Director, Sponsored Research Services

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Ottawa, Canada University of Ottawa Full time

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**Job Type**:
Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):
N/A

Job Family:
Research and Program Support

of Open Positions:
1

Faculty/Service - Department:
Research Management Services

Campus:
Main Campus

Union Affiliation:
N/A

Date Posted:
March 07, 2024

Closing Date:
April 08, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week:
35

Salary Grade:
Non-Union Grade NM3

Salary Range:
$118,010.00 - $143,659.00

The University of Ottawa

A crossroads of cultures and ideas The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty, and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective. Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities.

We are one of Canada’s top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today’s challenges. One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe. Our employees come together for the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork, and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place. Everyone's contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong

Position Purpose

Reporting to the Assistant Vice-President of research Services, the Director of Sponsored Research has strategic and operational responsibility for the University’s central pre
- and post-award research administration. S/he ensures excellence and accountability in research management and compliance with external sponsor requirements and university policies.

The Director provides expert strategic, administrative, and problem-solving advice and leadership to researchers, faculties, administrators, and sponsors to ensure that the University of Ottawa achieves its strategic priorities of research excellence through activities within the Office of the Vice President of Research and Innovation (OVPRI).

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

- Large-scale strategic research project implementation support: Responsible for the central administration strategic oversight and operational success of awarded large-scale and/or institutional Tri-Agency grants (CFREF, NFRF-Transformation and others). Directs team of key business units/departments (e.g. RMS sponsored research, RMS strategic services, research finance, innovation support services, research security, research ethics etc) that are essential to the roll-out and ongoing success of the research program. Directs and assigns RMS point-of-contact with project team for post-award support including collaborative agreements with academic, government and not-for-profit partners, funds transfer agreements, compliance with agency requirements, budget forecasting, audit and reporting.
- Internal Programs: Directs the University’s internal research funding programs to support uOttawa’s researchers in securing funds from external funding agencies. Oversees peer-review decision-making processes and all subsequent administrative processes, including the communication of decisions and feedback to the researchers. Manages internal program budgets. Directs the monitoring and review and development of new funding programs. Provides strategic advice to Assistant Vice-President and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation to guide the decision-making process.
- Communications and Training: Directs university-wide training on research-related policies and procedures including Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide, university policies and procedures to ensure in a proactive and ongoing basis that faculty administrators have the tools to ensure compliance.Directs effective communication to researchers on support from Sponsored Research Services including effective communication through webpages, newsletter.
- Human Resources and standardization of customer service: Directs a team in a complex and fast-paced environment to achieve unit objectives. Ensures appropriate staff hiring, onboarding, performance evaluation, sustainability and succession planning. Fosters an environment of cross-training, continuous learning and team collaboration ensuring staff empowerment and flexibility in an ever-changing environment. Directs effective framework for standardization of team operational procedures, including



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