Position Information:
Position Title:
Research Administrator II
Job Group:
Professional & Scientific
Required Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of related experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of how to use Workday software for budget, purchasing, and payroll
Experience with developing, preparing and managing budgets including subcontracts
Experience with analyzing, consolidating and interpreting accounting data
Previous post-award grants management experience
Job Description:
The Nanovaccine Institute is seeking candidates for a Research Administrator II. The Nanovaccine Institute is a consortium of 70 researchers at 21 universities, research institutes, national laboratories, and companies, coordinated by Iowa State University. The Institute's life-saving medical research is developing vaccines and immunotherapeutics for a range of diseases, including COVID-19. This ambitious research will soon move into clinical trials and commercialization.
The Research Administrator will manage more than $8 million of annual sponsored program spending on approximately 20 grant and research contract accounts in a growing award portfolio. Our grant-funded research projects have doubled in the past year.
Grant and contract financial management will include reviewing and approving expenditures, preparing reports and monitoring budgets, reconciling accounts, initiating corrective actions, creating and submitting budget amendments, and calculating salary allocations. This administrator will also prepare and monitor the overall Institute budget, and assist faculty with budgets and budget documents for grant proposals.
This position is a term 5 year position with the possibility for renewal and could offer a flex remote working arrangement.
www.nanovaccine.iastate.edu
Appointment Type:
Regular with Term Appointment (Fixed Term)
Proposed End Date or Length of Term:
April 15, 2026
Number of Months Employed Per Year:
12 Month Work Period
Time Type:
Full time
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Pay Grade:
PS808
Application Instructions:
To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:
1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae
2) Letter of Application/Cover Letter
If you have questions regarding this application process, please email employment@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.
Original Posting Date:
January 22, 2021
Posting Close Date:
March 30, 2021
Job Requisition Number:
R3994