Research Development Manager

About the role

The Office of Research Development is a pan-University office serving the broad faculty research and scholarship community at UNC-Chapel Hill. ORD supports the Vice Chancellor for Research’s campus-wide research enterprise that attracts over $1.6 billion in extramural funding. ORD’s mission is to expand the University’s capacity for innovative, groundbreaking research and scholarship by resourcing Carolina faculty and postdoctoral researchers as they work to address challenging problems for the benefit of the citizens of North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Advances ORD’s efforts to help UNC Chapel Hill compete for large and complex external funding opportunities.
• Works across schools, departments, centers, and institutes to understand UNC’s research strengths, identify strategic funding opportunities, and connect faculty investigators with the collaborators, sponsor information, and proposal development resources needed to pursue major awards.
• Guides proposal efforts from early concept development through submission, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and working with departmental pre-award personnel, ORD colleagues, and sponsor contacts to shape competitive applications.
• Contributes to proposal strategy, technical writing and editing, alignment of internal Strategic Research Areas with external funding priorities, and development of proposal resources that help research teams respond effectively to sponsor expectations.
• Engages with external partners, guides internally funded teams and early-career researchers as they pursue extramural funding, and communicates timely funding intelligence to campus stakeholders through targeted opportunity notices, agency updates, newsletters, and related materials.

Requirements

• Master’s or Bachelor’s and 0-2 years’ experience; or will accept a combination of related education and experience in substitution.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively in both writing and orally, inside and outside the University.
• Experience working in research development and / or research administration.
• The ideal candidate will be a scientist that has supported grant submissions and/or has obtained his/her own grant funding, able to develop strong scientific understanding of different types of research being conducted at UNC-Chapel Hill, welcomes new responsibilities, and is organized and detail oriented.

Skills

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and schools.
• Knowledge of federal grant-making agencies and their funding priorities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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Contact Information

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (919) 843-2300 or send an email to employment@unc.edu

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.