ResearchProgram Administrator- School of Data Science

The School of Data Science at the University of Virginia invites applications for a Research Program Administrator toprovide essential administrative operational supportto ensure the smooth functioning of research activities and projects for large-scale research projects under the leadership of Professor Don Brown.

Responsibilities:

• Track faculty, staff, and student performance on research projects and provide feedback to ensure task completion within scheduled deadlines.

• Support the planning and conduct of research events to include presentations of research project results to sponsors and the broader data science community.

• Support calendaring and general administrative support for projects.

• Arrangegrant-relatedbusiness travel, schedule meetings, and support agenda management and expense tracking for grant project.

• Managepurchasing forgrant-related expenses.

• Work with post-awardtomaintaincalendarsof reporting and closeout reminders for sponsored projects and manage reporting deadlines in collaboration with project teams.

• Work with post-award to complete administrative tasks related to compliance, generating grant documents, and payments for sponsored projects.

• Contribute to special projects as needed.

RequiredQualifications:

• Associate's degree, or combination of education/experience/certifications in lieu of degree.

• At least2years of relevant experience.

• Ability to adapt and adjust to changes in work processes and environment.

• Receptive tonew ideasandacceptsother perspectives.

• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

• Able to use cloud-based document management (Microsoft Office OneDrive, Box, Microsoft Teams) to share and collaborate with others.

PreferredQualifications:

• Experience supporting research administration and/or grant management.

• Bachelor's degree preferred.

• Familiarity with federal and foundation funding agencies (e.g.NSF, NIH).

Anticipated hiring range:$21.63 - $26.44/hour equivalent to$45,000 - $55,000annually

This is aRestricted position, and contingent upon the availability of funding and performance. This position will remain open until filled. This is an exempt level, benefited position. The University will perform background checks on all hires (if required) prior to employment.Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. For this role, the University will not sponsor or consider candidates requiring sponsorship for employment visas now or in the future. For questions about the application process, please contact Daniel Strong, Senior Recruiter at das6zb@virginia.edu.

Please apply through the University job board, Careers at UVA, and search for R0079996.

Internal applicants may search and apply for jobs on the UVA Internal Careers website.