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Senior Pre-Award Grants Specialist

2 months ago


Richmond, Virginia, United States Virginia Commonwealth University Full time
About the Role

Virginia Commonwealth University is seeking a highly skilled Senior Pre-Award Grants Specialist to join our team at the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. As a key member of our research support team, you will play a critical role in helping our faculty and staff secure external funding for their research initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with senior leadership and scientific faculty to develop and facilitate grant opportunities.
  • Manage the entire proposal process, from concept development through proposal submission, including meeting management, task assignments, timelines, document sharing, and version control.
  • Prepare grant, subcontract, and contract proposals for new research projects and continuation/supplemental funding proposals for existing projects.
  • Provide non-technical writing, formatting, and editing support, including budget justifications, biographical sketches, institutional background descriptions, and other proposal documents.
  • Assemble the final proposal package to ensure successful integration of all application components.
  • Manage limited submission competitions for Massey, from posting FOA to notifying applicants and assisting nominees with completing full proposals to sponsors.
  • Review and interpret sponsor guidelines for research proposals.
  • Communicate clearly to internal and external audiences, sponsor and university policies, processes, and requirements related to research proposals.
  • Review proposals to ensure compliance with university and sponsor policies and guidelines.
  • Prepare, revise, and approve research proposal budgets in accordance with university and sponsor policies and guidelines.
  • Coordinate the request and receipt of subcontractor proposal documentation required for VCU grant/contract proposal submissions.
  • Create and maintain descriptions for facilities and other resources, as well as grant application templates, according to sponsor policies to standardize grant application submissions.
Requirements
  • 3+ years' experience with sponsored project and contract research proposals submissions, with an interest and willingness to learn and acquire the skills to strengthen personal and team development.
  • Experience creating proposal budgets and working with faculty members on revisions as needed.
  • Knowledge and experience in working with local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
  • Capacity to draft clear budget justifications and other written materials, and to complete a variety of administrative documents as required.
  • Ability to review, interpret, and apply university and federal policies, procedures, laws, and regulations concerning assigned projects.
  • Excellent computer skills in the use of MS Office, with emphasis on Excel spreadsheets, MS Word, and Adobe.
  • Capacity to use a variety of online internal and external systems.
  • Ability to be precise, thorough, reliable, work independently, adapt to frequent changes in work assignments, and possess the ability to reason, think logically, and analyze situations to resolve problems.
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to maintain consistency with performance.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and clearly answer inquiries of faculty, staff, and various customer groups.
  • Ability to maintain effective communication with fellow sponsored program staff.
  • Demonstrated ability to research, investigate, analyze, and evaluate all project-related data regarding budgets for assigned projects.
Preferred Qualifications
  • The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with team members, faculty, and external parties, as well as work independently.
  • Prefer degree in business or related field or equivalent years of experience.
  • Prefer 3 or more years of experience in pre-award/proposal development support.
  • Knowledge of OMB cost principles and Uniform Guidance 2CFR200, with an advanced understanding preferred.