Open Rank Grants and Contracts Professional (Senior – Program Manager)

Open Rank Grants and Contracts Professional (Senior Program Manager)-34158University Staff

Description

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department : Medicine - Rheumatology

Job Title : Open Rank Grants and Contracts Professional (Senior Program Manager)

Position # : 00815108 Requisition # : 34158

Job Summary :

The Division of Rheumatology at the University of Colorado is a nationally recognized leader in improving patient outcomes, educating the next generation of rheumatologists, and changing the future of rheumatic and autoimmune disease care through discovery and innovation serving the greater Rocky Mountain region.

The national ranking of our program demonstrates our commitment to providing the highest quality of care for patients with rheumatologic diseases.

We are educating the next generation of rheumatologists and researchers through our fellowship program and interactions with the internal medicine residency, medical school, and graduate school at CU.

Our faculty researchers are leading innovations through discoveries in immunology, computational biology, genetics, epidemiology, and outcomes with the ultimate goal of impacting patient care.

This position offers a skilled and dedicated candidate an opportunity to work with our researchers to build, advance and successfully manage their programs of research.

Key Responsibilities

All Levels :

• Update all faculty sponsor program accounts monthly and conduct update meetings with funded faculty.
• On behalf of faculty researchers, serves as liaison to outside funding agencies.
• Ensures all proposed sub-awards, subcontracts, and other forms of sub-agreements for assigned applications are properly documented through authorized parties.
• Works collaboratively with the PIs, and the Division Administrator to ensure an accurate, current, record keeping of all extramural research activities of faculty.
• Collaborates with OGC Accounting, subcontractors, and external agencies, regarding paying invoices, requesting no-cost extensions, establishing subcontracts, and assisting with progress reports.
• Reviews and interprets the sponsor's requirements with faculty to ensure compliance with appropriate Federal, State, Board of Regents, OGC and university policies and regulations.
• Liaise with faculty and Pre-Award Core as needed on Pre-Award submission process and electronic applications including PDF conversions, bio sketches, enrollment tables, human subjects, and resource information.
• Ensure all proposed sub-awards, subcontracts, and other forms of sub-agreements for assigned applications are properly documented through authorized parties and manage the disbursement of subcontract funds.
• Working closely with Division Administrator to assist with routine audits of payroll as well as other laboratory expense transactions for research faculty, fellows, and staff to ensure expenses are properly calculated and encumbered on their appropriate accounts.
• Monitor and ensure departmental compliance with Federal regulations and the new Uniform Guidance (replacing A 21, A 110, and A 133 OMB circulars) for administrative, accounting, and audit requirements.

This includes providing guidance to divisional faculty, administrators, and staff on research related organizational policies and procedures, including effort reporting.

• Maintain electronic file repository of Divisional grant / award information, and research protocols.
• Procurement of research-related supplies / equipment or services.

At the Program Manager Level :

• Provide administrative and strategic guidance of the Division’s program of research and serve as advisor to the Division Administrator, the Division Head and the Associate Division Head of Research.
• Create tracking and projection reports to identify funding cliffs for divisional faculty and research staff.
• Manage clinical trial funding sources to fund and optimize clinical trial program growth.

Work Location :

Hybrid this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 2-3 days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

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