Administrative for the Competitive Calls Department (Pre-award, National Projects Unit)

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About the research group

IDIBELL Research Grants Department provides support to researchers throughout the lifecycle of competitive research projects to contribute to the leadership of IDIBELL in biomedical research.

Post-Award is in charge of the comprehensive management of awarded competitive grants, both nationally and internationally. It manages projects from a large variety of funding bodies, including Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Ministerio de Ciencia, Fundació La Marató de TV3, European Commission and National Institutes of Health (NIH).

About the role

Main tasks of the role are:

• Provide administrative support in the submission of competitive proposals as well as in all aspects of the granting process (approval, contract signature etc)
• Identification of funding opportunities and resolution of calls.
• Updating of the Unit databases and retrieval of information for the elaboration of reports.
• Classification and storage of all documentation related to the proposals.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Previous experience providing administrative support.

Education and training

•  CFGM in administration or equivalent 

Technical & soft skills

• Well-organised person with very good attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Good command of MS Office and other computer tools.
• Team player with good interpersonal, written and oral communication skill

Languages

• Good command of the English language
•  Full command of Spanish and Catalan languages

We will value, but not required

• Previous experience in pre-award management (especially in calls from Spanish/Catalan national funders: MINECO, ISCIII, AGAUR) will be highly valued.
• Previous experience in a health/biomedical research environment
• Motivated, pro-active and results oriented person
• Flexible and adaptable person

What do we offer

•  No. of positions: 1
•  Estimated start date: As soon as possible.
•  Contract duration: Permanent
•  Estimated annual gross salary: It is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with our pay ranges.
•  You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
•  Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
•  Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking
•  26 working days of holiday per year
•  System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.
•  Paid leave package
•  Benefits of constant training are offered
•  We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by  12/06/2026

Data protection notice

In compliance with the obligations established in the General Regulation of Data Protection (RGPD), which is the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016, and the Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights, it is reported that the Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), CIF G58863317, with address Av. Granvia de l'Hospitalet, 199-203, 08908, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, will process your personal data, as the controller, to apply for the position, maintain communication concerning the status of the candidature, to access the delivered CV; to compare that your data is in accordance with the offers announced by IDIBELL and to verify, where appropriate, that the information provided is accurate. You can find more information in our Privacy Policy at https://idibell.cat/en/privacy-policy-2/, request more information about the data processing carried out and exercise your rights of access, rectification, deletion, opposition, portability, limitation of processing by sending a request at email: dataprotection@idibell.cat. If you consider that you have not obtained satisfaction in exercising your rights, you may submit a claim to Catalan Data Protection Authority.

Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations:

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).

IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).