We are looking for a Grant editor & administrator to get public funding, as a complement to private funding, to finance our technical development and benefit from the technical expertise and equipment of the public labs.

Your main responsibilities are:

Detect the best grant opportunities

• Identify grant opportunities for the company. This includes attending relevant webinars and events in agreement as well as contacting key persons
• Rank them by priority (benefit vs. effort)
• Support the technical members to find partners to build possible consortia
• Identify the key stakeholders that will maximize our chances of success (government, public institutions, research labs, universities, industries…

Lead the grant proposal

• Coordinate the grant application internally
• Consolidate the application forms:
  • draft the non-technical content
  • collect technical content from the technical managers
  • propose rewording of parts of the proposal more accessible to a broader, non-technical readership
• Follow up the application phase with the financial institution
• Submit the applications
• Keep the team informed as soon as there are any updates on the ongoing applications

Manage the grant

• Formalize the grant agreement
• Discuss grant execution internally on a regular basis and collect technical and financial updates relevant to external reporting
• Organize the technical and financial reporting in agreement with the various departments
• Organize meeting reviews with the financing institution when requested according to the grant agreement
• Monitor the action and manage the deviations with the CTO and the financing authority

You are the ideal profile if:

• Education and professional experience
  • Master’s degree in engineering or related subjects
  • Experienced in deep tech and/or “big science”
  • 5+ years of experience in grant application and administration
• Language requirements
  • Fluent in English (C1) & French (C1)
  • Proficiency in an additional language is appreciated
• Technical competencies
  • Knowledge of the French & European funding system. Familiarity with the US and other international funding systems is a plus
  • Project management skills (Breakdown structure, Gantt Chart, Risk analysis, …)
  • Basic knowledge of finance (Revenue, expenses, cash flow…)
  • Proficient use of the Microsoft Office package

What we offer

Visit our career page to learn more about our work conditions and benefits:

https://renfusion.eu/jobs

At Renaissance Fusion, we value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants equally for employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of origin; gender; morals, sexual orientation; sexual identity; age; marital status; pregnancy; genetic characteristics; actual or assumed membership or non-membership of an ethnic group, nation or race; political opinions; trade union or mutualist activities; religious beliefs; physical appearance; family name; place of residence; state of health; disability.