Senior Administrative Associate - Research Administrator, McKetta Department of

Pre-Award Support:Assist Principal Investigators (PIs) and research group members with funding proposal preparation and submission including budgets, justifications, bio-sketches, and other necessary forms to ensure all requirements of the funding agency and the university are met. Navigate internal (UT RMS) and external sponsor (NSF, NIH, DOE, industry, foundations, etc.) proposal systems such asResearch.gov.Post-Award Support:Assist with award set-up and fiscal management of awards, which may include grant budgeting, grant modifications (no-cost extensions, reallocations, etc.), annual reporting, and review of expenditures. Assist PI with effort certification. Monitor post award activities to ensure compliance for issues involving allowable costs, cost transfers, budget adjustments and reporting requirements. Work with Discovery to Impact office on non-disclosure requests (NDA) and sponsored research agreements (SRA). Assist with material transfer agreements (MTAs).Financial Management:Monitordiscretionary and researchaccount balances, reconcile all research grant accounts on a monthly basis. Process payments, reimbursements, Payee Information Forms (PIF), as well as other accounting documents as needed for group members and PIs. Process requests for travel authorizations for PIs, research staff and students traveling on grant funding as well as travel reimbursements.Human Resources / Onboarding:Work with PIs to determine budget placement of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, researchers, and handle HR assignments; work in conjunction with Chemical Engineeringadministrative offices on HR related mattersincluding submission ofJ1 / H1B visa requests. Assist new group members with onboarding activities. Review and approve timesheets.Other duties as assigned.