Grants Specialist

ICON Clinical Research; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Health insurance

Retirement planning

LifeWorks program

Life assurance

Flexible country-specific benefits

Job summary

ICON Strategic Solutions is seeking a Grants Specialist to contribute to accounting and financial operations across clinical programmes. You will manage grant applications, identify opportunities, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop proposals while ensuring compliance and reporting on outcomes.

The role emphasizes scientific operations experience, strong research and communication skills, and the ability to handle multiple tasks within a sponsor-dedicated model supported by

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Nonprofit Management, Public Administration).
• Experience in grant writing, grant management, or a related field preferred.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Managing the grant application process from start to finish.
• Researching and identifying grant opportunities that align with the organization's mission and values.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to gather information and develop compelling grant proposals.
• Ensuring compliance with grant funding requirements and deadlines.
• Tracking and reporting on grant activities and outcomes.

Skills

Grant writing

Grant management

Research skills

Analytical skills

Written & verbal communication

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree (Nonprofit Management / Public Administration)

Job description

Grants Specialist

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.

As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

As a Grants Specialist at ICON, you will contribute to our accounting and financial operations function, working collaboratively to deliver high-quality outcomes across our clinical programmes.

What You Will Do:

You will contribute to scientific operations activities, taking responsibility for your deliverables and working collaboratively.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the grant application process from start to finish.
• Researching and identifying grant opportunities that align with our organization's mission and values.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to gather information and develop compelling grant proposals.
• Ensuring compliance with grant funding requirements and deadlines.
• Tracking and reporting on grant activities and outcomes.

Your Profile:

You will bring relevant scientific operations experience, along with the following qualifications and skills.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Nnprofit Management, Public Administration).
• Previous experience in grant writing, grant management, or a related field preferred.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.

What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well‑being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site (https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits) to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here (https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations)