Research Grants Specialist

• $104,733 to $118,709
• Ongoing, full-time
• Kelvin Grove

Who are we looking for?

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking a Research Grants Specialist to join Office of Research Services, Research Portfolio, Academic Division.

QUT’s Office of Research Services is seeking a Research Grants Specialist with significant experience in research grant and fellowship schemes. The role works closely with researchers and other internal stakeholders, as well as a broad range of external funding agencies, both international and domestic, to provide strategic assistance and advice across research funding opportunities, grant and fellowship applications, and research contracts.

Real world impact

QUT is a major Australian university with a global outlook and a ‘real world’ focus. We are an ambitious and collaborative institution that seeks to equip our students and graduates with the skills they will need in an increasingly disrupted and challenged world.

About the Academic Division

Academic Division includes the University’s faculties and research centres. It is responsible for education (learning and teaching), research, research services and support, and digital business solutions.

 About the Research Portfolio

QUT has experienced the strongest, sustained research growth of any university in the sector over the last ten years. The scale and complexity of research at QUT has reached a level that requires enhanced processes and resources to support the University’s research community in meeting its aspirations and compliance obligations.

The Research Portfolio provides high quality support and training and conducts compliance and reporting across a range of obligations at an organisational level in an environment of dynamic growth in cross institutional collaborations.

The Portfolio is comprised of five units including Research Strategy and Policy, Research Infrastructure, Sustainability Strategy, Office of Research Services and Office of Research Ethics and Integrity.

Research Infrastructure (RI) delivers coordinated University-wide research infrastructure capabilities through distinct research facilities. In collaboration with internal and external partners, the unit acquires, facilitates access to, develops, and manages world-class research infrastructure capabilities.

About the Office of Research Services

The Office of Research Services (ORS) works with QUT staff, students, collaborators, and partners to identify, attract and manage funding from competitive and commercial sources. The Office also manages the University’s research management platforms and coordinates internal and external research reporting. The Graduate Research Centre (GRC), in the Office of Research Services, provides support and advice to higher degree research (HDR) candidates and supervisors across the HDR lifecycle including admissions and enrolment, award and administration of scholarships, candidature management and thesis examination.

What you need to succeed

Your expertise and initiative, combined with your ability to work as an excellent team player will be vital to your success in this role.

You will demonstrate:

1.    Education, training and/or experience equivalent to postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications with at least six (6) years’ experience in research administration, particularly pre-award research grant administration, at scale, in a university research office or similar environment.
2.    Demonstrated knowledge of the current national research funding environment, national policies and funding issues relating to research grants and contracts administration, including evidence of skills required to read and interpret large and complex policy documents.
3.    Evidence of excellent written communication skills including in correspondence with researchers and other members of the University as well as with external clients in contract negotiations, with funding agencies, and other relevant stakeholders
4.    Extensive experience in the assessment of grant applications and provision of advice to ensure the compliance, as well as improve the quality and increase the competitiveness of all submitted applications.
5.    Demonstrated knowledge of contractual issues relevant for research contracts, including intellectual property, and demonstrated experience in reviewing and negotiating complex contracts.
6.    Demonstrated high level oral and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with staff at all levels, to consult and negotiate with external clients on a range of sensitive and confidential issues, and to successfully deliver information and training to individuals and groups of various sizes.
7.    Demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines working autonomously whilst maintaining good working relationships within a team setting.
8.    Evidence of well-developed digital literacy skills and demonstrated knowledge and understanding of relevant information systems and software related to the administration of research grant applications.

Careers at QUT

Our culture is vibrant, inspiring and challenging. It’s a world where like-minds come together with a commitment to making a real world difference, no matter what the area of expertise.

Beyond personal and professional fulfilment, a career at QUT brings a broad range of tangible benefits. QUT is a high quality and flexible organisation that is proud of its excellent employment conditions which include but are not limited to:

• Parental leave provisions
• Study support encompassing leave and financial assistance
• Comprehensive professional development
• Salary Packaging

 

Reference number:  221370

Term:  Ongoing full-time

Remuneration:  $123,943 to $140,482 pa (HEW8) (inclusive of $104,733 to $118,709 pa salary, 17% superannuation and 17.5% recreation leave loading)

Location:  Kelvin Grove

Job opens:  09-Feb-2023

Applications Close:  02-Mar-2023 at 11.30pm

Open to: Applicants who have ongoing full-time work rights in Australia. In support of our strategic priority of Indigenous Australian success, Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

At QUT, our values reflect what we believe in, and what is important to us as an organisation. They capture our strengths, our distinctiveness and sit alongside the priorities outlined in our Blueprint 6, and guide our decisions and actions.

QUT aims to inspire and shape the future with talented students and staff from , united by our core values of Ambition, Curiosity, Integrity, Inclusiveness, and Innovation.