Posting Description

SENIOR RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR, Materials Science and Engineering, reporting directly to the Senior Manager, Research Administration, administers complex pre- and/or post-award financial activities; resolves complex financial issues and advises on matters pertaining to operations/financial management for DMSE; advises and educates Principal Investigators (PI), other faculty, researchers and staff on all aspects of research administration including MIT policies, systems and federal regulations; completes the pre-award administration of grants/contracts activities such as reviewing solicitations and determining necessary components; organizes complex PI proposals, often including multi-PI and/ or multi-unit proposals; manages proposals with cost sharing, subrecipient costs, fixed-priced contracts, and managing renewal and submission applications; manages sponsored project closeout processes and audit inquiries; and submits final reports; interprets MIT and government policies such as Federal Acquisition Requisitions (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards, Office of Management and Budget circulars, and sponsored guidelines.