Research Development Assistant Director

Emory University•Atlanta, GA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Research Development (RD) Assistant Director provides central-office research development support to Emory University leadership, faculty, and program staff across its colleges and schools. The role supports funding opportunity management, proposal development, networking, metrics management, feedback and writing, program innovation, and competitive intelligence. It matches external funding opportunities with researchers and teams, contributes to internal funding programming, and leads strategic, team-based development of targeted or highly complex proposals. The role may supervise direct reports. The position is eligible for regular work from home, but the employee must commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based on business needs and agreed departmental guidelines. The role requires residency in Georgia. Emory reserves the right to change remote-work status with notice.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
Seven years of experience in a related field, such as research development, proposal development, research administration, professional writing and editing, project management, and/or team management.
Must reside in the state of Georgia.
Must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based on business needs and departmental guidelines.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
Prior experience working within a centralized office of research at an institution of higher education.

Responsibilities

Provide central-office research development support to Emory University leadership, faculty, and program staff across the university's colleges and schools.
Manage and strategically match external funding opportunities to researchers and teams, and conduct targeted outreach about opportunities.
Provide input on developing internal funding programs.
Lead teams through comprehensive, strategic development of targeted and/or highly complex grant proposals.
Recommend internal teaming arrangements and implement team science best practices.
Develop critical non-science components of grant proposals and provide technical writing support to others.
Design, lead, and facilitate networking events.
Oversee the quality of data used for research development success metrics.
Lead and oversee creation of competitive intelligence reports for funding opportunities and strategic planning for managed programs and services.
May supervise direct reports.