Careers Job Description
General Description
Reporting to the Associate Provost for Research at The City College of New York, the Assistant Director, Proposal Development will oversee CCNY’s programs and resources that support faculty pursuit of external sponsors for their research. The Assistant Director will work with partners in colleges, institutes, and administrative offices across CUNY to meet CCNY’s strategic goals in the growth of sponsored research activity. In conjunction with the Associate Provost for Research, the goal of this position is to increase research funding that incorporates a multidisciplinary approach that bridges the gap between art, health, science, and engineering.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Major responsibilities and tasks include but are not limited to the following:
- Develop research initiative and programs
- Develop a proposal project plan in support of large-scale proposals including transdisciplinary collaborations; and, facilitate proposal planning sessions with stakeholders.
- Establish a proposal development cycle to incorporate logistics, quality control, communication, versioning, and methodologies.
- Execute proposal processes and procedures providing best practices for proposal development and streamlining faculty responses to major funding opportunities with the establishment of research teams and strategic partnerships.
- Develop, advertise, and support activities that position faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and students for future sponsored research opportunities.
- Identify and promote specific funding opportunities and build teams to ensure effective communication channels and appropriate interaction with departments and/or groups on campus to support the development of large-scale proposals (including large transdisciplinary proposals) and projects based on team science and scholarship.
- Develop and implement a professional development program for faculty and postdocs with intensive workshops in areas including grant writing, team building, and research program management.
- Promote new and existing programs operated by the Office of Research across the CCNY community to educate faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and students about the college’s overall mission to facilitate collaborative research opportunities, increase transdisciplinary participation, and nurture research team development.
Other Duties
- Oversee the College-wide Research Vision (CRV) Initiative to increase multidisciplinary collaboration within the CCNY community to address challenging real-world problems by harnessing paradigm-shifting fundamental research. Coordinate a multi-stage discussion and selection process to facilitate a collaborative college-wide effort to apply for seed funding opportunities.
- Assist in budget development, budget justification narrative, and coordinating cost-share requirements for large-scale proposals and projects. Provide fiscal management of seed capital funding budget.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in the STEM area, or with four years of related experience required.
- Demonstrated experience working in research development or research funding-related roles
- Excellent interpersonal skills and commitment to diversity
- Demonstrated ability to effectively engage with a broad range of colleagues and partners at multiple levels
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ph.D. degree or the equivalent combination of education and/or experience in area specific to CCNY’s schools/divisions strongly preferred
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to a variety of audiences; knowledge and experience with funding agencies, including federal, industry, or non-profit sponsors
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of the administrative offices and resources across CUNY that support the sponsored research grantmaking process and funding landscape. Build existing relationships and cultivate new contacts.
- Demonstrated experience directly managing teams or programs preferred
- Previous experience in or with an academic setting preferred
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Office of Research
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Oct 23, 2022 (Or Until Filled)