Research Development Lead

This is an exciting opportunity to join Sheridan’s Generator Support Office (GSO), as we look for a dynamic team player to exercise their passion for grant writing and research project administration to support Sheridan’s Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RIE) ecosystem. Sheridan College is a leader among Canada’s top 50 research Colleges.

**What You’ll Be Doing**
- Providing leadership and support to Faculties, Research and Entrepreneurship Centres, students, and external partners through the full research project lifecycle, through idea formulation and scoping, funding proposal development and administration (projects will be in a range of disciplines depending on current priorities, primarily including social science and humanities, but may also include business, arts and science and technology);
- Developing and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities for collaborative applied research projects, and ensure the success of funded projects;
- Proactively monitoring the research landscape and seeking out and disseminating new opportunities for external research funding;
- Working with research teams to: identify suitable external funding opportunities; develop and shape project ideas, methodologies and budgets; provide a critical review and edit of research funding proposals for the strongest chance of award success; and write institutional-level content for funding proposals;
- Leading the administrative management for funded projects (with researchers, external partners and research finance teams), including facilitation of legal agreements, high-level monitoring of milestones and budgets, providing research guidance (within the limits of his/her knowledge and experience), and submission of reports to the funding body; this includes ensuring compliance with all College and Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship strategies, policies and procedures and funding agency requirements;
- Engaging with industry and community partners regarding their research needs and promoting an awareness of Sheridan College’s research expertise and capacity, and liaising internally to connect partners with researchers at Sheridan;
- Developing tools and other supports and delivering training and education, in a variety of topics related to research, research administration, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in research and research ethics, to build awareness and capacity for engaging in research across Sheridan’s Faculties and Research Centres;
- Supporting the capturing of success stories, outcomes and metrics of research projects for dissemination and reporting;
- Performing other related duties, as assigned.

**About You**

You have the skills and knowledge to work with an increasingly diverse faculty, staff and student population as well as a proven commitment to **anti-oppression**, **equity**, and **inclusion**.

You demonstrate **initiative **and **excellent communication**, **organization **and **problem-solving** skills that enable you to independently seek out answers, resolve unexpected challenges, prioritize, balance, and manage multiple complex and competing demands.

You have exceptional **written/verbal communication** and presentations skills.

You have excellent **interpersonal** skills with a focus on **engaging **industry and community organizations as research partners.

You have proven **relationship management skills** and a solid **client service orientation** that enable you to establish and nurture trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders, that supports the ongoing reputation of the GSO and ensure Sheridan researchers and our partners are well supported in their research activities.
- Master’s degree in a discipline that has instilled very strong writing and research experience, including Social Sciences/Humanities (preferred), Natural Sciences/Engineering, Health Sciences or Arts
- 5 years of experience in research grant writing, and managing and tracking the administration of large and small-scale research projects, including milestones, budgeting and reporting (equivalency will be considered)
- Understanding of research funding sources and an ability to assist researchers in developing competitive funding proposals in a range of disciplines, primarily within the humanities and social sciences but including other disciplines as required
- Project management professional (PMP) certificate will be considered an asset
- Understanding of Intellectual Property and commercialization will be considered an asset

**Who We Are**:

- For more information, visit: Why Work at Sheridan

**Other Details**
**Department**: Generator Support Office
**Primary Work/Campus Location**: Trafalgar (may be assigned activities at any Sheridan campus)
**Work Categorization**:Hybrid | On-site at least 3 days/week
**Reference #**:J0524-1209
**Employee Group**: Administrative
**Payband**: NK
**Hourly Rate**: $77,768 - $97