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Position Information
Functional Title
Director, Research and Sponsored Programs
Position Type
Administrative/Professional
Appointment Type
Regular
FTE %
100%
Work Schedule (if atypical)
Diversity Statement
The University supports a diverse and inclusive environment where students recognize and benefit from the life experiences and viewpoints of other students, faculty, and staff. Diversity is an active and intentional practice that supports difference and multiplicity to expand knowledge, educate capable citizens, develop the whole person, and serve our local and global communities. Promoting and sustaining diversity is a commitment to educational quality and the creation of positive, respectful learning communities.
Job Description Summary
The Director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will oversee processes and procedures as needed for securing and building vital research infrastructure at the University of La Verne. The Director will provide direction to faculty and staff to facilitate grant application processes and will direct, facilitate and monitor all research compliance post-award.
The University of La Verne is a private not-for-profit university founded in 1891 located in La Verne, California. The core values that we live by are Ethical Reasoning, Diversity and Inclusivity, Lifelong Learning and Community and Civic Engagement.
If you're passionate about these values, join us at the University of La Verne!
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Benefits Summary
Salary will be commensurate with experience and internal equity. Benefits include a comprehensive health and wellness plan, tuition remission program for employee, spouse, and dependent children, a generous contribution to the University's 403B retirement plan, and a generous time off plan.
Employment is contingent upon successful completion and clearance of a background check and employment verification.
Location
La Verne Main Campus
Number of Vacancies
Duties
Specific Duties
Directs the creation of processes and procedures as needed for vital sponsored research infrastructure at ULV. Collaborates with faculty and staff to promote a culture of ethical research, encourages participation in sponsored research, and strives to achieve the goals of the department strategic plan.
Specific Duties
Pre award - provides direction to faculty and staff and facilitates the application process via proposal review, approval and submission. Directs staff and faculty in learning and skill building in the area of proposal presentation and budget development. Engages in proactive outreach to faculty and staff to direct multidisciplinary collaboration and maximize probability of winning external research funds via leadership on budget development, identifying funding and proposal development.
Co-directs and represents ORSP at the Grant Advisory Board meetings. Leads and updates the Grants calendar to track ongoing proposal projects and potential funding programs.
Reviews senior management approval of grants proposals prior to submission to the funding agency, including final check and packaging of all grant submissions. Submit electronic applications online in compliance with sponsoring agency guidelines via Grants.gov and others.
Specific Duties
Post Award - directs, facilitates and monitors all research compliance; leads on university misconduct reporting, attends and represents ORSP at both IACUC and IRB meetings, supports research compliance from a federal regulation perspective (Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200). Leads effort on hour reporting and budget management on active externally funded projects.
As necessary manages export controls, technology control plans, FAR, Department of Energy compliance, and compliance with applicable statutes, laws and regulations as well as determining their impact on university research.
Co-directs the Grants Advisory Board general and special committees to advance the topics and outcomes the committee is striving to achieve.
Specific Duties
Communication and Information Dissemination - promotes the departmental website to the university research community, so its relevancy and timelines encourage usage. Creates and manages the individual program project websites, to disseminate important program related success and information. One of the primary avenues to achieve this will be interactive training videos, directing the publication of the ULV post-award handbook, and online production of ULV's instructions and guidelines for all Research and Sponsored Program policies and procedures.
Specific Duties
Training - Mentors project research administrators and junior staff in complex research administration issues and compliance. Provides departments, faculty, staff and projets with proactive direction and training in areas that will enhance the ability to obtain research support and comply with relevant regulations. Nurtures professional relationships with faculty and administrators and collaborate on joint projects and decisions.
Main facilitator of formal workshop presentations the ULV community for both general and specific pre and post-award topics - especially for budgetary and compliance presentations.
Specific Duties
Technology and program record-keeping - Creates and maintains, as appropriate, institutional grants database via Banner and other departmental software files. Maintains a central repository of past successful and unsuccessful proposals for reference and statistical purposes.
Directs the sourcing of all new technology including new software, the installation with internal and external stakeholders, and ensures that software is fit for purpose and providing a return on investment.
Specific Duties
Supervision - Manages ORSP assistants and student team members. Provide clarity, explanation, direction and leadership on projects and policies.
Specific Duties
Consultant and vendor interaction - Liaise with outside consultants and vendors for ULV's indirect cost rate; grant writing consultants; miscellaneous vendors and professional associations.
Specific Duties
Collaborates with Budget Office with all audit requests, A-133 and Uniform Guidance compliant requests. Collaborates with the Office of Government Relations, Office of Budget and Financial, University Advancement, and the Provost to ensure successful cross-coordination for grant submissions, and pre and post awards.
Specific Duties
Attend weekly meetings coordinated by the Office of Government Relations during the grant submission process, and provide updates to the Provost office.
Specific Duties
Other duties as assigned
Salary Range
Minimum:
$68,750
Maximum:
$80,000
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
2018-190925SA
Special Instructions to Applicants
Open Date
11/03/2023
Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Position Information
Functional Title
Director, Research and Sponsored Programs
Position Type
Administrative/Professional
Appointment Type
Regular
FTE %
100%
Work Schedule (if atypical)
Diversity Statement
The University supports a diverse and inclusive environment where students recognize and benefit from the life experiences and viewpoints of other students, faculty, and staff. Diversity is an active and intentional practice that supports difference and multiplicity to expand knowledge, educate capable citizens, develop the whole person, and serve our local and global communities. Promoting and sustaining diversity is a commitment to educational quality and the creation of positive, respectful learning communities.
Job Description Summary
The Director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will oversee processes and procedures as needed for securing and building vital research infrastructure at the University of La Verne. The Director will provide direction to faculty and staff to facilitate grant application processes and will direct, facilitate and monitor all research compliance post-award.
The University of La Verne is a private not-for-profit university founded in 1891 located in La Verne, California. The core values that we live by are Ethical Reasoning, Diversity and Inclusivity, Lifelong Learning and Community and Civic Engagement.
If you're passionate about these values, join us at the University of La Verne!
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited instituation
- 6 year of experience with Post Award management
- 6 year of experience with Pre Award management
- 6 years of Project Management experience
- Awareness of Uniform Guidance and applicable OMB circulars (including NSF, US DOE, NIH, NEA, NASA, DOD, NEH). Proven knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Office of Management and Budget Circulars A-21, A-133, A-110, A-122, and Uniform Guidance 2 C.F.R. 200.
- Comprehensive working knowledge of pre-award and post-award research administration, including but not limited to proposal development and submission, award acceptance, award oversight, billing, and the award closeout process.
- Understanding of all electronic research administration tools such as Grants.gov, NSF Fastlane.
- Understanding of compliance regulations involving conflict of interest, property, equipment, travel and human subjects.
- Ability to identify, assess and mitigate risk.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree from an accredited institution in research-relevant field.
- CRA certification (certification in research administration) or MS in Research Administration
- Understanding of compliance regulations involving export controls and animal subjects/
- Membership of a research management organization (NORDP, NCURA, SRA etc)
- Familiarity with research compliance regulations such as ITAR, EAR, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) embargoes and sanctions regulations, Department of Energy 10 CR Part 810, Assistance to Goreign Atomic Energy Activities, Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 110 Export and Import of Nuclear Equipment and Material, and Automated Export System.
Benefits Summary
Salary will be commensurate with experience and internal equity. Benefits include a comprehensive health and wellness plan, tuition remission program for employee, spouse, and dependent children, a generous contribution to the University's 403B retirement plan, and a generous time off plan.
Employment is contingent upon successful completion and clearance of a background check and employment verification.
Location
La Verne Main Campus
Number of Vacancies
Duties
Specific Duties
Directs the creation of processes and procedures as needed for vital sponsored research infrastructure at ULV. Collaborates with faculty and staff to promote a culture of ethical research, encourages participation in sponsored research, and strives to achieve the goals of the department strategic plan.
Specific Duties
Pre award - provides direction to faculty and staff and facilitates the application process via proposal review, approval and submission. Directs staff and faculty in learning and skill building in the area of proposal presentation and budget development. Engages in proactive outreach to faculty and staff to direct multidisciplinary collaboration and maximize probability of winning external research funds via leadership on budget development, identifying funding and proposal development.
Co-directs and represents ORSP at the Grant Advisory Board meetings. Leads and updates the Grants calendar to track ongoing proposal projects and potential funding programs.
Reviews senior management approval of grants proposals prior to submission to the funding agency, including final check and packaging of all grant submissions. Submit electronic applications online in compliance with sponsoring agency guidelines via Grants.gov and others.
Specific Duties
Post Award - directs, facilitates and monitors all research compliance; leads on university misconduct reporting, attends and represents ORSP at both IACUC and IRB meetings, supports research compliance from a federal regulation perspective (Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200). Leads effort on hour reporting and budget management on active externally funded projects.
As necessary manages export controls, technology control plans, FAR, Department of Energy compliance, and compliance with applicable statutes, laws and regulations as well as determining their impact on university research.
Co-directs the Grants Advisory Board general and special committees to advance the topics and outcomes the committee is striving to achieve.
Specific Duties
Communication and Information Dissemination - promotes the departmental website to the university research community, so its relevancy and timelines encourage usage. Creates and manages the individual program project websites, to disseminate important program related success and information. One of the primary avenues to achieve this will be interactive training videos, directing the publication of the ULV post-award handbook, and online production of ULV's instructions and guidelines for all Research and Sponsored Program policies and procedures.
Specific Duties
Training - Mentors project research administrators and junior staff in complex research administration issues and compliance. Provides departments, faculty, staff and projets with proactive direction and training in areas that will enhance the ability to obtain research support and comply with relevant regulations. Nurtures professional relationships with faculty and administrators and collaborate on joint projects and decisions.
Main facilitator of formal workshop presentations the ULV community for both general and specific pre and post-award topics - especially for budgetary and compliance presentations.
Specific Duties
Technology and program record-keeping - Creates and maintains, as appropriate, institutional grants database via Banner and other departmental software files. Maintains a central repository of past successful and unsuccessful proposals for reference and statistical purposes.
Directs the sourcing of all new technology including new software, the installation with internal and external stakeholders, and ensures that software is fit for purpose and providing a return on investment.
Specific Duties
Supervision - Manages ORSP assistants and student team members. Provide clarity, explanation, direction and leadership on projects and policies.
Specific Duties
Consultant and vendor interaction - Liaise with outside consultants and vendors for ULV's indirect cost rate; grant writing consultants; miscellaneous vendors and professional associations.
Specific Duties
Collaborates with Budget Office with all audit requests, A-133 and Uniform Guidance compliant requests. Collaborates with the Office of Government Relations, Office of Budget and Financial, University Advancement, and the Provost to ensure successful cross-coordination for grant submissions, and pre and post awards.
Specific Duties
Attend weekly meetings coordinated by the Office of Government Relations during the grant submission process, and provide updates to the Provost office.
Specific Duties
Other duties as assigned
Salary Range
Minimum:
$68,750
Maximum:
$80,000
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
2018-190925SA
Special Instructions to Applicants
Open Date
11/03/2023
Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
