Proposal Developer

Office of Research - Provost

Tsaile Campus

Duty Schedule:

Typically 40 hours per from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm but may required evening and weekend work as required.

Summary/Objective of Position:

Under general supervision, identifies funding sources, provides grant writing and facilities proposal development. Develops, writes and coordinates with pre-award to submit large, (sometimes multidisciplinary, multi-collaborative) proposals. Works with faculty and staff in the design, content and preparation of sponsored project proposals in accordance with sponsor standards and requirements. Participants in writing narrative sections and edits narrative drafts, particularly those that require technical expertise and awareness in area of proposal.

Track and coordinate participation in ongoing funding opportunities; support and collaborate with administration and researchers to formulate and submit grant proposals. Write and edit proposal narratives and budgetary justifications and works with finance department in budget development. Identify new funding opportunities.

Description of Essential Functions of the Position

Disclaimer: This not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this list if intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

* Write and edit a variety of comprehensive narrative and budgetary justification for stylistic consistency according to the funding organizations.

* Facilitate team formation, conceptualization, writing and review of major proposals.

* Responsibility for working with pre-award to coordinate timely submission of qualified proposals, including supporting documents and letters of support.

* Researches new funding sources from a variety of governmental agencies, corporate, foundation and non-profits.

* Maintains a grant calendar, log of resulting activities and records to reflect status and progress of proposals.

* Assists faculty in preparing proposal narratives and documents in compliance with Dine College, sponsor and federal guidelines ad deadlines.

* Reviews requests for proposals and funding guidelines from sponsored agencies to summarize and disseminate to appropriate faculty, staff or researcher.

* Reviews and provides feedback on proposals narratives and documents.

* Researches appropriate information to resolve questions or refers to team member who have the ability to resolve question.

* Provides consultation services and research strategies, tactics, tools and best practices for the development of grants for submissions, as requested.

* Coordinates multiple complex projects with fixed deadlines.

* Gathers information on proposal development activity.

* Maintain continuity of writing style among different writers and throughout material.

* Create templates and boilerplate documents to support the proposal development infrastructure; maintain a knowledge base consisting of project descriptions, research personnel academic biographies and professional profile documents.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Experience

Minimum:

BA degree with 5 years experience writing and coordinating multidisciplinary sponsored research and private grant proposals with multiple collaborators for a variety of funding sources.

Preferred:

In addition to the minimum requirements, a Masters Degree in related field.

Knowledge:

* Experience writing/editing and proofreading a variety of technical materials.

* Experience interpreting and applying various funding agencies' technical requirements and procedures.

* Experience producing written materials for development communications activities, including profiles/articles and narrative donor reports.

* Communicate freely about questions, concerns, or issues of technical clarity and precision.

* Demonstrate knowledge of basic graphic design and layout.

* Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary writing styles ad editing rules and guidelines.

* Experience in critical thinking and problem solving.

* Knowledgeable of various research approaches.

Skills:

* Experience in designing resource tools, materials and presentations for writing proposals.

* Good communication skills.

* Must have excellent organization skills and project management experience.

Abilities:

* Ability to research topics.

* Ability to utilize various computer tools to increase efficiency.

* Ability to organize and write clearly.

* Ability to work with wide range of people and within varying disciplines.

* Ability to meet deadlines.

Physical Requirements, Work Environment & Travel:

Work is done in a typical office environment, with very minimal travel required.

Physical requirement may include but not limited to lifting typical office equipment (less than 25 lbs.), bending, sitting, reaching, and walking.

Some travel may be required.

Other Requirement(s):

Must have and maintain a valid state issued driver's license.