UCAR - The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Administration

• Manage end-to-end proposal development for research grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts
• Partner with Principal Investigators and project leads to build multi-year project budgets, cost proposals, and detailed budget narratives
• Coordinate data entry, document assembly, and formal proposal uploads across UCAR systems and federal sponsor portals
• Perform pre-submission compliance checks for cost allowability, cost-share requirements, indirect rate applications, and sponsor restrictions
• Oversee active direct awards, contract vehicles, and subawards through award closeout
• Conduct financial reviews, track burn rates, reconcile expenditures, perform cost transfers, and generate rolling forecasts
• Ensure adherence to federal regulations, sponsor terms, and organizational cost principles; support audit reviews
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, sponsor billing packages, and closeout documentation
• Draft and process award amendments, budget reallocations, scope changes, and no-cost extensions
• Serve as financial Subject Matter Expert for Principal Investigators, program managers, and department leaders
• Act as financial liaison between UCAR project teams and federal sponsor representatives including NOAA, NASA, and NSF
• Develop financial dashboards, metric reports, and summary presentations
• Use advanced spreadsheet modeling and ERP tools to streamline budgeting workflows and reduce reporting turnaround times

BSS Research Administrator II

Student

• Provide basic research, administrative, and program support to the UCAR Center for Ocean Leadership
• Conduct basic literature, web, and document searches on assigned ocean-related topics
• Collect, organize, and summarize information from scientific, government, organizational, and other sources
• Compile information for briefing materials, presentations, reports, spreadsheets, and other program products
• Enter, organize, update, and maintain program, stakeholder, contact, source, and project information
• Assist with basic data collection, organization, and quality checks
• Support research on ocean observing programs, emerging technologies, economic and societal benefits, and COL priorities
• Assist with meeting and workshop preparation, including research, participant information, materials, note-taking, and follow-up documentation
• Assist with testing and documenting digital tools, including AI-enabled research and productivity tools
• Perform basic administrative and program-support activities as assigned

BSS Research Administrator II

Student Assistant I