As a Collaborative Grants Officer, you support and advise TiU academics throughout the entire process, from identifying interesting grant opportunities, building consortia and writing proposals right up to the contract phase. You will focus mainly on Dutch collaborative grants.  

The tasks include the following aspects:

• Provide access and frequent communication (e.g. via newsletter, website, info sessions) of information to TiU academics on relevant national and international grant schemes for research consortia.
• Analyse calls, funding schemes, and policy frameworks. Create, signal, and follow-up on funding-leads in cooperation with TiU academics and with the other collaborative grant officers.
• Encourage and coordinate with academics to apply for research grants.
• Strengthen grant proposals by advising on what a strong consortium would look like, partly inspired by the specific call for which the proposal is intended. 
• Support the writing process by reading proposals and providing feedback on them. Translating the grant conditions of the specific scheme into suggestions for improvements that academics can use for their proposal. 
• Provide procedural support for grant applications, monitor applicable deadlines and provide administrative assistance in completing application forms. 
• Attend externally organised workshops and information meetings to keep up to date on the various grant schemes. 
• Maintain contacts with relevant funding organisations.
• Contribute to other possible activities of Grant Support, such as improving visibility of the department within the university, and providing advice on funding opportunities, plans and policy to the TiU Executive Board, the Schools’ management teams, Vice-Deans, Head of Departments and/or Directors of Institutes. 

• Academic level of work and thinking.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience in developing, writing, submitting and supporting research grant applications at the Dutch national level (e.g., NWO and ZonMw).
• Experience with financial and administrative grant rules and regulations.
• Affinity with academic research and familiarity with the translation into practical output for society.
• Excellent social and oral and written communication skills, both in English and Dutch.
• A proactive, stimulating attitude.
• Stress-resistance; able to work effectively under time pressure. 
• Organisational skills; ability to work in a systematic, goal-oriented, efficient and planned way. 
• Powerful networking skills; demonstrable involvement in (inter-)national networks.
• Willingness to participate in external meetings, both international and national.

Fixed-term contract: 12 maanden.

The gross monthly salary depends on education, age and experience and lies between € 3746 and € 5127 (scale 11 / UFO position: policy officer 3). This is an employment contract of 1 year at the moment, with the prospect of renewal if the job is performed well.  
The university has excellent fringe benefits at its disposal, such as a study facilities scheme and the possibility of determining your terms of employment partly on an individual basis by means of a so-called choice model. 

Tilburg University

Tilburg University inspires its staff and students to contribute to the quality of society. We do this through the education and training of young people, by offering postgraduate education and through scientific research. We maintain intensive contact with society at regional, national and international level. Tilburg University strives to occupy a prominent position in all its fields of science. We are among the best in Europe in some areas and want to expand this position wherever possible.

Academic Services

The Academic Services division of University Services offers education, research and valorisation support in a driven and committed manner. These include the development of research and education policy, quality assurance, and administrative support for training courses, Graduate Schools, Knowledge Transfer and research programmes. Academic Services also offers individual support to students, PhDs and academic staff. The division is managed by the director Academic Services and the deputy directors Education, Research and Knowledge Transfer Office.