"Senior Project Manager"

Job Details

The Hampton University School of Engineering, Architecture and Aviation (SEAA) is seeking a candidate for appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as a Senior Project Manager (SPM) to perform administrative duties in support of the SEAA University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) Task Orders (TOs). The SPM will provide administrative and grants management support for all assigned projects. It is pertinent to note that Hampton University is a consortium member of the Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA), which is a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) funded by the Department of Defense/Department of the Air Force. The selected candidate must be a United States (U.S.) Citizen.

Examples of Duties

• Assist in SEAA-UARC coordinating all external and internal reviews and science team meetings, including making physical meeting arrangements, preparing agendas, and recording meeting minutes.
• Assist faculty/students and research teams and centers with proposal development and subcontracts, including development of detailed, multi-year budgets and justifications to ensure compliance and effective post award administration.
• Analyze and prepare budgets for many proposals simultaneously while interpreting and adhering to all necessary guidelines and policies.
• Mathematically analyze, select, and apply the proper rules to accommodate the correct fringe rates, F&A (facilities and administrative costs), tuition rates, and other direct costs for a proposal, including subawards.
• Organize and consolidate the pre-award documents so they are current, complete, easy to query, and can readily transfer to post-award for fiscal management.
• Prepare “just in time” and other post submission documents as needed by a wide range of sponsors including budget revisions and justifications.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with faculty and support staff to provide proposal development advice/coaching and make any recommended or necessary changes to improve the compliance and competitiveness of proposals.
• Remain current on Research Administration policies and changing regulations that will affect the College and researchers.
• Work directly with the Office of Sponsored Programs to develop best practices and SOPs for the pre-award processes, as well as participate in discussions on how to maintain a culture of service and continual improvement.
• Train and supervise other project managers.

Typical Qualifications

The successful applicant must have a baccalaureate degree, and experience with text and data processing and spreadsheet software. The successful applicant must hold or achieve the Certification Research Administrator (CRA) designation.

Supplemental Information

• Experience with applying basic accounting principles to financial and general program management tasks is strongly desired.
• Experience with project management, grant management and leading technical research teams.
• Experience working with students, professionals and executive personnel, and a friendly, outgoing, customer-oriented personality are essential.