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Job Summary The Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision-Making Center (d3center) is seeking a senior Research Administrator to provide pre- and post-award research administration support for a diverse research portfolio. The d3c Research Administrator will partner closely with faculty, staff, and central offices to ensure compliant, efficient, and strategic stewardship of sponsored projects, including a P50 Center for Excellence award from the NIH.
This position will report to the d3c Managing Director, and partner closely with experienced research administrators housed within the Survey Research Center (SRC), and the Institute for Social Research Admin Core.
Responsibilities* Pre-Award Activities:
- Coordinate the preparation, review, and submission of complex proposals, including multi-PI, multi-institutional, and center-scale submissions.
- Develop and review detailed budgets and justifications, including cost sharing, subawards, effort commitments, and compliance components.
- Interpret and apply sponsor, federal, and university policies to ensure proposals are accurate, competitive, and compliant.
- Prepare and finalize commonly required proposals documents such as facilities, biosketches, and managing subcontract forms.
- Route proposals through the eResearch proposal management system at the University of Michigan ensuring timely submissions.
- Prepare Just in Time documentation and other sponsored requests.
Post-Award Project Administration and Financial Management:
- Manage post-award activities for a portfolio of sponsored projects, including award setup, financial oversight, effort reporting, subaward management, and closeout.
- Monitor expenditures and commitments to ensure alignment with sponsor terms, approved budgets, and project timelines.
- Reconcile accounts on a monthly basis for accuracy and allowability and to ensure compliance with SRC, U-M, and sponsor guidelines.
- Prepare and maintain monthly faculty effort spreadsheets to track effort commitments across time.
- Identify and resolve compliance, financial, and administrative issues; escalate risks as appropriate and recommend corrective actions.
- Prepare materials for annual sponsor project reports such as Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR), preparing subcontracts in eResearch, routing purchase orders, managing PeoplePays, and other reporting requirements.
Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with sponsor, ISR, SRC and university guidelines.
- Help with the creation and management of Unfunded Agreements/Data Use Agreements (UFA/DUA) in eRPM.
- Help draft administrative pieces for Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications for human subjects studies.
- Attend research administration meetings and training to remain current on changes in policies and procedures affecting proposal preparation, financial and administrative reporting.
Required Qualifications*- Bachelor degree and 5+ years of progressive experience in research administration, including both pre- and post-award responsibilities
- Experience with pre- and post-award federal awards
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office products, Google suite s and communication applications such as Zoom
- Experience with business tools such as eResearch, Business Objects, and other administrative systems
Desired Qualifications*- Experience supporting infrastructure and/or center grants
- Experience with ISR research administration systems (e.g., proposal and award management, financial reporting systems)
Modes of WorkPositions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes .
Work Locations Work location is expected to be remote.
Additional InformationJob DetailJob Opening ID284038
Working TitleResearch Administrator Senior
Job TitleResearch Administrator Sr
Work LocationAnn Arbor Campus
Ann Arbor, MI
Modes of WorkMobile/Remote
Full/Part TimeFull-Time
Regular/TemporaryRegular
FLSA StatusExempt
Organizational GroupInst Soc Research
DepartmentSRC-d3c
Posting Begin/End Date10/08/2026 - 10/15/2026
Salary$81,000.00 - $95,000.00
Career InterestResearch
