Grant Facilitator and Science Writer - Vancouver, Canada - University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level B

Job Title

Grant Facilitator and Science Writer

Department

Research Grant Office | Life Sciences Institute | Faculty of Science

Compensation Range

$5, $7,878.17 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

May 29, 2023

Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

Mar 31, 2024

Job Description Summary

This role will support the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) and the Women's Health Research Cluster (WHRC). 75% of the role will support the LSI and 25% will be focused on the WHRC.

Major responsibilities include but are not limited to: identifying, developing, writing, and preparing research grants, grant budgets and budget justifications, letters of intent, academic proposals, background documentation, research program rationales, ethics submissions, academic manuscripts, and other documents.

Responsibilities also include reviewing grant proposals and providing guidance about SGBA integration in study design, statistical analysis and knowledge translation.

The position may also be involved in writing/editing content for internal and external communications related to the LSI.

Organizational Status

The LSI is a UBC Research Institute supported by the UBC faculties of Medicine and Science.

It is home to the research programs of approximately 90 Principal Investigators from three faculties and over 15 departments, who conduct research on a wide variety of life science topics.

The advertised position reports to the Strategic Research Development Officer and works closely with LSI Principal Investigators, research staff, and trainees as required.

Work Performed

Identifying appropriate funding sources for various projects

Identifying, interpreting, and clearly communicating requests and instructions for grant proposals and publication guidelines

Writing, editing, and providing editorial review feedback on scientific and technical documents, grant proposals, letters of intent, and other

scientific documents based on communications with authors, editorial boards, staff, internal reviewers, and other sources of feedback. A portion of this will include providing specific feedback on the integration of SGBA in grant proposals.

Managing, collecting, and coordinating relevant grant information, research budgets, statistics, signatures, and curriculum vitae

Identifying, developing, preparing, and submitting academic manuscripts for publication

Developing a timeline and framework for grant and publication deadlines

Conducting literature searches for grants and scientific publications as required

Liaising between authors, staff, trainees, editorial boards, and publishing staff to assist in transforming research initiatives, concepts, and

results into written documentation.

Writing research ethics board submissions, in collaboration with the Principal Investigator and collaborators

Writing/editing materials related to internal and external research communications

Performing other related duties as required

Consequence of Error/Judgement

The GSW is required to conduct all research facilitation activities in an ethical manner following approved guidelines.

This is an important research facilitation role, and has considerable freedom to act in carrying out project tasks in related disciplines.

A high degree of judgment and initiative is required to manage preparation and submission process of research proposals/manuscripts.

Errors may result in missed revenue opportunities, and/or inefficient use of time and resources pursuing unfruitful avenues of funding or publication opportunities.

The position must exercise judgement and strong analytical thinking in the sourcing and selection of potential opportunities and the relevance of trends in the grants and publications space.

Work requires the ability to quickly absorb large amounts of complex scientific and industry information and an understanding of how to translate this information to funding and publication success.

Errors made could influence the ability of researchers to meet critical deadlines.

Confidentiality must be maintained when dealing with research ideas and data, as breach of confidentiality could compromise the research programs and credibility of LSI/WHRC researchers.

Supervision Received

Supervision Given

May provide guidance to staff, students, and postdoctoral fellows, as required, within the realm of grant and scientific writing.

Preferred Qua