RD Technical Grant Specialist

RD Technical Grant Specialist

Research [305]

JOB #: 1909265

Full time; Career [2]

Starting Salary Range: $28.74-$35.92/hourly.

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Initial Review Date: 01-05-2020

UCSC strives to embrace diversity in all its forms; it strives to be an inclusive community that fosters an open, enlightened & productive environment.

The Research Development (RD) Technical Grant Specialist participates in research development activities conducted by UCSC's Office of Research in collaboration with the Humanities Division and works as part of a team to provide consistent support for UCSC researchers. Performs a variety of functions related to proposal development/grant writing supporting strategic business objections of the University of California Santa Cruz, as well as supporting the Humanities Division on reputation enhancing, high dollar opportunities. Functions to be performed include assisting faculty with navigating the Electronic Research Administration software (Cayuse), drafting and modifying documents for proposal submissions, and coordinating proposal preparation efforts including, if applicable, the limited submission process. Establishes one-on-one relationships with faculty members and provides extensive funding identification and proposal development support. Collaborates with faculty researchers, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Development Director/Specialists, and other Office of Research units to support proposal submission for projects and initiatives. Maintains a strong customer-service oriented environment. Conducts customized funding opportunity searches using relevant databases. Designs proposal development resources, including templates, that can be adapted for various components of federal and private funding applications. Assist with the budgetary and financial management and administration of extramural contracts, grants, and gifts from a wide variety of funding sources and all university generated research funds and cost share commitments for the Humanities Division. Creates and is responsible for the updating of the divisional calendar of grant and reporting deadlines. Works proactively with minimum direction and guidance within a service-team environment. The incumbent will report to the Director of Research Development and Managing Director of The Humanities Institute.

Research Development encompasses a set of strategic, proactive, catalytic, and capacity-building activities designed to facilitate individual faculty members, teams of researchers, and central research administrations in attracting extramural research funding, creating relationships, and developing and implementing strategies that increase institutional competitiveness. Research Development professionals initiate and nurture critical partnerships and alliances throughout the institutional research enterprise and between institutions?and with their external stakeholders. With the goal of enabling competitive individual and team research and facilitating research excellence, Research Development professionals build and implement strategic services and collaborative resources that span across disciplinary and administrative barriers within their organizations and beyond. Research Development includes a broad spectrum of activities including: funding opportunity identification and targeted dissemination; grant/contract proposal development; research team building; interaction with funding agencies and institutional research administration and leadership; interaction with institutional federal relations; and outreach activities and training.

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To ensure review of application materials by the hiring unit, they must be submitted on or before the initial review date (IRD) via the Staff Employment Opportunities web site; https://jobs.ucsc.edu. A computer is available at the UC Santa Cruz Staff Human Resources Office located at Scotts Valley Center. The Scotts Valley Center is located at 100 Enterprise Way, Suite E100, Scotts Valley, CA 95066. To learn more or to request disability accommodations, call 831-459-2009. Hearing impaired are encouraged to use the California Relay Service at 800-735-2922. UC Santa Cruz is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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