Senior Grant Writer, Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center, 86908
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UMKC - Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center Job Description
Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center at UMKC is seeking a Sr. Grant Writer to oversee the development and preparation of multi-investigator and large-scale faculty proposal projects that arise from interdisciplinary research initiatives. Providing proposal development support to dynamic team(s) of faculty investigators to develop innovative large-scale research proposals (over $1M per project). Primary focus is on expanding a portfolio of federally funded grants. The Research Proposal Developer will provide the following: - Consultation on proposal strategy Essential Job Duties: The Sr. Grant Writer will work in a rich scientific environment within UMKC and closely interact with colleagues, graduate students, postdocs and faculty members to help coordinate strategic research projects by facilitating the large-scale proposal creation process for the PI and project team members. This position writes sections of proposals relating to budgets and project management, and edits other sections of proposals for content, form and style (including consistency, grammar, punctuation, and citation format), adherence to RFP requirements and the particular agency's proposal guide, and uniformity of style and voice. This position also performs final form and content checks of ancillary documents gathered and formatted by Pre-Award staff, and edits and corrects them as needed. Specific details of responsibility include: I. Proposal Development - - Identifying promising funding opportunities, gathering strategic intelligence on the funder's needs and history, and helping build an experienced team to address the need. * Identify and distribute curated federal, state, foundation, and private funding opportunities to support basic, prevention, translational, and clinical cancer research that focuses on team science. * Distribute targeted funding opportunity synopses to relevant faculty and teams. - Serving as a liaison between faculty and the research administration team for proposal submission (pre-award) and post-award management to assure adherence to submission and compliance guidelines, respectively. - Contributing to communications regarding collaborative research funding opportunities and research services/resources, including development and dissemination of useful funding-related information to the UMKC research community through email, publications, and website. II. Project Coordination - - Consulting with faculty about strategies on - programs and projects that improve their competitive research capacity to obtain external funding; III. Other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications
A Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, and at least 3 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary. Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree Other Preferred Qualifications: - Excellent project management skills Anticipated Hiring Range
Up to $57,200 annual, commensurate with experience, education, and internal equity. Application Deadline
Open until filled, review of applications to begin immediately. Other Information
Full time and benefit eligible Benefit Eligibility
This position is eligible for University benefits. As part of your total compensation, the University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, paid time off, short- and long-term disability, paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, and educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses. For additional information on University benefits, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at https://www.umsystem.edu/totalrewards/benefits. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer. |