Research Administration Manager - College of Education, Health, & Human Sciences - UTK

Job description

This position will support the PreAward administration and the strategic efforts of the Office of Research and External Funding led by the Senior Research Administration Manager. The position will provide a central infrastructure to support external funding for faculty and centers. The position is on a team that supports PreAward operations of approximately 172 TT and NTT faculty and service center directors and staff. This position will assist all administrative functions of this office which includes but not limited to: scheduling of meetings, office communications, data management and processing, database oversight/upkeep, pre-award research development, and liaise with Division of Research Administration. The Pre-Award Research Administrator provides comprehensive PreAward research administration support for faculty, center directors, and the College. In Proposal Management, the role identifies funding opportunities, assists faculty with interpreting sponsor guidelines, creates templates/checklists from agency rules, plans and coordinates tasks and timelines for proposal submission, develops accurate budgets aligned with sponsor requirements and University accounting codes/fisc...