Pre-Award Manager

The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is seeking to hire a full-time -Manager to join the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. You will be responsible for all pre-award activities, regulatory compliance coordination, and provide post-award administrative and research support. Primary duties include: - Consulting to identify and generate requests for salary funding changes - Responsible for the oversight of budgets - Coordinating the submission of extramural and intramural funding applications - Coordinating contracts and grants and financial activity within the labs - Creating proposals for submission to sponsor for all PIs and trainees - Responsible for oversight of budgets - Other duties as assigned Salary range: $61400.00-$121400.00 Annual

* Minimum 3-years pre-award experience with NIH grant submissions * Familiarity with medical terminology * Excellent skills in writing and editing competitive research proposals for funding agencies, including structuring of large documents * Knowledge of external funding processes, including funding agency guidelines and objectives, grant proposal creation and submission * Skilled in cultivating relationships with program officers at agencies as a liaison to support faculty and gain perspective on funding trends * Ability to interpret and effectively communicate Department, University and Sponsor guidelines and policies for different end-users * Skilled in program planning and management of projects, and document production * Excellent skills in data analytics and visualization * Experience in developing, monitoring, and implementing office systems and procedures to ensure smooth and effective operations * Demonstrate skill in financial analysis to monitor and project fiscal performance, to develop and manage complex budgets and to prepare and explain financial reports. * Ability to write reports, guidelines and procedures, using extensive software tools * Expertise in Macintosh OSX computer system, and a strong ability to learn new software * Demonstrated experience with microcomputer software including word processing (Word), reference management (Endnote), and spreadsheets (Excel). * Familiarity with computer graphics software (e.g. PowerPoint, NIH Image, Canvas, Photoshop.)