Peer Review Specialist

Idaho National Laboratory is seeking a Peer Review Specialist for its Nuclear Energy External Innovation Integration team in Idaho Falls, ID. The role involves managing competitive solicitations for the Department of Energy, overseeing funding opportunities, conducting compliance reviews, recruiting peer reviewers, and managing the peer review process. The position operates on a 9x80 schedule with every other Friday off and requires strategic communication and data analysis skills.
Idaho National Laboratory is hiring aPeer Review Specialist to work on our Nuclear Energy External Innovation Integration team. Our team works a 9x80 schedule located out of our Idaho Falls facility with every other Friday off. As a Peer Review Specialist you will manage competitive solicitations for the Department of Energy-NE that support research portfolios for domestic universities, national laboratories, and industry. Complete duties are focused on the front-end review and back-end management of awards of various funding efforts ranging from $5M-50M in federal grant funding. Responsibilities Include: - Developing funding opportunities, requests for information, and requests for applications. - Working with the Department of Energy for contract management, eligibility questions, and documentation questions from external applicants. - Performing initial compliance reviews for funding opportunity. - Recruiting peer reviewers by reading proposals and finding the best experts to review. - Managing the peer review process, using data analysis to compile reviews, hosting review panels, and reviewing feedback from peer reviewers. - Compiling final recommendation documentation for the Department of Energy. - Interfacing with internal and external partners for developing funding opportunity documents. - Providing strategic recommendations to managers and other partners. - Communicating funding opportunities to internal and external individuals, which includes developing and presenting slides and acting as the point of contact for questions. - Assisting in the management of DOE funded awards through review of data management plans, technical data collection, and reporting. - Performing complex work with little or no direction, based on in-depth knowledge of program elements and contracting principles. - You will report to the Department Manager