Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation - Military Veterans

Job Description:

Management and Operations:

• Hire, supervise, and evaluate Directors, Associate Directors, and other positions as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain metrics to evaluate resource needs to support sponsored funding and to assess performance.
• Hold regular meetings with ORI leadership and staff to support unit cohesiveness and timely information exchange.
• Oversee timely dissemination of sponsored funding information to campus stakeholders via various mediums.
• Provide access to professional development and training to faculty, researchers, and staff on grant-related topics, including compliance, proposal development, and award management.

• Oversee the efficient and compliant fiscal management of all active sponsored awards, including timely and accurate account setup, financial reporting, cash management, prior approval changes, and close-out.
• Ensure institutional compliance with federal time and effort and other institutionally mandated reports.
• Oversee calculation and distribution of indirect revenue.
• Oversee the annual Single Audit and resolve audit issues.
• In collaboration with indirect cost consultant prepare the university's indirect cost rate calculations and negotiation or extension of the university's federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (NICRA).
• Provide policy guidance to PIs regarding the use of funds.

• Oversee the institution's compliance policies and efforts, including the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and Institutional Biosafety Committee; Oversee the submission of annual compliance reports.
• Serve as the primary institutional contact for federal agencies related to research compliance (e.g., NIH, NSF, USDA, OHRP, ORI, and OFAC).
• Administer the financial conflict of interest (FCOI) and conflict of commitment program, ensuring disclosures are reviewed and managed appropriately.
• Investigate and manage allegations of research misconduct in accordance with federal and institutional policies.
• Oversee the institution's radiation safety and export control programs, ensuring compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations.
• Provide guidance and training on export control, research security, and foreign collaboration issues.

• Develop and oversee the implementation of policies, procedures, and electronic systems for compliant preparation and timely submission and management of sponsored proposals and awards.
• Evaluate and approve Principal Investigator requests for PI exception status, cost share requests, tuition remission and F&A waivers for sponsored proposals and awards and other policy exceptions as they arise. Coordinate with VPR on these approvals per agreed-upon internal procedures.
• Work with university units to develop criteria for properly classifying gifts and sponsored awards and maintain internal procedures to ensure accurate routing of funds between the university and the foundation.

• Coordinate with peers, deans and associate deans, chairs, investigators, and external sponsors to ensure compliance, efficient execution, and cooperation in the execution and management of sponsored programs/projects.
• Track and guide the implementation of new federal, state, and institutional policies across ORI and other campus units for research and funding compliance.
• Arbitrate and troubleshoot grants management issues between ORI and Investigators, and other units when necessary.
• Oversee the timely and accurate reporting of sponsored funding information and associated research-related institutional reports, including but not limited to monthly, quarterly, and annual ORI reports, and the annual national Higher Education R&D Survey (HERD), and biennial Science and Engineering Research Facilities Survey.
• Serve as a member of the senior management team and provide strategic advice and assessment for the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
• Participate in external associations, including Council on Governmental Relations, Midwest Research and Graduate Administrators Forum, SRAI, NCURA, APLU, and Federal Demonstration Partnership.
• Coordinate with colleges and other university units to train department and college administrators on research administration principles and institutional policies and procedures governing grants management.
• Ex-officio member of the Research Policies Council, RICSAT, and other research-related committees.

• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Vice President for Research and Innovation, including representing ORI in VPR's absence.

• Master's degree in relevant field from an accredited institution.
• 10 years demonstrating progressive responsibility in the administration of sponsored research at a university, in the federal government, or at another entity engaged in sponsored research.
• Experience in supervising and motivating professional and administrative staff, including change management, in a large team environment. Working knowledge of current management principles and practices, skill in dealing with others in work relationships involving mentoring, conflict resolutions and the ability to make difficult decisions.
• Proven ability to produce and deliver educational and training curriculum and complex information on technical issues to a diverse audience at all levels of the institution.
• Experience in the development, implementation, and use of grants management information systems.
• Experience using technology and developing or using business metrics to improve operations and processes.
• Understanding of cost-accounting principles, conflict of interest issues, and effort reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of federal, state, and sponsor regulations regarding research administration (including but not limited to: Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulations, NSF PPAPG, NIH Grants Policy Statement, OMB Uniform Guidance, etc.).
• Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment across organizational units and at all levels, including faculty, college and departmental faculty and staff, central administration and senior institutional officials.
• High professional and personal integrity.