Job Description
Assistant Manager for Sponsored Projects Case Western Reserve University - 4.0 Cleveland, OH Job Details Full-time $52,705 - $66,672 a year 20 hours ago Benefits Health insurance Tuition reimbursement Paid time off Retirement plan Qualifications Database systems Team leadership Efficiency improvement Strategic planning in education Presentations for conferences or internal meetings Managing budgets in an accounting role Overseeing academic strategic planning Student advocacy Managing projects Productivity software Project leadership Full Job Description Salary Grade Case Western Reserve University is committed to providing a transparent estimate of the salary range available for this position at the time of its posting. The salary range is between $52,705 and $66,672, depending on qualifications, experience, department budgets, and industry data. Employees receive more than just a paycheck. University employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare, retirement plans, tuition assistance, paid time off, and a winter recess. Job Description
POSITION OBJECTIVE
Working with a high degree of independence, provide overall administrative management and coordination of a variety of grant administration, finance, budget, and business-related functions for various departments across Case Western Reserve University. The assistant manager will be assigned a research portfolio of the Center for Human Performance and Resilience interdisciplinary grants and contracts, based in multiple clinical research departments. These assignments will change as needed based on changes in funding levels, staffing needs and other dynamics. The assistant manager is expected to function as the financial and business manager across the Center and work directly with faculty and staff as it relates to grant submissions, financial reporting, tracking of expenses, determining optimal staffing levels based on available resources, and ensuring compliance with pre and post award management requirements. The assistant manager will develop and implement plans for optimizing the management of resources, exercising discretion and independent judgment to assigned departments related to managing revenues and expenses, as well as working with administrators across the university. The assistant manager has authority to accomplish objectives within established guidelines and policies with the expectation of only referring special problems to the Executive Director. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Provide multi-institution, complex proposal development for collaborative research, industry and clinical-trials grants and contracts. Provide background research to emphasize the connection between the research needs statement and the interests of the funder. Manage contract and grant proposal preparation processes for the more demanding and reporting-intensive sponsors with varying policies, restrictions, and deliverables. Collaborate with principal investigators, co-investigators, senior key personnel, and their respective research administration teams (within CWRU, external partners, and hospital affiliates) to build budgets and budget justifications for grants and contracts. Advise faculty on complex contract and grant terms that may impact the administration of a project involving multiple institutions in both the U.S. and international sites. Facilitate terms and conditions of awards, budget augmentation, and project period with the principals. Ensure compliance with all state and federal agency regulations, industry, non-profit organizations, and university procedures. Meet with principal investigators, department chairs, and executive director to discuss/initiate corrective actions prior to proposal submissions. Serve as a resource to assigned departments by interpreting proposal guidelines, providing guidance in navigating federal web-based submission platform, and navigating CWRU¿s internal routing process through SPARTA. (35%) Serve as the financial and business operations director for their assigned portfolio of $10 million + funded projects. Extract data from multiple university sources and systems and perform continuous financial modeling for implementation. Review spending patterns to project future trends and prepare long-range operational forecasts and cash flow analysis. Develop monthly forecasts for each principal investigator outlining all projects in their portfolio and meet with them monthly to review trends. Develop and implement strategies to avoid over and under spending. Review and monitor spending levels and commitments. Be the main contact and primary administrator to departmental staff, faculty, and department chairs for all things budget-related to Center for Human Performance proposals. Engage Case School of Engineering employees as needed and follow up with colleagues, departmental staff, and faculty to assure tasks are completed in a timely manner. Create efficiencies to improve accuracy. (20%) Solely responsible for inputting assigned proposals into federal web-based submission platforms (Grants.gov, Research.gov, ASSIST, etc.) and managing the internal routing process though SPARTA. Communicate with CWRU Office of Sponsored Projects, CWRU School of Medicine Office of Grants and Contracts, funder program officers, and federal funder administrators as needed to complete submission (15%). Monitor project budgets, expenditures, and overall financial performance and reporting requirements. Execute grant reports and budget revisions as needed. Ensure compliance with all grant-related policies including proper documentation, required reporting and invoicing, and timely communication with project sponsors. Track and monitor revenue and expense budgets. Prepare departmental performance and financial analyses and reports as required. (15%) Prepare administrative reports for submission to sponsoring agencies including interim and final financial reports for the university, which are then submitted to the sponsor. This would include all data related to university cost share obligations from either Case Western Reserve University solely or from multiple sources (see multi-principal investigator/ multi-institution proposals.) Interpret school and university policies and procedures pertaining to grant management and expenditures and ensure compliance by all staff. Communicate any changes to policies and procedures to appropriate staff to ensure implementation. Ensure compliance with federal regulations as outlined in 2 CFR Part 200. Maintain a database of all sub-recipients and note all sub-recipients subject to the Single Audit requirements. Gain an understanding of compliance programs of sub-recipients and communicate additional expectations to comply with the university's compliance program. (10%) Serve an active role, including chairing committees, on various leadership teams in developing long and short-term departmental strategy goals. Cross train with SPARC team to ensure smooth daily management of grants and contracts and during times of absence. (5%) NONESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Perform other duties as assigned. (
