The Research Administrator serves as the primary coordinator of research project creation and management utilizing grants management and financial systems for SPH at the school level. In partnership with department-level Grants Administrators, Financial Coordinators, and Directors of Administration, as well as the university-level Office of Sponsored Programs and Post Award Financial Operations team, the Research Administrator will play an important role in the pre and post award management, providing support to three academic departments on all matters involving proposal development. The Research Administrator will work to ensure BU policies and procedures are followed allowing investigators the ability to maximize proposal submissions and spend grant funds as planned conducive to timely and accurate post-award reconciliation. This position requires an organized person who has a high level of comfort working independently on a variety of tasks on a daily basis while maintaining accuracy and speed to meet the needs of the assigned departments. The Research Administrator will have a thorough understanding of pre and post award grants management and financial systems, and how fields within each system impact important data downstream.