The Grant Office team within the Research Support Office of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSBS) has a vacancy for an experienced Grants Advisor, who will provide coordination and guidance for grant applications and grant-funded projects.

As our Grants Advisor you will provide guidance to FSBS Researchers for a range of research projects, in both the proposal application and grant management phases. You will support proposals for both European and Dutch national funding programmes, representing various research areas within the Faculty (Education and Pedagogical Sciences, Psychology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences). You will provide Researchers with information about funding opportunities and programme terms and conditions, think along with researchers, provide enthusiastic support, and play an active role in the organisation and creation of grant proposals. You will collaborate with Researchers and other research support colleagues at both faculty and university level.

In particular, you will provide non-scientific support in the development of research proposals (including impact and management structure) for both individual and consortium-based research programmes. In funding rounds with multiple applicants you will coordinate relevant support, communication and internal procedures; and you will provide programme-related trainings, frequently in collaboration with other members of the university-wide Research Support Office network.

In this role you will collaborate with your colleagues at the Grant Office and as part of the RSO-team, but also with other departments in a support capacity (Department manager, Finance, Human Resources) and you will actively manage the grant tracking system. When projects are awarded, you will support principal investigators with grant management (grant agreement process, establishing collaborations, reporting). In all phases of research development, you will refer Researchers to the appropriate internal expertise (ethics, privacy, impact/transfer, legal, data management, and finance) at faculty as well as university level. You will maintain national and international grants contacts and networks, and in doing so you will help increase the visibility of Utrecht University, and in particular FSBS's.

• experience in academic research or research management;
• minimum of three years of experience in advising and developing grant-funded projects, or a similar experience in organizing, coordinating and/or managing grant-funded research;
• familiarity with NWO and EU/Horizon 2020 funding programme terms and conditions;
• a strong affinity with university research and education;
• a creative thinker who is proactive and goal-oriented;
• the ability to work independently;
• an entrepreneurial and service-oriented colleague with an understanding of a large-scale university working environment;
• excellent spoken and written command of the English language, similar command of Dutch is preferred.
• a team player with the ability to connect and build community.

We offer a temporary position (1.0 FTE) for one year, with the prospect of a permanent contract. The gross salary - depending on previous qualifications and experience  - ranges between €3,746 and €5,127 (scale 11 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year. In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including an attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). More information about working at Utrecht University can be found here.

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The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences is one of the leading faculties in Europe providing research and academic teaching in cultural anthropology, educational sciences, interdisciplinary social science, pedagogical sciences, psychology, and sociology. Almost 6,000 students are enrolled in a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programmes. The Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences has some 850 faculty and staff members, all providing their individual contribution to the training and education of young talent and to the research into and finding solutions for scientific and societal issues.