Join our Team: Staff Positions

The Assistant Director position will report to the Director and will be part of a leadership responsible for the oversight of the grants team.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Provides back up and support to the Administration team in times of heavy deadlines and proposal/award overload.
• Manages a team of grant administration professionals to define and implement strategies for efficient review of proposals and the effective negotiation and intake of awards.
• Provides expert guidance on complex negotiation issues and consultation regarding overall adherence to federal, state, and private regulations as they apply to a broad range of sponsored activities.
• Participates and leads efforts to formalize standard operating procedures to provide consistency throughout the office.
• Advises and assists in planning, directing, and reporting the activities of the programs administered by the Office of Research, and assists in developing and implementing procedures for said programs.
• Responsible for maintaining an inclusive working environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director or other appropriate administrator.

General Responsibilities

• Advises faculty on long-term financial viability of department/center given multiple grants and contracts from various sources with differing project end dates.
• Locates and identifies sources of outside funding on own accord.
• Develops budget proposals and monitors the resulting awards received for academic and research projects and programs.
• Interprets regulations and guidelines of multiple programs funding with complex and broad guidelines for spending.
• Evaluates contract compliance and advises others on contractual rights and obligations.
• Requests or approves amendments to contract terms or contract extensions.
• Prepares bids or request for proposals (RFPs), including specifications and requirements; negotiates contract terms and participates in the determination of acceptable bids.
• Ensures compliance with sponsor terms, university policies/procedures and federal/state regulations.

We are seeking a full-time project coordinator to join our research team, led byDr. Armando Pea. Dr. Pea's lab broadly focuses on addressing health disparities among Latino populations through the integration of community-engaged research, implementation science, and human factors approaches.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Current projects are focused on designing and testing community-based type 2 diabetes prevention interventions among high-risk Latino mother-infant dyads during and after pregnancy.

General Responsibilities

• Provides experienced assistance with project management activities, resource allocation, and communication.
• Develops a schedule designed to meet necessary deadlines and communicates with team members.
• Monitors project progress and handles highly complex issues that arise.
• Ensures projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project.
• Allocates tasks and assignments to lower-level appointed staff and monitors their performance.
• Performs a variety of administrative skills and prepares correspondence related to the project.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Assists the Food Kitchen Manager.
• Oversees food service provided to human subjects participating on dietary intervention feeding trials.
• Oversees day-to-day operational needs of the food laboratory.
• Trains all food laboratory staff.
• Maintains regulatory compliance and infection control practices.
• Maintains communication with participants and staff regarding the level of services they receive from staff and promotes participant satisfaction with nutritional services. This information is
• relayed to the investigative team whenever necessary.
• Assigns staff and workload, respecting changing priorities in daily operations.
• Actively collaborates in the process of menu development for study protocols.

• Completes intervention training.
• Conducts in-person Occupational Therapy evaluation of people living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and mild dementia (2 hours per client).
• Conducts 4-8 in-person sessions with virtual options (2 hours).
• Provides monitoring and support to persons living MCI and dementia, care partners, and outdoor professionals via telephone.
• Attends every other week virtual case conference meetings during the 12-week intervention.
• Completes post-intervention assessments and documentation.