ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

The College of Built Environments is home to over 100 active researchers, and over 65 Principal Investigators (PIs) across our five departments – Architecture; Construction Management; Landscape Architecture; Real Estate; and Urban Design and Planning.  Our scholars actively engage in developing new knowledge and applied understanding in topics ranging from arts and culture to carbon sequestration to historic preservation to urban modeling, with bold thought leadership on the topics of climate adaptation; equity, inclusion and justice; histories, humanities and futures; technology; and health and wellbeing. Our CBE research community is supported by over $5.5 million of research funding per year on average, working with federal, state and local agencies; private firms and foundations; and nonprofits and community organizations. The college has a growing capacity for research with goals to substantially increase funded research. 

The College of Built Environments has an outstanding opportunity for a Administrative Specialist. We are looking for an administrative specialist that will provide program management and administrative support in our efforts to expand CBE research activities.  The Program Administrator will be responsible for supporting CBE Office of Research (CBE-OR) as well as overseeing administrative tasks for the Associate Dean of Research. The CBE Office of Research is a fast paced, dynamic, deadline driven environment that draws heavily on project and personnel management, problem solving abilities, initiative and collaborating with community partnership.  

Under the direction of the Associate Dean of Research (ADR) the administrator will be responsible for: