Fairfax, Virginia4 days ago
Responsible for setting goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with the university's plans and vision and communicate them to subordinates; Organizes workflow and ensuring that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks; Monitors employee productivity and providing constructive feedback and coaching; Receives complaints and resolving problems; Maintains timekeeping and personnel records; Passes on information from upper management to employees and vice versa; Prepares and submits performance evaluations; Hires and trains new employees; Ensures adherence to legal and university policies and procedures and undertaking disciplinary actions if the need arises; Manages Provost and ORIEI portfolio of research projects and have primary responsibility for the following roles: Reviews and approves grant personnel labor actions (permanent and temporary positions) initiated by RAs; to include: funding change labor approvals, EPAF approvals and upload review and approvals; Tracks and monitors ORIEI faculty and staff effort charged to grants, reviews and approves GMUF cost transfers, closeout and billing procedures, reviews awarded grants, contracts and cooperative agreements, assisting and advising PIs and research administrators on appropriate post award financial management, approves and monitors more complex research activity payments initiated by PIs or RAs such as Petty Cash/Human Subject gift card incentives, Participant Support payments and Equipment purchases, running ORIEI post audit compliance reviews and ensuring appropriate corrections are made when necessary; Monitors Provost and ORIEI Post-Award RA activities that include: Award review and assists set-up with OSP, setting up payroll distributions, subcontract request initiation and monitoring of invoices, monitoring award budgets and expenses, preparing award financial reports, preparing and assisting with award modifications, processing expense corrections (journal vouchers and labor reallocations), reviewing and facilitating payroll certification process for federal awards, reconciling externally sponsored projects, assisting with other post-award research activities as needed; Works with the Director, Finance & Administration to ensure compliance with university, state and federal regulations for post award research matters such as cost share, PI effort, payroll certifications, rec. The Manager, Post-Award Research Administration in the Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact (ORIEI) is responsible for managing post-award activities in support of an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts within one or more units (i.e., school, department, division, institute, or center) using knowledge of grant and contract management rules and regulations, technical expertise, and analytical skills.