SNF and Innosuisse Pre-Grant Specialist for the Grants Hub BFH (70%)
Berner Fachhochschule
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:25 September 2025
- Workload:70%
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
The Grants Hub BFH is a network of experts supporting researchers. Join us for a dynamic work environment and growth opportunities.
Tasks
- Advise researchers on funding applications for SNF/Innosuisse.
- Develop training materials for BFH researchers and managers.
- Represent BFH with funding organizations and provide strategic advice.
Skills
- Completed university degree, preferably with a PhD or research management experience.
- Knowledge of Swiss funding landscape, especially SNF and Innosuisse.
- Strong analytical skills and independent working style under pressure.
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What you will do here
The Grants Hub BFH is a network of experts at the departments and central contact points of BFH, which supports researchers in acquiring and managing third-party funded projects.
- Advise researchers on funding applications to SNF/Innosuisse (suitability of the funding instrument, review of applications, clarifications with the funding organization)
- Develop training and advisory materials for researchers and research managers of the BFH departments, power user of the Research Information System of BFH
- Collaborate with actors of the Grants Hub BFH (controlling/specialist units) in preparing information, developing BFH-wide procedures
- Represent BFH at the two funding organizations
- Develop strategic recommendations for BFH on dealing with developments in funding instruments
What you ideally bring
- Completed university degree, preferably with a doctorate or experience in research management
- Knowledge of the Swiss funding landscape, especially SNF and Innosuisse
- Service orientation, solution-oriented communication, and good presentation skills
- Very good analytical skills as well as a structured, independent working style even under time pressure
- Very good German and English skills; French skills are an advantage
Some of our advantages upfront
- Great freedom in shaping your work and plenty of room for your ideas, creativity, and decisiveness.
- Responsibility in exciting future projects that attract attention beyond the boundaries of the professional world.
- Workplace in a top location with very good accessibility.
- A "colorful bunch" of cheerful people with very different backgrounds, views, and experiences awaits you.
- Uncomplicated exchange even beyond departmental boundaries.
I will guide you through the
application process
application process
Claudine Herb
HR Consultant
T +41 31 848 30 76
The Vice Rectorates for Teaching and Research
Practice-oriented teaching and application-oriented research are the core areas of the Bern University of Applied Sciences. The Vice Rectorates for Teaching and Research work on cross-departmental topics, strengthen the connection between research and teaching, and are responsible for the strategic orientation of BFH's innovative strength.
