Would you like to help researchers improve the quality of their research proposals? Then you have a part to play as grant advisor research funding at Radboud University. You will directly engage with researchers to help them to attract funding, making it possible for them to conduct important research and make an impact.
We are looking for a new colleague in our Grant Support and Projects (GSP) team. GS&P supports researchers in acquiring research funding. Our approach to grant support is hands on. We directly engage with researchers in the proposal writing process, and actively review and restructure proposal texts, align proposals with funding requirements, help write specific sections of proposals, and prepare researchers for interviews. You will work in a team of well-experienced grants advisors (approx. 13 strong) and will also work closely together with grants support staff at the faculty level. 
As a grants advisor you will be working on research proposals together with research staff employed at Radboud University. Your job will be to help researchers improve the quality of research proposals aimed at external funders (mainly the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and EU). As part of the University's central grants support team you will work closely together with support staff at the faculties (financial, legal, local grants support), and will work for a great variety of disciplines (although specialisation within the team is possible). In some of the funding programmes we work directly on behalf of, and closely together with, Radboud University's Executive Board.

You will have the opportunity to specialise yourself in one or more of the main research funding programmes. You may also choose to act as an all-round grants advisor. In any case, your role is hands on: you will help review and restructure proposal texts, act as a source of knowledge and expertise on specific funding schemes, organise mock interviews, co-write certain parts of proposal texts (such as sections on data management, governance, impact, etc.), to obtain the necessary agreements to finalise the applications (i.e. obtain formal approval from the University's legal and financial departments and executive body). You will also play a key role in disseminating information on specific funding schemes and on new developments in the 'grants landscape' to Radboud University researchers. To do so, together with other team members, you will establish connections with funding organisations and other essential networks to obtain such information. The key funding programmes our team focuses on include NWO Talent, ERC, Horizon Europe, NWO Consortia Projects, Marie Curie and NWO Open Competition.

• You hold an MA or MSc in one of the disciplines that are taught at Radboud University. A PhD is not a requirement, but would be advantageous.
• You have experience in academic research and/or with working in an academic research environment.
• Extensive experience in grants support is an advantage, but not required (we will help train you).
• You have excellent communication and writing skills in both English and Dutch, and are well able to structure and revise texts written by others.
• You have good knowledge of the Dutch and EU landscape for research funding.
• You are well able to deal with deadlines and peaks in workflow.
• You are a strong communicator and work well within a diverse team.
• You are able to work with a broad variety of academic disciplines.

Fixed-term contract: It concerns a temporary employment for 1 year, with the prospect of a permanent position after positive evaluation.

• It concerns an employment for 0.8 - 1.0 FTE.
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €3,974 and a maximum of €5,439 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 11).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• It concerns a temporary employment for 1 year, with the prospect of a permanent position after positive evaluation.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

You will work in the Grant Support and Projects team, which is part of the department of Research and Impact, the central research support and policy organisation at Radboud University. In addition to the Grant Support and Projects team, the department has two other teams: the Research and Impact Strategy team and the Knowledge Transfer Office team. The Research and Impact Strategy team concerned with the research and impact policy and the positioning of the university externally, the Knowledge Transfer Office team helps to increase the University's impact by facilitating the transfer of knowledge to society and encouraging entrepreneurship at the campus. GS&P has approx. 12 team members, most of whom are grants advisors. In this position, you will report directly to the head of GS&P.

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We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!