"Grant Development Specialist 2"

Job Summary
Assist faculty and staff in the preparation and review of grant funded proposals, including participation in proposal planning meetings, maintaining and distributing agency information, and ensuring compliance with regulatory policies and procedures.

Responsibilities
This position will advance the College of Nursing's research mission by supporting investigators throughout the entire life cycle of grant activity, from identifying funding opportunities and crafting competitive proposals to coordinating pre-award processes and facilitating post-award management. This includes close collaboration with investigators to write, edit, and coordinate submission-ready applications to federal agencies, foundations, and other funding sources, helping ensure alignment with institutional goals and sponsor requirements as well as contributing to building a sustainable research infrastructure and fostering a culture of scholarly excellence within the college. The duties include but are not limited to:

• Collaborates with faculty to plan, develop, and write grant proposals for a variety of sponsors. Drafts and edits of scientific sections, supporting documents, and required attachments. Translates complex scientific and technical content into persuasive, clear, and fundable narratives, to include improving clarity, grammar, scientific logic, and alignment with review criteria. Assists with developing standard templates and boilerplate language.
• Identifies funding opportunities (federal, state, foundation, and private) that align with faculty expertise and strategic priorities. Interprets sponsor guidelines and ensures proposals meet formatting, submission, and compliance requirements. Coordinates with internal offices such as Sponsored Programs for routing, review, and timely submission through institutional systems. Creates and/or assists with budgets, budget justifications, biosketches, data management plans, and other sponsor-required documentation. Maintains internal timelines and coordinates proposal review, editing, and approval processes.
• Supports faculty in understanding initial award documentation, scope of work, and reporting requirements. Provides guidance on post-award management responsibilities, including effort reporting, re-budgeting, and sponsor communication, in coordination with post-award staff. Assists with project deliverables, compliance timelines, and documentation needed for progress reporting.
• Monitors and disseminates funding opportunities relevant to the College of Nursing's research strengths and strategic priorities. Advises investigators on funding landscapes, emerging trends, policy updates, and best practices for competitiveness. Supports strategic planning for early-career faculty and interdisciplinary research teams seeking extramural support.
• Coordinates with internal units such as Sponsored Programs to ensure proposal compliance. Stays current on sponsor guidelines, policy changes, and regulatory issues. Maintains records of proposals, outcomes, and feedback to inform future submissions and performance metrics. Evaluates the effectiveness of ongoing grant applications efforts and initiates steps to improve the number and quality of submissions.
• Assists faculty with securing various approvals related to grant applications, such as Internal Review Board approvals, and assists with research dissemination efforts, such as poster development, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications
Educational Requirements: Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in business or related field with three years of experience in business, finance, accounting or other related field.

Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree from an accredited college or university. Grant and/or contract experience both pre and post. Experience working in an academic environment. Experience with PeopleSoft Financial.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution. Outstanding customer service skills. Excellent attention to detail. Ability to prioritize and handle multiple competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality with sensitive information. Demonstrated ability to use spreadsheets, word processing, email and calendar software. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to tolerate a high degree of ambiguity yet work effectively to fulfill the mission, goals and objectives of the department. Ability to understand and interpret complex guidelines and regulations for salary caps, facilities and administrative cost calculations, funding restrictions.

Shift/Salary/Benefits
Shift: Days/M-F (work outside of the normal business hours will likely be required of an employee in an exempt level position). Pay Band: 11. Salary Minimum: $56,600.00/Annually - $72,200.00/Annually. Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position. Recruitment Period: 9/29/25 - Until Filled. Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees. Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.