Director for Center of Excellence

2 weeks ago

Atlanta, Georgia, United States Spelman College Full time

Position Summary

  • The Director for COE is primarily responsible for the overall daytoday management of the Center by implementing the core initiatives as well as supporting the expansion of COErelated efforts. This position works closely with the COE leadership and reports directly to the Associate Provost for Research. The Director for COE will be required to interface with internal and external stakeholders. In particular, the Director for COE will play a critical role in the oversight of the breadth of activities associated with the COE virtual hub/data dashboard on Black women in STEM and other newly established initiatives. In addition, the Director for COE will be responsible for managing the Center budgets from various funders (currently totaling more than $5M and securing additional revenue to support the growth of the Center. The incumbent is expected to have extensive knowledge of academic research, project management, partnership development, and fundraising.
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NOTE: This is a multi-year, grant-funded position.****Essential

Responsibilities:

  • Serves as the primary point of contact for faculty, staff, students, alumnae, visitors, funders/donors, and external constituents interested in learning more about the Center of Excellence;
  • Works in coordination with the Division Chair for Natural Sciences & Mathematics (NSM) and the Division Chair for Social Sciences & Education (SSE) to brainstorm and design the structure and framework for new Center activities;
  • Organizes and facilitates the meetings for the COE Steering Committee to maintain the effective implementation of core initiatives;
  • Identifies/develops, implements, and manages improvements to program policies and processes in collaboration with the COE-MWS leadership;
  • Develops guidelines, eligibility criteria, and procedures for identification, recruitment, and selection of participants for any new Centerfunded initiatives;
  • Seeks other sources of revenue/funding by identifying and cultivating potential partnerships in collaboration with COE Leadership and Institutional Advancement for the longterm sustainability of the Center of Excellence and expansion of its activities;
  • Leads the development of programming, trainings, workshops focused on emerging technologies and workshops in collaboration with the COE Steering Committee and/or other internal partners (e.g., Office of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration (ORIC), Teaching Resource & Research Center (TRRC), and the Innovation Lab, students, NSM and SSE faculty);
  • Manages and leads the development of marketing strategies to publicize and recruit for the different Center activities of opportunities, which may include working closely with the Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing to design marketing materials;
  • Prepares and/or presents updates and reports on the activities of the COE for ORIC team meetings, Senior Team meetings, NSM or SSE Divisional Meetings, or other appropriate meetings;
  • Leads the efforts for evaluating and assessing the impact of Center activities by working collaboratively with the internal and external evaluators to develop surveys and dashboards for the Center;
  • Creates the summary reports as requested by Institutional Research in Institutional Effectiveness on the impacts of the Center using metrics and baseline data;
  • Conducts research related to Center initiatives and develops initial drafts of articles and collaborates with the COE Steering Committee to develop journal articles and publications;
  • Organizes all visits for external funders to the College and coordinates logistics of faculty site visits;
  • Visits other relevant Centers of Excellence, colleges/universities, and professional organizations having special interests in Spelman Center activities;
  • Responds to requests from internal offices/departments such as the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, or the Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing;
  • Attends conferences and workshops as needed and completes appropriate professional development activities; and
  • Represents the Center of Excellence, along with the COE Leadership, at relevant and appropriate internal, local, state, regional, or national conferences/workshops (e.g., National HBCU Week conference hosted by the White House Initiative on HBCUs).

Required Qualifications

Master's Degree in a STEM
field or MBA
with a minimum of five years of relevant experience required.

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