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Director SUNY Grants for Research, Opportunity, and Workforce Support Unit
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Position Number: 4100302
Location: Albany, NY
Position Type: Sponsored Programs, Grants, and Contracts

Director SUNY Grants for Research, Opportunity, and Workforce Support Unit

Category: Professional
Department: SUNY GROW
Locations: Albany, NY
Posted: Apr 13, 2023
Closes: Open Until Filled
Type: Full-time
Position ID: 161152

About Research Foundation for SUNY:
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF) is the largest comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country.

Our mission is to provide talent, services, and technology that empower SUNY to research, innovate, and transfer discoveries that transform the world's knowledge economy.

Our vision is to make SUNY the best place for faculty, students and staff to research, innovate, and solve the world's most pressing problems.

The RF serves SUNY by providing essential administrative services that enable SUNY faculty to focus their efforts on the education of students and the performance of life-changing research across a wide range of disciplines including medicine, engineering, physical sciences, energy, computer science, and social sciences. We work with the academic and business leadership of SUNY campuses to support research and discovery through the administration of sponsored projects and technology transfer and management of intellectual property for public benefit and economic growth.

The RF is committed to diversity, inclusion and a working environment that enhances productivity, creates personal and professional opportunities, unleashes everyone's full potential and fuels innovation. We hold the organization and each other to the highest standards of integrity, accountability and ethical behavior.

Visit www.rfsuny.org and connect with the us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Learn about SUNY at www.suny.edu.

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Job Description:
The Director of SUNY Grants for Research, Opportunity, and Workforce (GROW) Support Unit will lead the unit to provide direct support to all SUNY Campuses in identifying and securing grant and contract funding from federal, state, local and other sources to support research and scholarship, with a specific focus on activities that will expand economic mobility and create workforce opportunity for New Yorkers.

Job Duties:

Provide leadership and strategic vision to develop a grant strategy in high-demand and emerging sectors and support the
GROW Unit in identifying and securing grant funding across SUNY
Lead the GROW team of four to map major funding opportunities (Local, Federal and State appropriations) and ensure SUNY is preparing best-in-class proposals and applications to maximize research funding for all SUNY campuses
Build partnerships within System Administration (Provost's Office, Research Innovation & Economic Development, Office of Federal Relations) and across SUNY campuses and with industry and other partners such as the Research Foundation of SUNY and lead cross-campus efforts to pursue grants and contracts
Support the development of campus proposals with subject matter expertise, technical assistance, and capacity-building
Engage Faculty to build capacity to create competitive funding proposals by implementing professional development activities
Create, update and maintain templates, boilerplate information and online resources that support proposal development and submission processes
Develop a multi-year plan to offset Unit costs with share of revenue from grants awarded
Supervise three Opportunity Leads
Other duties as assigned

Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree
3-5 years grant writing or relevant experience
cRelationship expert
Ability to grow a new office

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree
Higher education experience

Additional Information:
Salary Range: $110,000 -$130,000

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, The Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy-related conditions, reproductive health decisions, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, familial status, citizenship, physical and mental disability, prior arrest or conviction record, genetic characteristics/genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, military status or service, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state or local law.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation for the State University of New York are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York operates under a contract with The State University of New York and receives no directly appropriated state funding.

Application Instructions:
Applicants interested in applying MUST submit the following documents:

1. Resume/CV
2. Cover Letter

After submitting your resume/CV, the subsequent pages enable you to upload your cover letter and additional documents.

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