Unit Research Administrator

ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY

The College of Arts and Sciences is the intellectual heart of the University of South Florida. We are a community of teachers and scholars united in the belief that broadly educated people are the basis of a just, free, and prosperous society. By focusing on the big questions facing all of humanity, we prepare students for successful, socially responsible personal and professional lives.

By conducting innovative, interdisciplinary research and scholarships, we advance knowledge in ways that prepare us to address complex social and scientific problems and enhance the quality of life for people and communities.

There are 28 departments and 27 centers and institutes within the College of Arts and Sciences. These areas comprise of approximately 700+ faculty members and 200 staff plus many OPS and student employees.

CAS Office of Research and Scholarship (CAS-ORS) provides support for the development of research proposals and fellowships by assisting researchers in identifying funding sources that align with their research areas, designing and facilitating proposal development workshops, demonstrating applicable strategic tools and resources, performing comprehensive proposal narrative reviews, offering internal awards, and providing solid research infrastructure. In addition to the pre-award proposal and post-award grant support, CAS-ORS promotes the research and scholarship success of our faculty, correspondingly increasing our visibility within the university, our local community stakeholders, and our national and international peers.

The Unit Research Administrator position provides various levels of fiscal and administrative support to CAS departments. This position may support departments housed in the School圂Natural Sciences & Mathematics (SNSM), the School of Social Sciences (SSS), the School of Humanities (SHUM), or Centers and Institutes. This position acts as a primary contact between Principal Investigators and Sponsored Research on the identification, development, review, submission, and subsequent administration of grants and contracts.

This position supports researchers by preparing budget projections, developing materials for compliance analysis, and advising the researchers concerning the review of the proposals by Sponsored Research. This position requires knowledge of federal sponsor agency guidelines and regulations (NSF, NIH, NEH, etc.), OMB Uniform Guidance, and private sponsor agency (private foundation, corporate) guidelines. In addition, this position must interpret and apply varied Federal, State, and University policies and regulations through the entire proposal and contract process.

After awards are made, the position provides guidance to researchers on administrative steps such as RETURNaccounts, reconciling the projects on a regular basis, reviewing and approving invoices and financial reports prepared by Sponsored Research, preparing expenditure transfers and override requests with supporting justification, and reviewing the final reconciliation of the projects prepared by Sponsored Research.

ANNUAL SALARY
: $60,000