Director Grants and Research Administration

Director Grants and Research Administration

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Job Title:
Director Grants and Research Administration

Job Family:
Management

Full-Time/Part-Time:
Full time

Compensation Grade:
9S

Pay Type:
Salary

Department:
Provost Office

Job Summary:
Responsible for directing the University's grants and sponsored programs efforts by working closely with faculty, administrators, and center and institute directors to seek, secure, and report on foundation, corporate, and government grants to support institutional priorities and faculty scholarship. Assists the President in managing university relationships with major foundations and endowments.

Job Description:

Responsibilities

Proactively monitors and researches grant opportunities and reaches out to faculty, administrators, and other campus partners to explore grant fit and encourage grant applications.

Works closely with the Provost to determine University grant-seeking strategy.

Partners with Provost, Dean of Faculty, Associate Provost for Integrative Science, Director of Humanities Center, Student Life Office, and others to foster a culture of grant seeking on campus.

Partners with faculty, administrators, and others to write and submit grants.

Facilitates grant writing workshops to foster a culture of grant writing across campus and increase grant applications overall.

Coordinates with faculty teaching courses on grant writing.

Communicates with academic departments, faculty members, and institute and center directors to consult on grants.

Provides technical guidance and support services to Furman grant-seekers.

Supports grant authors by providing feedback on drafts, timely information about granting entities and open grant opportunities, text templates about the university, etc.

Reviews, approves, submits and tracks all grants submitted by university faculty and staff, including managing required financial and institutional approvals prior to submission

In concert with the Associate Director of Grants and Research Administration, monitors progress of approved applications and ensures that grant authors submit periodic and final reports to granting sources.

Works collaboratively with the business office to create and manage grant budgets.

Responsible for ensuring all awarded grants are administered so that all funding requirements are met.

Alerts Provost in cases where grants monies are not spent fully or in accordance with granting entity.

Writes and submits reports for institutional grants.

Assists the President in preparing for presentations to The Duke Endowment and provides close stewardship of the university's relationship with the Endowment.

Supervises, evaluates, and provides strategic guidance for staff in the grants office.

Invites and coordinates site visits by officials of foundations or other granting entities.

Contacts and/or visits foundation prospects, corporate prospects, and governmental agencies for cultivation and/or renewal purposes.

Performs additional responsibilities as designated by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

Pursues professional development to keep pace with demands for services and information; including maintaining up to date information about the department and university.

Relationships:

Frequent contact with government agencies, foundations, grant officers and

program directors to exchange factual information and remain current on grant rules and criteria, regulations, practices or functions.

Frequent contact with the Business Office, Financial Services, Provost, Dean of Faculty, Associate Provost for Integrative Sciences, Institute and Center Directors, Other Administrators, Researchers, Chairs and the President to plan, coordinate, problem solve, present information, and make suggestions related to mutual grant goals. Close collaboration with Associate Director of Grants and Research Administration

Reports To: Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

Education/Skill Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree (minimum, Master's Degree preferred) with 5 - 10 years of demonstrated experience in successful grant writing and/or grants management activities

Proven experience in cultivating relationships with foundations/endowments/non-profits to build/sustain educational and/or research opportunities

High level conceptual, writing and oral communication skills.

Understanding of higher education, planning and programming.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Excels at working independently and as a team member.

Work Conditions:

Work is performed under usual office conditions.

Work involves coordinating the planning and proposal development for various grant projects, attending meetings including professional conferences supporting knowledge of grant opportunities and submission processes and meeting deadlines. On-campus responsibilities may also include guest lecturing for and coordinating with instructors of grant writing courses and directing grant workshops.

Information about Furman:

Furman is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty and staff. The University aspires to create a community of people representing a multiplicity of identities including gender, race, religion, spiritual belief, sexual orientation, geographic origin, socioeconomic background, ideology, world view, and varied abilities. Domestic partners of employees are eligible for comprehensive benefits. The Furman student experience is supported by a rich network of centers and institutes that includes The Riley Institute, The David E. Shi Center for Sustainability, The Institute for the Advancement of Community Health, The Rinker Center for Study Away and International Education, The Cothran Center for Vocational Exploration, The Shucker Center for Leadership Development, The Malone Center for Career Engagement, and The Center for Inclusive Communities.

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina, which is one of the fastest growing cities in the Southeast and is ranked among “America's Ten Best” by Forbes Magazine. The charming downtown features excellent restaurants, in-town parks, shops, museums, galleries, music venues, and theaters. The city has a vibrant international community, as a hub for international business in automotive and service industries. A 20-mile bike and running trail connects the university to Greenville and to Travelers Rest, which was named “one of America's coolest small towns.” The surrounding area abounds with outdoor recreational activities and has some of the most beautiful lakes, rivers, and mountains in the country. Greenville is within easy reach of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Atlantic Beaches.

The newly renovated Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, located just 25 minutes from downtown, runs daily flights to major cities and airline hubs. Greenville is less than 2 hours from Atlanta and Charlotte, and only one hour from Asheville, North Carolina. It is an ideal place to live and work.

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