South Carolina State Univ - Orangeburg, SC
posted 16 days ago
About the position
The College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Transportation (STEM-T) is now accepting applications for the Executive Director for The James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center (JECUTC). The James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center Executive Director will oversee the development of the organizational infrastructure (systems, internal and external websites, project management software, etc.) and supervise the personnel necessary to meet all of the University, SC DOT, and US DOT requirements and grant deliverables. This position will handle all administrative requests made by the SCDOT and USDOT to the JECUTC Executive Director. He/she will oversee JECUTC communications and fiscal staff and administrative assistant. In addition, the director will coordinate the work of academic faculty to ensure that each research project has clear objectives, milestones, and deliverables, and stays on track and budget. He/she will ensure that JECUTC research, reports, and public documents are delivered on time and are of the highest quality. The JECUTC director will promote and grow JECUTC activities with external constituents beyond the US DOT, including potential research collaborators, state DOTs, engineering practitioners, and the private sector. The JECUTC director will coordinate and facilitate advancing transportation expertise and technology by JECUTC researchers through research, education workforce development, and technology transfer.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the development of organizational infrastructure including systems and project management software.
- Supervise personnel to meet University, SC DOT, and US DOT requirements and grant deliverables.
- Handle administrative requests from SCDOT and USDOT.
- Oversee JECUTC communications and fiscal staff and administrative assistant.
- Coordinate academic faculty work to ensure research projects have clear objectives, milestones, and deliverables.
- Ensure timely delivery of JECUTC research, reports, and public documents of the highest quality.
- Promote and grow JECUTC activities with external constituents beyond the US DOT.
- Coordinate and facilitate advancing transportation expertise and technology through research and education.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Engineering or Science, preferably in transportation-related fields, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in transportation education and research or equivalent in an academic or government setting, including research and fiscal administration.
- A record of securing external funding from local, state, and federal agencies, industry, national laboratories, and other sources.
Nice-to-haves
- A record of peer-reviewed scholarship in the transportation field.
- Five or more years of experience as a director or associate director of a university-based transportation center.
