Program Manager

Position Overview

The KS NSF EPSCoR Office is seeking an assistant director to work within the Kansas NSF EPSCoR Office to manage the operations and budgeting for the NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) award. The assistant director will join a team that administers the award and involves institutions of higher education across Kansas. The assistant director will help manage the Kansas NSF EPSCoR Office and ensure compliance with the National Science Foundation while working closely with staff at participating institutions to support timely completion of the project goals.

KU offers great benefits to employees with up to 176 hours of paid vacation per year, 72 hours of sick leave earned per year, nine paid holidays plus one discretionary day, a retirement program, medical & dental insurance, life and disability insurance, other benefit plan options and State of Kansas discounts offered by various vendors. KU also offers employees educational and professional development opportunities.

• Directs day to day operations of the Kansas NSF EPSCoR Office, ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and university policies, regulations, and reporting requirements.
• Provides programmatic and administrative support to the Director, including implementation of policies, budget coordination, proposal development, and assumption of delegated responsibilities as assigned.
• Serves as a primary point of contact and liaison with NSF, participating universities, state agencies, legislators, and other external stakeholders.
• Coordinates planning and logistics for program related meetings and events, including advisory committees, proposal review panels, and the Annual NSF EPSCoR Symposium.
• Prepares and submits required project and program reports, including annual NSF progress reports, and maintains data necessary for evaluations, assessments, and site visits.
• Administers internal funding and proposal processes, including development and distribution of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), coordination of external reviews, and preparation of award documentation.

• Shares responsibility with Office of Research for all financial, accounting, budgeting, financial compliance, and reporting functions. To meet this responsibility, must interpret financial policies and procedures for implementation, execution, and auditing purposes for Kansas NSF EPSCoR, a statewide initiative based at the University of Kansas funded primarily by the National Science Foundation.
• Performs complex technical analysis and financial reporting for varied and complex sources of funding for Kansas NSF EPSCoR Program. Conducts various statistical analyses and modeling involving financial data.
• Researches and prepares variance analysis explanations to inform explanations to program staff and Director. Provides suggested changes to address these variances.
• Works closely with Shared Service Center and Office of Research staff on day-to-day financial management of Kansas NSF EPSCoR programs including cost share, subaward, and expenditure monitoring as necessary.
• Corresponds with financial staff at subaward institutions to implement the Kansas EPSCoR programs.
• Initiates financial changes as necessary to ensure accounting and sponsored project management principles are followed.

• Works with Kansas NSF EPSCoR Director to develop a strategic plan for program and financial operations. Produces financial data scenarios to model short and long-range strategic plans (tasks may include revenue forecasting, expenditure trend analysis, resource allocation models and development of financial strategies to accomplish deliverables).
• Works with Office of Research…