
• 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