Research Administrative Manager II

Job Title:

Research Administrative Manager II

Location:

Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Job

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 1. Students are our top priority. 2. We strive for excellence. 3. We thrive on diversity. 4. We celebrate collaboration. 5. We champion innovation. 6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression. 7.

We nurture the wellbeing of our community. 8. We act ethically. 9. We are responsible stewards. Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time;

making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Plan and oversee the research administration of large and/or complex research programs and projects within a department or school. Includes supervision of program/project related financial accounting and reporting, coordination of proposal preparation and submissions, event planning and management, and general research administration support. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations.

This position will interact on a consistent basis with: department leadership, research program/project managers and faculty, Institute financial management program sponsors.

This position typically will advise and counsel: department leadership, program/project management.

This position may supervise:
Assigned Staff.

• Job Duty 1 - Partner with senior leadership to develop and implement strategic initiatives and best practices in research administration to support the university's research goals and objectives
• Job Duty 2 - Direct assignments for lower level administrative and research support staff; train staff on policies, procedures, and best practices
• Job Duty 3 - Oversee budgets associated with assigned programs/projects to include tracking expenses and preparing budget reports
• Job Duty 4 - Organize and facilitate pre- and post-award proposal processes, including data collection, routing, editing, compliance, oversight, renewals and extensions, deliverables, billing questions, award closeout, and interface with sponsors
• Job Duty 5 - Direct event logistics for large scale, multi-site program related symposia, workshops, meetings, and other events
• Job Duty 6 - Lead cross-functional or inter-departmental working groups to resolve complex agreement issues; assess and mitigate risks associated
• Job Duty 7 - Partner and advise leadership on program-related data for sponsor reporting
• Job Duty 8 - Serve as unit-level expert and owner of department research administration. Identify opportunities and implement solutions for improvement and optimization
• Job Duty 9 - Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience

Seven to nine years of job-related experience

• Organize and facilitate proposal preparation and submission to include coordination of…