Principal Professional
Career Family: Research Services Professional Level: Principal Professional
Career Family Job Summary: Jobs in this career family provide direct professional support of research activities. Functions include contracts and grants solicitation and administration, grant/agreement preparation, review and negotiation, regulatory compliance, sponsor communication and post and pre award management, human subject compliance, research animal management, research laboratory coordination and instruction, environmental health and safety, radiation control, hazardous materials use, disposal and training.
Professional Level Job Summary: Principal Professionals are responsible for exercising discretion, analytical skill, personal accountability and responsibility in a wide range of areas including academic, administrative, managerial and student services functions. Work involves creating, integrating, applying and sharing knowledge directly related to a professional field. Work is performed at an advanced or expert level. Principal Professionals are either work leads over others or are considered a subject matter expert in a particular area.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- Three (3) years of research administration experience, including fundamental knowledge of research methods, protocols, data collection, and analysis.
- Optional Substitution: Related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree on a year for year basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's or terminal degree in research administration or a related field.
- Four (4) years of related professional experience. Knowledge of the proposal/contract/grant management process at this level is required. Strong organizational skills, the ability to work proficiently under deadlines. Demonstrated ability to produce accurate and timely work products. Experience working independently with minimal direction. Demonstrated excellent decision-making skills, ability to set priorities for multiple competing tasks. Knowledge of university and sponsor policies and state and federal regulations.
- Related professional experience as manager, supervisor, work leader, staff authority or project/program administrator.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution.
- Demonstrate a commitment to providing outstanding customer service skills.
- Demonstrate an exceptional understanding of access and engagement with a commitment to developing equitable practices.
- Ability to balance performing duties independently without guidance and direction from other professionals and collaborate with professionals and faculty across campus.
- Ability to articulate the University's mission and the importance of the strategic plan
- Ability to manage ambiguous situations and/or information and translate them into results
- Ability to obtain expert proficiency with University systems and processes.
Supervision Exercised:
Can supervise students. No cap on # of students supervised (should not supervise permanent staff. Temporary staff supervision is rare and should be closely reviewed with justification).
Note: Since temporary appointments can be at many levels a "temp" SME should not report to a Principal Professional
Salary: Grade 7
FLSA Status: Exempt or Non-Exempt