Program Manager (Director for Research & Collaborations) (pos#97444)

University of Hawaii - Hilo, HI

Part-time,Full-time - Director

Hilo, HI

Educational Services

About the position

The Program Manager (Director for Research & Collaborations) at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of pre-award systems for grant applications and managing research initiatives. This role involves fostering faculty engagement in research, establishing partnerships, and providing strategic oversight for student research initiatives. The position requires extensive knowledge of extramural funding and research compliance, as well as strong leadership and communication skills to liaise with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements the pre-award systems for grant application, submission, and tracking proposals and award activity.
• Leads development and/or implementation of policies related to Federal, State, University regulation/policies related to research.
• Fosters an environment conducive to faculty engagement in externally sponsored research, service, creative, innovative, and strategic activities by providing effective support for and management of campus-wide proposals.
• Fosters collaborative relationships among a wide and diverse range of constituencies through grants/subcontracts.
• Serves as the University liaison for research focus on creating strategic funding opportunities, establishing partnerships, or supporting research initiatives.
• Provides leadership in discussions and communicates research matters to internal and external stakeholders.
• Drafts background reports and responses to inquiries from the Board of Regents, President's Office, Chancellor's Office, and external agencies and organizations, as needed.
• Prepares administrative and technical reports as necessary.
• Assesses research program needs and priorities and recommends plans to the UH Hilo administration.
• Writes, reviews, and develops contracts and service agreements.
• Provides strategic oversight for campus-wide student research initiatives for undergraduate and graduate students at the UH Hilo in collaboration with academic units.
• Creates and leads training opportunities for UH Hilo faculty and affiliates on the grant application and award process.
• Provides guidance and support to faculty seeking extramural research support.
• Oversees and facilitates faculty use of laboratory sites in tandem with grant research projects and requirements.
• Catalyzes new cross-disciplinary research initiatives and research team building via promoting and providing guidance for intra- and extramural interdisciplinary collaborations among faculty at campus, state, national, and international institutions.
• Manages and facilitates development and execution of UH system and internal competitions for limited submission opportunities.
• Convenes the campus-wide Research Council.
• Supervises the project development staff and activities of the UH Hilo Research Administration/Project Development (RAPD) office.
• Assists the VCAA in the development, coordination, and implementation of new UH Hilo undergraduate and graduate research programs.
• Participates in carrying out projects and special assignments.
• Advises the VCAA in the preparation for meetings with and presentations to University constituents, Regents, faculty, staff, and representatives from external agencies.
• Develops documents and materials including summaries and agendas as appropriate on behalf of the VCAA.
• Provides information about research projects to responsible University public and media relations units, as needed.
• Serves as designated representative of the OVCAA in various University committees and as University liaison to external public and private funding agencies and the general public, as needed.
• Coordinates space allocation and oversight for research project sites in collaboration with the Chancellor and Vice Chancellors.
• Oversees confidential and sensitive investigations and inquiries pertaining to research.

Requirements

• Possession of a baccalaureate degree in any discipline and 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities for extramural funding management and research administration.
• Advanced and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of a wide range of developing and emerging information technology concepts, principles and methodologies in the area of extramural funding management and research administration.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of a wide range of interactive and integrated technology, systems, hardware and software associated with extramural funding management and research administration.
• Demonstrated ability to understand problems from a broad interactive perspective and use reasoning to discern underlying principles and issues when problem solving.
• Demonstrated written and verbal competence in presenting ideas, concepts and models clearly using persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organizations, groups, team leaders and members, and individuals.
• For supervisory work, demonstrated ability to lead subordinates, manage work priorities and projects, and manage employee relations.

Nice-to-haves

• Current Research Compliance training (eg: research admin or similar national cert).
• Working knowledge of the IRB and IACUC or similar compliance processes.
• Knowledge of the University of Hawaii and the Research Corporation policies and procedures applicable to the areas of research administration.
• Experience in using UH database software applications such as MyGrant, KFS.
• Experience in using grant reporting databases and systems such as grants.gov, G5.
• Experience working with academic faculty and staff in a higher education institution.
• Experience working in higher education.
• Experience working with community partners at the County, State, National and International level.

Benefits

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