Research and Development Engineer jobs in Spokane, WA

Location: Moscow

Division/College: University Research (Div)

Employee Category: Exempt

Pay Range: $75,000 annually or higher commensurate with experience

FTE: 1

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Position Summary:
The Associate Director reports to the Senior Director and works within a team-based environment to support the university's strategic initiatives to grow research, scholarship, and creative activities across all disciplines.The Associate Director will be a hands-on research development practitioner working on high-value research development and faculty development efforts and will take a leadership role in building programs, tools, and strategies to grow the University of Idaho's research funding portfolio. This includes the development and implementation of strategic plans to enhance the competitiveness of faculty members' proposals to federal and other sponsor funded programs relevant for the University of Idaho, including large center-level programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree

Experience:

• Three years of experience working in a Research Development Office including:
  • Securing extramural funding
  • Interacting with funding agency personnel
  • Developing and editing large, complex grant proposals
  • Working with and leading individuals at all levels of an organization
  • Using computer software and applications for word processing, developing spreadsheets, presentations, and internet searches
  • Managing multiple tasks and deadline
  • Analyzing Requests for Proposals and interacting with funding agency personnel
  
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:
Education: Masters degree or PhD
Experience:

• Five years of experience in a highly functional Research Development Office at a research-intensive university
• strategic planning using a data-driven approach
• creating reports from large amounts of institutional or sponsor data
• preparing and submitting proposals to large complex federal funding sources, (e.g., NSF EPSCoR, NSF STC, DOE ERC, NIH COBRE)
• using funding databases
• managing a universitys limited submission process
• developing and presenting workshops
• using InfoReady

Demonstrated Success:

• with faculty members applying to the NSF CAREER or other early-career funding programs
• with faculty members applying for NIH R01 support

Ability:

• developing and delivering presentations

Skills

• detail oriented

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions:



Required Licensures, Certifications or other

• Ability to travel occasionally for training and proposal development

Posting Number: SP003719P

Posting Date: 12/12/2022

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled: Yes

Special Instructions:
Preferential review of applicants will begin on January 16, 2023. Please address each required qualification in your Letter of Qualification.

Background Check: Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.

To apply, please visit: jobs.uidaho.edu

EEO Statement
University of Idaho is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.

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