The College of Education’s Grant Writer will support student, faculty, and staff investigators to conduct mission-driven research that advances racial equity and addresses some of the most persistent challenges confronting schools and communities. The Grant Writer will work with the Associate Dean of Research to support faculty teams pursuing external funding opportunities and provide writing, formatting, and editing support. In addition, the Grant Writer will support the development of cross-unit collaborations and assist with research development activities to enhance the College’s research enterprise. The Grant Writer’s duties will include providing grantsmanship training for faculty, staff, and students and identifying and disseminating research opportunities.

• Provides proposal development support for extramural funding in specialized areas of social and educational research. These responsibilities include leading and coordinating the roles of multiple investigators, initiating planning meetings, interpreting proposal guidelines, providing detailed critiques, and editing of draft documents, drafting non-technical materials, compiling, and preparing materials to meet sponsor requirements, conferring with sponsor personnel as necessary, building proposal budgets, and managing team tasks and deadlines.
• Facilitate research grant communications including informing researchers of funding opportunities, networking with other grant professionals on- and off-campus, liaising with the proposal team and the College of Education Research Office, serving as an expert resources for education personnel on pre-award matters, coordinate working relationships with colleagues at other research sites, represent the College of Education on pre-award research development activities, and serve as point of contact for College of Education faculty when they seek pre-award and grant-related advice from other UIC offices.
• Providing grant writing training to students, faculty, and students on specific techniques and approaches.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, economics or a field related to the position.
2. Demonstrated experience managing grants and contracts.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in proposal development, reviewing, managing, or administrating grants at a research intensive university.

To Apply: For fullest consideration, please complete an online application by clicking the Apply for Position button below.

Complete all sections of the online application including adding your full work history with specific details of your duties & responsibilities for each position held. Complete the education, licensure, certification, and language sections.

You may upload a resume, cover letter, certifications, licensures, transcripts, and diplomas within the document section of your online application.

All civil service positions require an exam. The exam for this position is a credentials assessment. You will not be required to report in person for this exam.

Credential Assessment Exam Scoring Information:

You will not be required to report in person for this exam. The updated online application and all uploaded, relevant documents, such as a resume, college transcript, certifications and licensures will be used in the calculation of the exam score. These documents should be uploaded prior to the position close date.

When completing your online application, please be sure to provide detailed information about your job knowledge and specific duties and responsibilities, as your qualifications for any civil service position will be primarily determined based on what is contained in the application. Dates of employment and if employed on a full or part time basis (including number of hours per week) must be indicated for each position held. Additional consideration will be given to supporting documentation i.e., resume, transcripts, licenses, and certifications so please be sure to attach all applicable documents.

For additional information regarding this position please contact Netiva James at njames@uic.edu.

If an application is not fully completed and submitted by the close date, the applicant will not be considered for this position.

For fullest consideration, the above-mentioned requirements must be submitted no later than Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

We appreciate your interest in employment at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For classifications that require a degree as part of the minimum qualifications, a degree verification will be required before any offers of employment are extended.

This position requires Illinois residency within 180 days of the hire date.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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