Research Development Manager
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Job No: 503392
Work Type: Staff Full Time (1500 hours or greater)
Location: Dayton, OH
Category: University Staff
Department: Research Development - 208050
Pay Grade: C - Exempt
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| Position Summary: |
The Research Development Manager will implement a wide range of strategic,
proactive and capacity building activities designed to enable and enhance academic
research. Working with academic leaders and faculty and student researchers, this
person will identify target areas of strength and emerging opportunities, and develop
proposals that align with university, state and federal priorities. This position focuses on
supporting faculty, staff and students by helping them secure funding and build
collaborations, while ensuring that they are well informed of emerging opportunities.
Key responsibilities include identifying funding opportunities, assisting with grant
proposal preparation and submission, and fostering interdisciplinary teams. The
Research Development manager supports early-stage identification, analysis, planning
and development of strategic, multidisciplinary funding opportunities and enables and
enhances the competitiveness of research programs and proposals for external support
through strategic, proactive and capacity building activities, including funding
opportunity identification, research team building and outreach activities, with the
ultimate goals of securing large-scale extramural research awards. The successful
candidate will be intellectually curious, self-motivated and able to exercise considerable
independent judgement. |
| Minimum Qualifications: |
• Bachelor’s required
• 5 years relevant experience
• Prior experience in grant writing and editing, research administration or a related
field
• Strong project management, organizational and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under deadline pressures
• Ability to effectively interact with and guide diverse teams comprised of faculty,
staff and students from multiple technical and academic areas.
• Understanding of federal, state, foundation and industry funding
landscape
• Familiarity with research proposal preparation, and electronic submission and
tracking systems
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| Preferred Qualifications: |
While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:
• Master’s degree
• Experience in higher education research administration or research development
• Demonstrated success in supporting faculty with grant proposal submissions
• Familiarity with limited submission processes and internal award program
management
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| Special Instructions to Applicants: |
To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The University does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position.
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| Closing Statement: |
Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.
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