Program Director, Global Health Grants

UAB; University (FL); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UAB is seeking a Program Director III for the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health. The role guides international grant activity, identifies research priorities, and promotes funding opportunities outside the U.S.

You will coordinate teams, support grant writing, and liaise with pre-award groups to strengthen UAB’s global collaborations. Reporting to the MHIGH leadership, you will help grow the global grant portfolio, oversee pilot programs, and ensure timely submission of competitive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and ten (10) years of related experience required.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning around International Grant Activity and Collaborations.
• Identify research priorities and faculty expertise and interests.
• Scout and promote diverse funding opportunities from various sectors and outside of U.S.
• Provide support to match appropriate international/global grants with faculty and trainees and to match faculty with global collaborators, particularly in key collaborating countries.
• Facilitate assembling of teams to pursue grant applications.
• Monitor and report international grant activity within the HSOM Grant Writing.
• Engage in grant writing and provide grant editing support, including review of language and structure for quality control.
• Secure contracted grant-writing support, if needed, to ensure excellence.
• Support faculty and trainees in the submission of competitive grant applications.
• Coordinate with the UAB CCTS and global health faculty to conduct mock reviews of grants Administrative.
• Monitor submissions and support global health faculty to secure grant funding.
• Serve as a liaison to pre-award teams, including coordinating administrative support needed to a) secure essential documents, such as biosketches and subcontracts, in a timely fashion; and b) to tailor and update ancillary grant sections, such as Facilities and Other Resources, research tables, network tables and contracts/agreements.
• Manage pilot grant program of the institute, including requests for applications, advertising, review/award and progress reporting.
• Coordinate meeting planning and hosting via Zoom, meeting minutes, formal reports, and presentations as requested.
• Perform other tasks as delegated by the MHIGH Director and Associate Directors.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

UAB is seeking a Program Director III for the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health. The role guides international grant activity, identifies research priorities, and promotes funding opportunities outside the U.S.

You will coordinate teams, support grant writing, and liaise with pre-award groups to strengthen UAB’s global collaborations. Reporting to the MHIGH leadership, you will help grow the global grant portfolio, oversee pilot programs, and ensure timely submission of competitive