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Posted: 29-Apr-25
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Type: Full-time
Salary: Commensurate with experience
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Internal Number: 101068
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position has 2 strategic primary purposes. The first purpose is to lead efforts to support student research, particularly the URSS and GRS. The second purpose is to support faculty with the submission of federal and state research grant applications, namely to prepare, review, submit, monitor, and ensure compliance with funding agency regulations.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Student Research
URSS/GRS: Coordinate and oversee Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Symposium and Graduate Research Symposium
Supervise student workers to execute various event coordination and marketing
Internal student research promotion
Collaborate and maintain relationships with the College, Schools, and Departments to promote student research.
Advertise student research activities via a Lyris account studentresearch@lyris.duq.edu
Ensure ORI presence at various DU Open Houses and FAST events throughout the year.
NCUR: Coordinate National Conference on Undergraduate Research DU Attendance including promotion of opportunity, helping students with travel, and functioning as university contact.
Grants Management
Proposal Submission: Proposal submission to state and federal funders.
Submit grant applications to federal agencies (primary responsibility for NSF, but also NIH and other agencies)
Facilitate communications with PIs for securing internal review and approval prior to submission.
Engage in outreach to federal agencies as indicated.
Assist with subcontracts.
Engage with post-award accounting as needed.
Assist in data entry and maintenance of records for ORI grant tracking database (currently Mentor)
Office Coverage:
Work with other Grant Officers to ensure timely submission of grants and reports.
Work with other Grant Officers to apply for certification and maintain recertification of University registrations required to apply for and to receive federal grants.
Assist with other grant-related tasks as needed.
Other:
Supervise Graduate Research Assistant and Federal Work-Study student.
Provide assistance and/or back-up for the Director of Business and Grants Administration and other Grants Officers.
Completes other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum qualifications:
Master’s degree in business, management, accounting, business, humanities, social studies, or related field from an accredited institution and 5 years of progressively responsible experience.
Preferred qualifications:
Master’s degree in business, management, accounting, business, humanities, social studies, or related field from an accredited institution.
Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Commitment to the University’s values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and recognition of the importance of treating each individual with dignity and respect consistent with the University’s Mission. Demonstrated experience with, and understanding of, the broad diversity of the University community (students, faculty, staff and others)
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community.
Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University. The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.
