• Manage pre-award activities, perform post-award activities, and provide research administration oversight including personnel, payroll, budgeting, and operations management for large and complex divisions/units • Oversees the department’s research administration • Identifies areas needing improvement and suggests solutions providing procedures for senior leadership to approve/implement • Prepares, monitors, analyzes, manages and reports research division budgets • Supervises and trains others in the submission of grant and contract proposals • May oversee the submission and post award activities of research or clinical trial studies • Supervises payroll function, identifies and assigns payroll to appropriate sources, designs and implements tracking system to monitor activity • Supervises the purchasing function, ensuring maximum utilization of funds • Prepares and manages annual salary planning process • Responsible for communicating and administering all policies and procedures to faculty and staff • Monitors compliance of faculty and staff with internal and external policies and procedures in the appropriate conduct of research • Maintains personnel records; directly oversees scheduling of employees, evaluation process and personnel problems (i.e. counseling measures and discharge of personnel) • Reviews and screens job applications and applicants; conduct interviews, hire and/or make recommendations for hiring new personnel • Periodically reviews all non-academic appointments to ensure that appropriate job descriptions, titles and salaries are continuously maintained • Recommends and participates in development and implementation of decisions, policies & procedures; identify and implement best practices and innovations • Implements and maintains procedures to ensure efficient work flow; responsible for the proper training of staff • Maintains professional public relations and efficiently handles complaints • Serves as liaison in matters relating to research activities between the Department, School, University, outside agencies and collaborative institutions • Completes special projects as directed by senior leadership • Organizes and attends meetings and conferences and participate in various Departmental and University committees • Maintains confidential files