Summary

At the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine, we study almost every aspect of breast health and disease and are focused entirely on strategies to prevent, diagnose and treat all breast cancer. We are a multidisciplinary center with an emphasis on translational research. The Center is committed to education and training of our students. Our primary goal is to advance our research mission and goals.

Job Duties

• Submits and monitors grant applications and work with SPO for 3-4 faculty (pre- and/or post-award grant management).
• Maintains the daily, monthly, and quarterly research financial accounting activities and reports.
• Conducts financial analysis and prepares special financial reports requested by Administrator when needed.
• Manages federal, state and industry grants, contracts & subcontract submissions internally and externally.
• Serves as point of contact between the Office of Research (OOR), sponsors, PIs, collaborating institutions.
• Gathers and creates documents necessary for grant submission including budget, budget justification, other support, statement of work, etc and communicates timelines to faculty to ensure applications are submitted on time to central office for review and approval.
• Reviews and approves grant application proposals for sections assigned in the College's electronic Biomedical Research and Assurance Information Network (BRAIN).
• Ensures compliance with all guidelines for funding purpose.
• Makes recommendations for process improvement to increase efficiency and implement changes.
• Attends workshops on research administration for continued education and contributes to the development and improvement of the pre-/post- award management process.
• Approves Concur submissions for assigned faculty.
• Assists in Center budget submission (BPC) Participate in monthly meetings with other research admin associates and Administrator.
• Conducts other Support and biosketches for assigned faculty.

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

• Must be a teamplayer and work well within a group. Cross-training and transparency among the admin team is encouraged and practiced.
• Must be familiar with BRAIN and grants applications.