Pre-award Research Officer 20240139

VHIR-RRHH-FOR-003_vs01_

TheVall d'Hebron Research Institute

(VHIR) is a public sector institution that

promotes and develops the research,

innovation and biosanitary teaching of the

Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. Through

the excellence of our research, we identify

problems of society and we contribute to

spread them around the world.

In April 2015, the **Vall d’Hebron**

**Research Institute (VHIR) **obtained

the recognition of the European

Commission **HR Excellence.**

This recognition proves that VHIR

endorses the general principles of the

European Charter for Researchers and

a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment

of Researchers **(Charter & Code)**.

**VHIR embraces Equality and**

**Diversity. As reflected in our values**

**we work toward ensuring inclusion**

**and equal opportunity in**

**recruitment, hiring, training, and**

**management for all staff within the**

**organization, regardless of gender,**

**civil status, family status, sexual**

**orientation, religion, age, disability**

**or race.**

**Pre-award Research officer**

**National and International Project Units (Pre-award) - Research Grants Office -**

**Competitive Research Directorate**

Research Grants Office at VHIR is responsible for managing all competitive projects at VHIR and at Hospital
Universitari Vall Hebron (HUVH). It provides support to researchers throughout the lifecycle of competitive
research projects to contribute to the leadership of VHIR and HUVH in biomedical research. It is divided in
two units: National and International Project Units.

Both Project Units encourage and support VHIR’s researchers in the pursuit of competitive funding for

research detecting opportunities and contributing to the development of quality proposals (Pre-award). Once

the desired funding is achieved, we provide support in managing granted funds to comply with internal

policies and funding bodies regulations (Post-award).

national and international as **Pre-award Research officer **to contribute to the collection and curation of calls

and proposals data, the dissemination of future calls, and the generation of office-activity indicators for

business intelligence purposes.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Education and qualifications**:
**Required: -**

University degree, preferentially in biomedicine-related disciplines, in informatics/data science, or in
library/information/documentation
- Fluency in Catalan, Spanish, English (business level)

**Desired**:

- VHIR-RRHH-FOR-003_vs01_

TheVall d'Hebron Research Institute

(VHIR) is a public sector institution that

promotes and develops the research,

innovation and biosanitary teaching of the

Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. Through

the excellence of our research, we identify

problems of society and we contribute to

spread them around the world.

In April 2015, the **Vall d’Hebron**

**Research Institute (VHIR) **obtained

the recognition of the European

Commission **HR Excellence.**

This recognition proves that VHIR

endorses the general principles of the

European Charter for Researchers and

a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment

of Researchers **(Charter & Code)**.

**VHIR embraces Equality and**

**Diversity. As reflected in our values**

**we work toward ensuring inclusion**

**and equal opportunity in**

**recruitment, hiring, training, and**

**management for all staff within the**

**organization, regardless of gender,**

**civil status, family status, sexual**

**orientation, religion, age, disability**

**or race. -**

Specific training related to data analysis and IT (databases, content management systems, newsletters,
business intelligence tools, etc.)

**Experience and knowledge**:
**Required: -**

Good command of MS Office and other IT computer tools
- Ability to work with and organize datasets
- Well organized person with very good attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines
- Self-motivated, creative, proactive and results oriented
- Excellent teamwork with good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills

**Desired: -**

At least 1 year of work experience in research management (national and/or international competitive calls)
- Experience in data curation, data mining and preparation of reports
- Knowledge of competitive funding programmes (national and/or international)
- Previous experience in health/biomedical research environment
- International work experience

**Main responsibilities and duties**:

- Manage and update research and administrative data about competitive research calls and submitted/granted
proposals using our internal research management software.
- Monitor indicators from competitive research for reporting to funding bodies and internally to different VHIR’s
committees and to tracking Research Grants Office activity.
- Manage information about competitive calls and prepare their communication to our research community
through a newsletter.
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TheVall d'Hebron