The Post:The Head of Science Operations is a transversal role working across all the operation teams such as the Legal, Finance & Strategic Projects departments as well as the grant officer, the business developer and the communication and data management teams.Key Objectives:• To coordinate and adapt the management of the science programs of the Institute to tailor them to the needs of the future Foundation• To manage the submission process and review of the Call for Scientific Applications (PI recruitment)• To enhance and optimise the synergies within the Biotherapies Institutes (Institut de Myologie/I-stem/Genethon)

The Post:The Head of Pre-award Grants and EU Innovation position is a pivotal leadership post within the Grants team, with specific responsibility for the development and delivery of an effective pre-award service as well as being able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of the evolving funding landscape. The role requires to be an effective communicator, able to establish close working relationships with colleagues at all level, but in particular with the senior scientific community.Key Objectives:The objectives of the role include: overseeing the operations of the Pre-award Grants team, working closely with Crick scientists to ensure that grant proposals are of a high quality, managing the accurate transfer of information between the pre-award Grants Management and post-award Finance Systems.Specific objectives include:• Provide mentoring, support, development and training for team members• Support the delivery of the pre-award aspects of the Grants Strategy; increasing the volume of submitted applications and overall success rates• Provide expert input into future iterations of the team’s Grant Strategy as it develops • Act as the lead contact point for European Commission (EC) grants• Ensure that any necessary oversight, training and support is provided to the post-award team with respect to the management of EC grants• Provide specialist expertise where required with respect to the research application processes (including funder specific terms & conditions, costing, ethics and aspects of research contracts)• Review, draft and negotiate grant and grant-related agreements (liaising with the Head of Contracts if needed) to ensure that funder terms are acceptable to and approved by the Crick• Engage with funding bodies both operationally and strategically• Ensure that there is a culture of continuous improvement for pre-award procedures and systems to facilitate efficient and effective pre-award support• Deputise for the Head of Grants

The Post:As Senior Grants Manager, I liaise with Crick Grant holders and applicants in all aspects of external contract administration associated with the development of proposals submitted to International funders. I liaise with external funding bodies in all aspects of grant administration.Key objectives:The objectives are to provide support and information to Principal Investigators (PIs) in preparing external applications, ensuring that research proposals are accurately costed and meet the Crick’s requirements for internal approvals and submission to the Funder; this covers the pre-award application processes through transition of successful applications to the Crick Finance system, subsequent billing and any final audit requirements.Specific objectives include:• Preparing all costs relevant to the grant application to maximize income. Check regulation and anticipate legal/ethics challenge and HR needs with the PI• Understand fEC costing and support the management accounting team in the development and maintenance of costing methodologies including systems for data capture on usage and cost for those services that will be charged into grants• Liaison with Director's Office/Legal for approvals as necessary to progess activation of grants once awarded• Meet with PIs to create a spending profile which shows how the awarded budget will be spent over the project in financial years• Prepare and submit all financial reports/statements required by Funders in compliance with their requirements• Communication with representatives of Funders regarding budgets, legal/ethics, personnel and other issues• Responsibility for monitoring grant balances, anticipating and detecting financial issues, meeting with PIs to provide recommendations for revised spending plans• Managing all outgoing payments (i.e. to subcontractors, partners etc)• Contract negotiation with Funders• Providing necessary training in the Grant Management team

The post:The Grants Office is a unique structure within the Scientific Department of Institut Pasteur. This position is composed of a team of project support staff overseeing and managing a portfolio of research funding. This post is primarily focused on Program Management and administration, but the project manager is also expected to participate in the research management and have close collaboration with the partners to help build new and existing collaborative links.A specific focus on the DENFREE project (Dengue Research Framework for resisting Epidemics in Europe) recently awarded funding by the European Commission FP7 Programme. DENFREE is a 6€million, multi-partner, international study led by Dr Anavaj Sakuntabhai, head of Functional Genetics of the Infectious Diseases Unit.Key Responsibilities:• Have responsibility for project management of collaborative projects with external partners, and assist in the management of key large projects throughout their life cycle• Be the first point of contact in communications with external stakeholders, and be responsible for prioritizing, managing and when appropriate, directing external requests to research staff• Manage all budget and research resources aspects of the awards allocated• Champion the setting up of EU funding strategy among scientists • Lead administrative staff at the coordinating centre and the partners in the study in developing, tracking and monitoring expenses and associated administrative functions on the allocated budget• Preparation, negotiation and reporting on a portfolio of grants (FP7;Cooperation, Ideas (25 ERC), People; H2020 (2 ERC)) • Coordinate the preparation of annual reports, manage the deliverables and milestones of the projectOther duties:• Have a sound knowledge of the EU politics, assist in communicating these across Institut and projects partners• Take a lead in the EU funding area• Regularly review own training needs and attend training as necessary

Summary:Focus on legal support, intellectual property and managing projects for researchers, contracts drafting and collaborative negotiation with international partners. Communicate with financial and human resources services.The post:This position is part of a team of administrative support staff overseeing the whole administration of the Natural Products Chemistry Institute of the CNRS (ICSN-CNRS).The post is primarily focused on research programme and contracts management and daily administration in close collaboration with the scientists and partnersKey Responsibilities:• Have responsibility for projects management of collaborative projects with external partners, and assist in the management of projects throughout their life span• Draft, review and analyse grants, contracts and cooperative agreements (MTA, NDA...) in order to prepare, process and approve all sponsored projects (continuations, modifications, no cost extensions, re-budgeting and carryovers)• Advise scientists regarding legal and budgetary issues affecting projects and respond in a timely and effective manner to scientists, clearly communicate relevant information to administrative support staff.• Exercise good judgment in clarifying and resolving issues, interpret complex information in a meaningful way, give advice based on evidence and suggest innovative solutions to challenges• Be the first point of contact in communications with external stakeholders, and be responsible for prioritising, managing and when appropriate, directing external requests to research staff • Champion the setting up of EU funding strategy among scientists• Managing a portfolio of grants • plan and oversee the organisation of administrative duties of the projects

Administrative management (Financial and legal issues, meeting organizations, drafting of European policy briefs) of European Projects (ESONET, EMSO).

Legal review of regulation regarding clause 23 and the "Guide to financial issues" of the seventh Framework Program.

In charge of the study regarding the transition between two periods of structural funds and European programs based on concrete cases on Brest and its area.