• Supports the day-to-day activities of a team of Pre-Award Specialists. • Monitors workload distribution and raises any concerns to the Research Administration Services (RAS) Director. • Provides guidance to team members, as appropriate. • Coordinates with RAS Director regarding pre-award activities, issue resolution, and workload distribution. • Works with Post-Award team lead to coordinate inter-team meetings to facilitate collaboration between the pre-award and post-award teams, as necessary and appropriate. • Manages pre-award activities for an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts within a RAS unit using knowledge of grant and contract management rules and regulations, technical expertise, and analytical skills. • Manages the day-to-day operations and objectives in support of the assigned portfolio. • Contributes information and ideas related to areas of responsibility as part of a cross functional team. • Ensures effective and efficient workflow and adherence to quality standards for staff/program and self. • Performs pre-award activities for a unit (school, department, or division) within a RAS unit. • Assists departmental faculty/PI in the development, preparation, and submission of grant and contract proposals. • Ensures all applications meet agency and university guidelines and published time tables and deadlines, including management of the Just-In-Time process. • Ensures proposals are entered and routed in a timely manner for further review. • Confers with PI and Pre-award support staff at collaborating institutions to secure necessary sub-awards documents for proposals. • Assists the PI in the development of budgets and budget justification which includes proofing the budget for inconsistencies and ensuring accuracy. • Reviews budgets for consistency with sponsor, monitors compliance with agency and University regulations regarding submission; verifies all financial information to include application of the appropriate overhead rate for the project. • Advises the PI on administrative requirements in preparing proposal submissions and on budget adjustments and revisions necessary to meet the sponsor requirements. • Coordinates and reviews certain proposal elements (biosketches and facilities & resources) for consistency, accuracy, and completeness. • Reviews proposals for consistency with sponsor guidelines on budget, format, font size, page limits excluding narrative content (obtain and review sponsor guidelines). • Monitors and facilitates proposal process through the routing process in compliance with University procedures and institutional signatures. • Obtains signatures as needed. • Monitors proposal status and advises PI on requirements and deadlines associated with research protection protocols. • Works effectively with other offices (central, school, departments, divisions) on research proposal. • Performs related responsibilities as required.