Job Profile:
Research Administration Specialist 4
Job Family:
Research Administration
Time Type:
Full time
Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Job Profile Summary:
Responsible for collaborating with faculty and researchers in managing complex aspects of proposal development, development of financial resources and programs, and ensuring compliance with university policies.
Job Description:
ASU’s multi-disciplinary Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering / School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, is seeking to fill the Program Manager position with an energetic, multi-talented, hands-on administrator who can support the PSERC Director in managing a successful, dynamic industry-university collaborative center with responsibilities from performing and overseeing day-to-day operations to marketing PSERC to industry. The Program Manager reports to the PSERC Director and supports the collaborative activities of PSERC.
The Program Manager will coordinate the administrative activities of PSERC, support the Director in supervision of administrative staff, and serve as a liaison between the Director, and the PSERC site directors, member companies, funding agencies, and the various industry, university, and professional communities in which PSERC has a presence. The Program Manager’s key responsibility is supervising the PSERC staff, which consists of a collection of student workers, administrative associates, and/or a business operations specialist. The Program Manager will set up a timeline of key PSERC tasks and oversee the assignments across the team to ensure seamless and efficient operations. The Program Manager is also responsible for research administration activities including administering the research solicitation, proposal review, and selection process, overseeing project reporting, and federal agency post-award administration in cooperation with ASU research management personnel. The Program Manager will lead the planning for and implementation of PSERC industry-university meetings, retreats, webinars and tutorials, student job fairs, and workshops. Finally, the Program Manager supports the Director on strategic initiatives; tasks may include, but are not limited to, proposal preparation, project management, development of outreach material, industry and government engagement, and overall dissemination of PSERC activities and benefits.
Position Salary Range:
$70,000 - $90,000 annually; depending on experience
Essential Duties:
Staff Management: Oversee the PSERC staff and report to the Director. Work with the Director to assign and track staff responsibilities. Supervision and development of center administrative personnel in compliance with university personnel regulations, coordinating with PSERC staff in communicating with ASU management system
Overall PSERC Task Management: Organize, schedule, coordinate core PSERC tasks across the team and oversee execution to ensure a collaborative, constructive, efficient team environment.
Member Relations: Communicating to build PSERC’s image among PSERC members, anticipating needs, responding to requests, justifying continued membership, conducting site visits, engaging members in PSERC projects, encouraging attendance at PSERC events.
Membership Marketing: Preparing documents, outreach material, employing website and other forms of communication, contacting potential members identified by PSERC industry and university members, communicating PSERC’s value
Operations: Daily office operations, computing and information systems, word processing, excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint,…