Grants Writer - Infectious Diseases And Rheumatology

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A Brief Overview
This role will perform grant writing, grant management and grant support functions to maximize essential support from external sponsors for research, training and programmatic initiatives.
This role will also provide support to a team of interdisciplinary faculty members, including serving as support staff on grant proposals, facilitating team communication, organizing the submission process, and providing writing, editing, project planning and budget development support for grant proposals.
What you will do

• Facilitation and organization of grant submissions (25%)
• Act as the point person throughout the proposal preparation process to organize meetings / conference calls and communicate information including to / from research teams, sponsors/funders, the sponsored projects office, and business managers.
• Read and understand proposal requirements and develop plan for proposal completion including systematically collecting components, determining timelines, and creating/maintaining collaborative workspaces.
• Ensure all submissions are complete including compile components and oversee document upload, sign-off, copying, collating, and mailing.
• Collaborate with sponsored projects office to ensure completed submissions.
• Grant Writing (35%)
• Write all 'non-science' grant sections, including facilities and resource descriptions, human subjects protection, project management, data security, organizational capabilities, budget justifications, letters of support, etc.
• Complete enrollment tables and compile appendices.
• Compile sections written by investigative team members (including sub-sites), ensure uniform document formatting, and oversee review / editing of final document by team.
• Grant Budgeting (20%)
• Communicate with PI to determine project needs. Gather personnel costs and contact other internal and external sources and vendors as needed to determine other project costs. If applicable, work with research purchasing office and clinical trials financial management team to determine costs.
• Develop preliminary budget and work with research business manager to formalize and place in correct format.
• Work with project team to revise as needed per grant funding limits.
• Infrastructure Support (20%)
• Research prospective funders based on the centers' strategic priorities
• Regularly update databases of funders and funding opportunities
• Prepare materials and manage logistics for funder meetings as needed
• Create templates for commonly used grant components
• Maintain database of funded grants for access by center faculty
• Participate in process and communications improvement efforts regarding research administration within the centers.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required

Experience Qualifications

• Experience working with grants, contracts and subcontracts Required
• Experience working in an academic, research institute or similar setting Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Intermediate proficiency with office software (Microsoft Office)
• Intermediate proficiency with citation management platforms (End Note)
• Intermediate knowledge of key practices, regulations, policies and procedures related to grants and/or contracts
• Basic knowledge of grant budgeting practices
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

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Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.
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