Jobs at Member Institutions & APLU

The Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) at the University at Albany (UAlbany), State University of New York (SUNY) seeks to hire a Research Facilitator to liaise with UAlbany’s Sponsored Programs Administration and RF Human Resources offices, assisting with day-to-day transactions that help faculty manage their research awards.

The selected candidate will help faculty manage grants by:

• Processing personnel appointments (undergraduates, graduates, post-docs, regular employees, and researchers’ summer salaries) including dealing with labor distribution, payroll, and other needed forms.
• Assisting international visitors in obtaining visas. This includes working directly with Research Foundation Human Resources and International Student Scholar Services to coordinate necessary forms.
• Purchasing, paying tuition, and performing monthly p-card reconciliations. Assist Research Foundation billing staff to explain expenses to sponsors when needed.
• Processing travel reimbursements for faculty, staff, and student travel on sponsored awards.
• Performing proposal budget reviews, effort certifications, at-risk requests, and many other varied tasks.
• Providing data and assisting faculty with anticipated expenditures on their awards. Preparing quarterly expenditure trends on non-sponsored awards to assist Director with managing Center budgets.