Associate Vice President (Research)

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Department

The Associate Vice President for Research (AVP-R) serves as a senior leader and key advisor to the Vice President for Research (VPR) supporting strategic decision-making and operational oversight across the research enterprise. This position provides executive leadership in research administration budget and resource planning internal funding programs faculty support and continuous improvement. The AVP-R represents the VPR in internal and external settings leads division-wide initiatives and ensures excellence in communications faculty engagement and operational performance.

Responsibilities:

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP (SUPPORTING AND REPRESENTING THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH):

• Serves as a member of the Division of Research and Innovations leadership team and leads implementation of its strategic plan and key performance goals across the functional areas.

• Supports the Vice President on strategic and operational issues affecting the research division and university-wide research efforts.

• Represents the Vice President division and university in internal and external meetings initiatives and partnerships and assumes executive responsibilities in the VPRs absence.

• Facilitates high-impact cross-unit strategic projects and ensures alignment with university priorities and research growth objectives.

• Monitors and interprets federal and state policy developments and trends in research funding compliance and administration; supports the VPR on institutional correspondence and reporting.

FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT:

• Oversees strategic planning execution and financial oversight of the divisions internal research funding programs core facilities centers and special initiatives in consultation with the Vice President.

• Supervises and coordinates administrative operations related to division-wide staffing needs professional development recruitment training and organizational well-being.

• Supervises and coordinates the planning and execution of division-sponsored events (e.g. research week faculty recognition events symposia) ensuring alignment with divisional goals and stakeholder engagement.

• Supervises and coordinates the development and implementation of research communications and marketing strategies that elevate the universitys research profile and engage internal and external audiences.

FACULTY SUPPORT AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT:

• Supervises and collaborates with colleges departments centers and faculty to support research development and lead VPR initiatives for faculty success in securing external funding.

• Leads the research development area in identification and dissemination of strategic funding opportunities and supports the preparation of large complex and strategic proposals.

• Leads the implementation of key VPR initiatives including research conferences that expand interdisciplinary collaborative and mission-aligned research activity.

• Leads the efforts to expand and promote student research opportunities including undergraduate graduate doctoral and post-doctoral research engagement initiatives.

• Enhances services and tools provided to researchers across all stages of the research lifecycle from external partnerships proposal development to post-award support by collaborating with Assistant Vice President and Executive Directors.

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPLIANCE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT:

• Drives division-wide continuous improvement efforts including the development of performance metrics process assessments and operational innovations.

• Leads efforts to modernize research administration systems standardize workflows and improve service delivery across units.

• Provides leadership in staff training career development and succession planning to support a high-performance service-oriented research administration team.

• Coordinates internal initiatives to assess and strengthen operational readiness and responsiveness across the division.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience:

• Masters degree in a relevant field required;

• 710 years of progressively responsible experience in research administration and leadership preferably in a higher education or research-intensive environment.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of federal and state regulations governing sponsored programs research compliance and higher education finance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Terminal degree preferred.

• Proven leadership in strategic planning team management and complex problem-solving.

• Exceptional communication organizational and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Commitment to innovation and excellence in research and service.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation and employment is contingent upon the institutions verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institutions procedures including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.