Herc-Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

Position Summary:

• Provides internal management and consultative services to professional staff, faculty and students with respect to planning, developing and implementing proposals, objectives and grant writing; develops and implements a student grant program to grow the number of student grant submissions.
• Coordinates, writes and submits grants to fund Office of Research initiatives; serves as Principal Investigator, when applicable. 
• Disseminates information to faculty and staff regarding funding opportunities, actively searches for relevant grant opportunities, federal, state, and internal; utilizes various grant databases and search engines to identify federal, state and private funding (i.e. Grant Reporter, Grants.gov, NIH Reporter). 
• Provides input and support for policies of NIH/HRSA/DOD and other grants. 
• Develops and implements a student publication plan to grow the number of student publications.
• Coordinates RSDM research outreach initiatives; fosters research collaborations with other schools and institutes. 
• Develops and maintains the content for the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) – Office of Research social media accounts. 
• Serves as Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) – Office of Research representative at external conferences and trainings.
• Assures that staff and students are trained and evaluated on their knowledge of, and adherence to, compliance policies and procedures specific to the research initiatives.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• At least 3 years of administrative and/or basic/clinical research experience.
• Research experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent writing and communication skills including proposal/abstract writing and grant submissions.
• Current or previous history of education grant funding.
• Must be knowledgeable in Endnote, MS Office, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree.
• Experience specific to Rutgers University is a bonus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Must be able to lift or exert force up to ten (10) pounds.

Posting Number: 22ST1762

Location: Newark (RBHS)