Contract/Grant Program Director

Come join the staff at OU HSC and become a part of Oklahoma's premier research university which leads the state in education and career opportunities.

Duties:

• Directs administrative functions including operational, financial, and staffing.
• Responsible for developing and monitoring budgets and educational programming.
• Ensures program meets goals.
• Responsible for strategic planning, establishing both specific and long-range program goals and plans for program expansion and sustainability.
• Supervises and provides guidance to professional and clerical staff.
• Responsible for hiring, training, performance evaluations, disciplining, delegating, monitoring, and terminating.
• Recommends salary adjustments based on equity and performance.
• Develops strategic partnerships to further the programs mission, create awareness of the program, and create buy in.
• Responsible for marketing activities to include program branding, website development, the use of social media, and all advertising for the program.
• Financial responsibilities include, budgeting, financial planning of the program(s), monitoring each programs progress, and approval of expenditures.
• Assists in the development of procedures and goals to ensure optimal operating performance.
• Develops, recommends, and implements administrative and fiscal policies in compliance with the University, NIH, federal and state guidelines. 
• Maintains a policy and procedure manual.
• Responsible for writing and submitting grants, developing budgets and overseeing the funded programs.
• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the functions of the position.

Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Management, or closely-related field AND:

• 108 months experience in business management, administration, accounting, finance, operations management or closely related area. 24 months of the required experience must be directly related to coordinating/managing sponsored grants or contracts.

Skills:

• Advanced working knowledge of databases and electronic tools related to funding opportunity dissemination (e.g. Community of Science).
• Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Knowledge of pre-award grant submission process and federal application requirements.
• Advanced organization skills.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Ability to perform multitasks and handle stressful situations.

Advertised Physical Requirements:

• Physical: Must be able to work in sitting position, use computer and answer telephone.
• Environmental: Office Work Environment. Stressful environment when meeting deadlines.

Supervision: Direct supervision: Senior Research Epidemiologist and 5 GRAs Ad-hoc supervision when staff are assigned RDAC projects: Biostatisticians (3); Senior Research Epidemiologist; GRAs (~20)

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