Research and Grants Officer

This role is for a Research and Grants Officer who will support grant and research administration for the Faculty of Arts. Key responsibilities include advising faculty on proposal development, identifying funding opportunities, and creating grantmanship resources. A PhD in Humanities or Social Sciences and at least two years of grant writing experience are required.

• Under the supervisor of Director of Administration, the Research and Grants Officer will collaborate with the Associate Dean, Research (ADR), to support grant and research administration in the Faculty of Arts and advance the direction of the ADR portfolio.
• The incumbent will work closely with Faculty of Arts academic staff throughout the full grant lifecycle (writing, submission, budget review) with the overall aim of increasing the number and quality of grant proposals.
• The incumbent is responsible for identifying and communicating research funding opportunities for academics, as well as preparing and maintaining grantsmanship resources.
• The incumbent will also develop and maintain quantitative dashboards to track submissions, success rates, financial commitments, and dollar allocations to help optimize existing research resources.
• Advises on and provides grant proposal development support to faculty, particularly junior and early-career faculty, by reviewing draft applications, offering guidance and feedback, recommending revisions, and validating the overall coherence, feasibility, quality and readiness of proposals prior to submission.
• Develop a faculty support framework (structure, delivery method, and evaluation criteria) for grant preparation
• evaluate and maintain effectiveness of framework against outcomes (e.g., grant success rates) and revise it accordingly.
• Develop a repository of successful grant proposals
• interpret and statistically analyze the data and provide recommendations to academics submitting grants and provide guidance to the ADR
• Oversee internal peer review processes for grant applications
• establish review criteria with the Associate Dean and assess proposal readiness for submission.
• Analyze research performance data, identify meaningful benchmarks and comparators, and prepare annual reports on research impact, application and funding trends, and benchmarking outcomes.
• Develop, maintain and improve quantitative dashboards and data visualizations
• Advise faculty on award nominations by assessing alignment with award criteria, evaluating competitiveness and fit, and providing guidance on complex or ambiguous cases.
• Identify and communicate funding opportunities to faculty
• review and edit nomination packages to align with funder and donor requirements
• draft memos, announcements, and communications on research opportunities.
• Organize and facilitate faculty peer-support networks for grant writers, leveraging expertise in social sciences and humanities research methodologies to foster effective proposal development and knowledge sharing.
• Develop and produce original faculty capacity-building resources, including best-practices guides and support materials, informed by analysis of successful grant applications to enhance research funding success.

• Competitive benefits package (Health, Dental, Life Insurance) (if eligible)
• Defined contribution pension plan (with employer contribution up to 10%) (if eligible)
• Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Competitive vacation policy
• Two (2) floating holidays
• Nine (9) "Summer Fridays" - paid days off between the St-Jean Baptiste holiday and Labour Day
• Paid time off over the December holiday period
• Tuition waiver for regular employees and their dependents
• Up to two (2) days of remote work per week where the position permits
• Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
• Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing.
• The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level #4 on a scale of 0-4 .
• For a definition of our language proficiency levels, please click here .
• Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level #4 on a scale of 0-4 .