Position Highlights:
Under the direction of the RADC Research Administrator and as part of the Administrative team, provides departmental grant program support and maintenance and independently handles a variety of established office management functions for the RADC.
Position Responsibilities:
Assist in pre-award document preparation for application packets, which includes fostering collaborative relationships with co-investigators and oversight and maintenance of departmental database of frequently used grant documents.
Manage all aspects of sub-award grant submissions, including budgeting, preparation of application in the Rush Research Portal, and coordinating the efforts of grant partners in completing necessary tasks.
Responsible for researching data for the preparation of accurate pre-award budgets and ensuring budgets are processed in a timely manner through appropriate institutional channels for review and authorization.
Perform targeted funding searches (focusing on NIH initiatives), disseminate extramural funding opportunities, and communicate with potential funding sources.
Manages routine grant maintenance activities (progress reports, NIH public access compliance, queries from program officers and other NIH personnel).
Ensuring that research funds are not overspent and allowable and appropriate expenses are charged to funds, manages expense process from pre-submission to reconciliation of expenses against financial reports, such as fund reports, GLs, Payroll reports, etc.. Responsible for compliance to RUMC and RADC policy as well as policies of individual funding agencies.
Oversee RADC document database maintenance, providing direct feedback to staff responsible for data entry.
Position Qualifications Include:
Bachelor’s degree required.
Three or more years of administrative experience required; experience in a research oriented setting strongly preferred; experience in research administration a plus.
Thorough knowledge of RUMC and NIH research funding guidelines, federal regulations and procedures preferred
Experience with NIH Commons procedures preferred
Knowledge of RUMC personnel and payroll policies and cost accounting procedures preferred
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel; basic knowledge of databases.
Demonstrated organizational skills; excellent demonstrated attention to detail.
Ability to work within strict deadlines, under pressure, and ability to prioritize
Excellent verbal and written skills.
Ability to interact with a wide variety of people. Understand the need for and maintain confidentiality in all matters.
Company Highlights:
Rush's new 14-story hospital— which opened in January 2012 — is the cornerstone of the Rush Transformation, an ongoing effort to build new facilities, renovate existing buildings and adopt new technology
As an academic medical center, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, is committed to advancing medical knowledge through research. Investigators at Rush are involved in more than 1,600 projects, including hundreds of clinical studies to test the effectiveness and safety of new therapies and medical devices, as well as to expand scientific and medical knowledge.