Grants Advisor Social Sciences

As a grants advisor you have a deep knowledge of research funding programs (especially NWO, NWA, ERC and other pillars of the EU HE program) and you can match new funding opportunities with researchers from the various disciplines within the Social Sciences. You have the skills to support researchers in coordinating proposal development by providing advice on proposal content (reviews), grant conditions, strategies and management.

You are embedded in the ambitious and enthusiastic team of the Social Sciences Research Office. You will be working closely with our other grant and project management advisors, our project managers, data and ethics officer, policy advisor and impact developer. Our team is supported by the colleagues of the IXA-Grants Office, Project Control, Legal Department, HR and Business Control.

The Social Sciences Research Office is the first point of contact for researchers, faculty board and management for research-related matters such as research funding strategies, grant applications, project management, data management and research policy and ethics.

On a day-to-day basis, your tasks include:

• Familiarizing yourself with research topics in the social sciences and identifying interesting funding opportunities for both individual grants and research consortia;
• Help building consortia and working closely with researchers in preparing well-structured and high-quality research proposals;
• Proactively reaching out to researchers to explore preliminary ideas and mobilizing internal support for proposal development;
• Coordinating the administrative side of project development and the submission process;
• Building a network of internal stakeholders and mobilize their expertise for proposal development, contract negotiations and project management;
• Contributing to a smooth project implementation of awarded proposals by initiating an internal kick-off meeting and handing over the time to grant to the project management advisor;
• Initiating workshops for the researchers on certain funding schemes and topics.

A challenging position in a socially engaged organisation. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research and service for a better world. And that is valuable. So in return for your efforts, we offer you:

• a salary of minimum € 3.378,00 (Scale 10) and maximum € 6.209,00 (Scale 11) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Knowledge Valorisation Officer 3, Knowledge Valorisation Officer 4. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
• a position for at least 0.7 FTE. Your employment contract will initially last 1 year.

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:

• A full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of 232 hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For part-timers, this is calculated pro rata.
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• solid pension scheme (ABP)
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package
• contribution to commuting expenses

Faculty of Social Sciences
At the Faculty of Social Sciences we examine the major social issues facing us today from a variety of critical perspectives. We combine sociology, anthropology, political science, communication science, administration and organisation. Because there aren’t any ready-made solutions to the complex social issues of today. They demand a multidisciplinary approach. Working together with others helps you expand your mind, come to new ways of understanding and devise creative solutions.

Are you interested in joining Social Sciences? That means working with a team of colleagues from different disciplines in an inspiring work and study climate. Enjoy working in a professional organisation with an informal atmosphere, where we give you space for personal development. FSS employs over 350 staff members and enrols around 3,000 students.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam stands for values-driven education and research. We are open-minded experts with the ability to think freely - a broader mind. Maintaining an entrepreneurial perspective and concentrating on diversity, significance and humanity, we work on sustainable solutions with social impact. By joining forces, across the boundaries of disciplines, we work towards a better world for people and planet. Together we create a safe and respectful working and study climate, and an inspiring environment for education and research.

Diversity
Diversity is the driving force of VU Amsterdam. VU wants to be accessible and receptive to diversity in disciplines, cultures, ideas, nationalities, beliefs, preferences and worldviews. We believe that trust, respect, interest and differences lead to new insights and innovation, to sharpness and clarity, to excellence and a broader understanding.