Career Center
La Jolla, California
La Jolla, California
La Jolla, California
San Diego, California
La Jolla, California
La Jolla, California
La Jolla, California
La Jolla, California
San Diego, California
San Diego, California
Posted: 09-Mar-23
Location: La Jolla, California
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 121965
UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 3/13/23 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Special Selection Applicants: Apply by 4/3/23. Eligible Special Selection clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
This position will remain posted until a suitable candidate has been identified.
Priority consideration will be provided to candidates who apply by 04/03/2023.
Please submit a cover letter for a complete application.
DESCRIPTION
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:
The Vice Chancellor for Research (VCR) organization supports, facilitates and promotes the world-class research enterprise at UC San Diego by: a) providing essential services and resources that enhance research and other creative endeavors; b) enabling partnerships and collaborations among researchers at UC San Diego and between UC San Diego and government, industry, and other research enterprises; c) developing infrastructure and policy that promote innovation, an entrepreneurial culture, communication, and compliance for the UC San Diego research enterprise; and d) promoting research excellence by embedding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion at the core of everything we do.
The organization fosters research across disciplines by enhancing the research experience through effective stewardship of resources, policies, compliance and expertise, and by developing tools and educational programs as the responsible steward of the campus research enterprise. The Office of Research Affairs (ORA) is the central VCR office with direct oversight for all VCR operational, administrative and public relations/communication functions and for core units including Research Scholars, Research Ethics, Government Research Relations, Research Initiatives, Research Development, International Outreach, and multi-disciplinary campus research (Organized Research Units). Other enterprise-wide research support departments under the Vice Chancellor for Research include Contract and Grant Administration, Innovation and Commercialization, Research Compliance and Integrity (including IACUC, Export Control, Conflict of Interest), the Animal Care Program, and the VCR Service Core.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Proposal Manager (PM) is an experienced and collaborative project-management professional who can facilitate complex, milestone-driven projects among diverse stakeholders, working in partnership with faculty, administrators, and external collaborators.
The incumbent is a member of Research Development (RD), an integrated, collaborative team that helps researchers find and pursue funding opportunities, collaborate effectively, produce compelling proposals, and compete more successfully for research funding. The RD team prioritizes support for the development of large, complex, interdisciplinary research proposals, but also supports the professional development of early-career investigators in areas related to the pursuit of research funding. Under the general direction of the RD Director and Senior Director, the incumbent functions as a client-service lead, and will manage a portfolio of interdisciplinary proposal efforts led by Principal Investigators (PIs) across campus.
The incumbent will identify, track, and evaluate PIs' and project needs to advance high-value and strategic proposal submissions in a timely fashion. The PM will advise research teams on project planning, statements of work, supplementary documentation, milestone management, proposal deliverables, and
