Assistant Director, Post-Award

The University is a preeminent center for discovery, learning, and engagement with open forms of access to citizens from every background. UW-Madison creates a welcoming, empowered, and inclusive community while preparing current and future generations to live satisfying, useful, and ethical lives. In partnership with the state and with colleagues around the world, the university’s faculty, staff, and students identify and address many of the state’s and the world’s most urgent and complex problems.
UW-Madison ranks as one of the most prolific research universities in the world, placing in the top ten among American public universities for research expenditures. In addition, it receives over $1.5 billion each year in sponsored projects awards. UW-Madison submits over 4,000 proposals each year, requesting over $2.5 billion in funding. RSP manages about 9,000 active projects valued at almost $4.0 billion.
The Assistant Director of Post-Award reports to the Associate Director of Post-Award, and will be responsible for leading and managing the core functions of the post-award financial management for grants and contracts, including overseeing the managers and day-to-day operations of the post-award teams.

• 15% Directs service-oriented training and outreach to communicate and implement policies and procedures related to post-award research administration operations
• 35% Approves or reviews processes or activities related to financial compliance, audit, or reporting on behalf of the institution
• 15% Directs strategic planning initiatives and establishes project objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and/or staffing resources, and alignment with the strategic plan
• 20% Serves as a liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing organizational information and representing the interests of the institution
• 5% Develops and monitors the budget
• 10% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
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Required
Bachelor’s Degree

Well-qualified candidates will have the following preferred work experience:
1) Five or more years of experience administering research activities at a major educational institution.
2) Demonstrated management experience in Research Administration, including such areas as proposal review and submission, contract negotiation, award terms and conditions, and award management.
3) Demonstrated ability to supervise and motivate professional and administrative staff.
4) Superior oral, written and interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment across organizational units at all organizational levels, including faculty, deans, divisional and central administration and senior institutional officials.
5) Demonstrated experience with the development and/or use of complex electronic systems.
6) Candidate must provide leadership with directing and overseeing operations and services related to post-award activities administered by Research and Sponsored Programs.
7) Knowledge of the broad spectrum of training requirements needed for departmental and central research administrators.
8) Demonstrated strong working knowledge of federal and non-federal grant and contract administration, including policies and best practices at research universities.
9) Experience with federal, state, and university regulations governing grant activities.
10) Demonstrated leadership abilities and experience with planning, directing, and managing policies and best practices in grants management.

Full Time: 100%
This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $125,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The salary for this position is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.
This position will receive a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged retirement savings accounts, and participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund.

A successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment. University sponsorship is not available for this position.

To be considered, applications must be submitted online. Please click on the “Apply Now” button to start the application process. You will be required to upload a cover letter and resume.
Your resume and cover letter should include all relevant education and/or work experience as it relates to this position. Your cover letter should specifically address your experience in Sponsored Programs Administration; experience in management, supervision, and leadership experience in research administration; and your experience with maintaining effective working relationships at all levels of the organization, including the items in the Qualifications section of this posting. Cover letters will be used as a writing sample and to determine the best qualified applicants.

Kelly Marks
[email protected]
608-262-5802
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Post-Award Res Fin Dir (Inst)(SC045)

A34-OVCR/ADMIN/RSP

Limited

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