Sr. Research Development Specialist, Basic Science & Transitional Research (Galveston)

%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3EEDUCATION %26amp; EXPERIENCE%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EMinimum Qualifications:%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EEducation: Master%27s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), Social Science, or Public Health.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EExperience: Five years’ experience developing or writing proposals to/for federal, state, or local agencies.%3C/span%3E%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EPreferred Qualifications:%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cul%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EPhD, MD, or equivalent and five years’ demonstrated success in the field.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3C/ul%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;tab-stops:153.75pt 162.75pt;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-fareast-font-family:%26quot;Times New Roman%26quot;;mso-no-proof:yes;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3EJOB DESCRIPTION%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;tab-stops:153.75pt 162.75pt;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EThe Senior Research Development Specialist will be responsible for providing professional development and proposal coordination for faculty researchers and for providing strategies to develop competitive proposals for biomedical and life science research funding from federal agencies, specifically those under Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22line-height:107%;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3EESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cul%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EProvides faculty and professional development by participating in seminars and other training programs as needed for UTMB researchers.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EDevelops and updates templates, tools and guidance documents for use by researchers and other research development staff.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3ELeads and coordinates strategic review of faculty driven proposals.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3ELeads and coordinates large multi-PI, programmatic grants, center grants or other specialty grants.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EProvides mentoring to early-stage investigators on grant best practices and strategy for long-term funding.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EProvides strategic, proactive, catalytic, and capacity-building proposal writing expertise to faculty members and researchers.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EProvides analytical, technical, and professional support in writing funding proposals, including development of hypotheses, aims, and objectives, grantsmanship and limited scientific review.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EProposal development duties include obtaining competitive intelligence on funding programs; facilitating PI team building; substantive editing of proposal sections. Work cooperatively with grant/contract specialists, and other Research Development team members in pursuit of these objectives.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EIdentifies and maintains research alliances with potential collaborative partners and funding agencies to formulate and implement specific research projects.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EMonitors funding agency changes and priorities and identifies funding opportunities suited for faculty member(s) based upon their research expertise.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EServes as proposal development expert to staff and researchers.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/li%3E%3C/ul%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EMarginal or Periodic Functions:%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cul%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EAdheres to internal controls and reporting structure.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EPerforms related duties as required.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3C/ul%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3EKNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cul%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EExcellent communication skills, both oral and written, particularly the capacity for the integration and synthesis of written text that represents a melding of multidisciplinary research.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EDemonstrated capacity for independent decision making, research development, and working on multidisciplinary teams on project and proposal development.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EKnowledge of grant application processes for NIH.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3ERequires ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others.%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3C/ul%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3ESALARY%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3ECommensurate with experience.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3ESUPERVISION%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EReceived: %3C/strong%3EThis position Reports directly to a department Vice-Chair for Research, Chair, Center Director, Institute Director, or a suitable research development or research administration title such as Operations Manager, Associate Director, Director, or Executive Director.%26nbsp;%3C/span%3E%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EGiven: %3C/strong%3EDirectly reporting to this position includes Research Development Officer, Research Development Strategist, or research administration titles such as pre-award analysist.%26nbsp;%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3EWORKING ENVIRONMENT/EQUIPMENT%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3EStandard office environment. May require travel to conferences or meetings with funding agencies or professional development. Standard office equipment.%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22color:black;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;%22%3E%3Ci%3E%3Cstrong%3E*Official Regulatory Statement for Healthcare jobs’ Job Descriptions: %3C/strong%3E%3C/i%3EMay be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, ionizing %26amp; non-ionizing radiation, hazardous medications and disoriented or combative patients or others%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E

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Job Details
Primary Location: United States-Texas-Galveston
Work Locations: 0587 - John W McCullough Bldg, 301 University Blvd., John W McCullough Bldg, rm 3.120, Galveston, 77555-0587
Job: Research Academic & Clinical
Organization: UTMB Health, Regular
Shift: Standard
Employee Status: Team Lead / Technical
Job Level: Day Shift
Job Posting: Sep 25, 2026, 9:35:05 AM