Associate Director of Administration for Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Training Programs - Georgetown University Medical Center

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Associate Director of Administration for Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Training Programs - Georgetown University Medical Center

Job Overview

The Associate Director of Administration for Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Training Programs provides administrative, trainee, and academic support to three NIH-funded interdisciplinary T32 training programs – and to our multi-departmental Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience (IPN) PhD program, as well as post award administrative support of our training program activities and reporting requirements. As more training programs are funded in the future, the Associate Director of Administration will scale support services accordingly.

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to assisting with recruitment and admissions; monitoring the academic progress of all program trainees; supporting alumni and career services outreach efforts; and organizing special events for program purposes.

As well, they serve as academic coordinator for the IPN PhD Program.

Work Interactions

Reporting directly to the Director of Graduate Studies for the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, the Associate Director of Administration for Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Training Programs is also assigned to faculty program directors of each T32 training program to support the execution of the program training and reporting activities.

They foster programmatic collaborations across the T32 training programs with the goal of developing consensus programming to meet training requirements across programs at scale; and collaborates with career development, student, and postdoctoral affairs functions within the Graduate and Postdoctoral Training and Development Division of Biomedical Graduate Education to integrate T32 training program requirements into institution-level support services and activities.

As well, they work closely with the Associate Director for the Office of Training Grant Support and Postdoctoral Development (OTGSPD) - which provides pre-award support to faculty directors – by assisting the integration of pre-award and post-award work and data flow processes to streamline competitive and non-competitive T32 application submissions.

Further, they work closely with the Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) offices (admissions, academic affairs, student services, recruitment, career strategy, and communications), the Office of the University Registrar, and the Office of Global Services for day to day administration of the IPN program.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree – preference for a graduate degree in a STEM field
• 3 or more years of relevant administrative experience – preference for biomedical academic settings
• A collaborative and transparent leadership style, cultural awareness and agility, and the ability to build trust and credibility
• Experience working with diverse faculty, student, and trainee populations
• Demonstrated ability to work productively independently and as part of a team
• Excellent time management skills and experience managing multiple projects/tasks with conflicting deadlines
• Well-developed organizational skills, advanced communication skills, and excellent problem-solving skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Knowledge of research training programs and graduate students training
• Experience organizing events and programming for faculty and students
• Proficiency with MS office (e.g. , Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and online collaboration tools (e.g. , Google Docs, Dropbox).
• Website management experience
• Scheduling and teleconferencing software skills (e.g. , Zoom, Google Calendar, Doodle Poll)

Preferred qualifications

• Working knowledge of Workday, Slate, and Cognos software
• Experience with RedCap database platform
• Experience with website maintenance - e.g. , WordPress
• Demonstrable ability to interact professionally and effectively with investigators, sponsors, and cross-functional teams

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Benefits:

Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website .