Due to departure of a colleague and the steady growth and ambition of the Institute for Management Research (IMR), the Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) has two vacancies for the position of Advisor.

Your tasks will be geared towards furthering the research programme of the institute and its constituent groups, and you will form the core of the IMR Research Services team. The focus will be on grants advisory services (in close collaboration with Radboud Innovation), setting up and maintaining internal information channels on grant and talent scouting, successful acquisition and general research information. You will also team up with researchers in developing academic and societal partner networks, for instance, through facilitating consortium and network meetings and by identifying research communication opportunities. Collection of management information regarding the project portfolio and IMR’s research performance will also be part of your tasks. Furthermore, you will be involved in further stepping up post-award project management, together with the Financial department. The tasks will be coordinated by the Head of IMR Research Services. As the IMR Research Services team is also responsible for valorisation, keeping the institutes website up to date together with the Communication department, ethics and research and administrative data management, quality reviews of the institute, the new members of the team are expected to bring in or develop expertise on some of these fields. Differentiation of responsibilities and tasks amongst the two positions will be decided by IMR in consultation with the selected candidates.

• demonstrable experience with providing advisory services relating to collaborative grant schemes and/or individual research grants, such as H2020 Societal Challenges, NWA, NWO Talent Scheme, COST, Marie Sklodowska Curie-ITN, ERDF;
• demonstrable research experience; preferably a completed PhD in fields relevant to IMR’s research;
• familiar with post-award project management and funding strategies;
• working knowledge of budgeting, IPR, contracts and agreements and responsible research and innovation;- ambition and potential to develop professional skills in research management;
• well-networked in research management and/or in fields relevant to IMR’s research;
• ability to facilitate the institute’s research and governance
• familiar with development partner networks and the role of project acquisition therein;
• skilled networker and autonomous, proactive, result-oriented team player;
• well-informed about trends in the funding landscape and financial arrangements;
• excellent communication skills in Dutch and English.

• employment: 0.8 - 1.0 FTE
• a maximum gross monthly salary of € 4,852 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11)
• the salary depends on qualifications and experience
• in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• term of contract: fixed-term contract for one year with the possibility of extension
• you will be classified as a Policy Officer, Level 3 in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO)
• you will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service where our Dual Career Officer will assist with family related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation

 
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Nijmegen School of Management
The Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) is an academic centre of research and higher education, focusing on institutional and managerial issues within complex organisations. There are seven disciplines within the NSM: Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics and Business Economics, Social and Political Sciences of the Environment, Human Geography, and Spatial Planning. The NSM strives for a multidisciplinary approach whenever possible.
 
The Institute for Management Research (IMR) is NSM’s research institute. The institute’s research programme centres around governance and management of public and non-public organisations. IMR has an excellent position to further its mission (’Creating Knowledge for Society’) and aims at strengthening both its scientific excellence and relevance to society. To this end, IMR researchers collaborate extensively with academic and societal partners in projects, often externally funded (NWO, H2020), and commissioned research. For the further development of the IMR project portfolio and the institute’s viability, the IMR invests in supporting researchers and the NSM’s executive board. This support is coordinated by the IMR Research Services team.
The team (4.7 FTEs) is responsibility for grants advisory services, coordination of the doctoral school, development and implementation of research and valorisation policy, registration of research output for management information and quality control, research ethics, science communication (together with the Communication department) and secretarial support for the various bodies of the research institute. In all these fields, the team has an advisory role towards researchers, IMR’s director and NSM’s executive board. The team closely cooperates with the Communication department, HR and Financial department and with the central Innovation Unit (Radboud Innovation) and Strategy Unit.
 
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