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Associate Director, Engineering Grant Support

Employer
Dartmouth College
Location
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Salary
Competitive Salary
Date posted
Jan 21, 2025
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Position Details

Position Information

Posting date

01/20/2025

Closing date

Open Until Filled

Yes

Position Number

1128510

Position Title

Associate Director, Engineering Grant Support

Department this Position Reports to

Provost Administration

Hiring Range Minimum

$125,000

Hiring Range Maximum

$150,000

Union Type

Not a Union Position

SEIU Level

Not an SEIU Position

FLSA Status

Exempt

Employment Category

Regular Full Time

Scheduled Months per Year

12

Scheduled Hours per Week

40

Schedule

Location of Position

Hanover, NH

Remote Work Eligibility?

Hybrid

Is this a term position?

No

If yes, length of term in months.

n/a

Is this a grant funded position?

No

Position Purpose

The Senior Associate Director will catalyze major strategic research initiatives to support extramurally funded scholarship in engineering, with a focus on the areas of expertise at the Thayer School of Engineering. In keeping with faculty priorities and Dartmouth’s mission, this individual will be responsible for: identifying and creating novel opportunities for research support in these fields, pro-actively nucleating areas of strength aligned with emerging federal sponsor priorities, strategically connecting individual and group faculty projects to resources, advising administrative leadership on opportunities to enhance Dartmouth research and scholarship, ensuring that these efforts receive attention across the Dartmouth community, regionally, and nationally, and supervising and coordinating activities within GrantGPS and Thayer to ensure strong and consistent success of faculty grant applications across Dartmouth.

Co-funded by GrantGPS and the Thayer School, the position will support activities across the breadth of Thayer faculty’s interests and will report to GrantGPS.

Description

Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp

Master's degree

Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
  • Master’s degree in a relevant area or the equivalent in education and experience.
  • 8+ years of experience working in complex institutions with significant grant-funded activity.
  • Commitment to diversity and to serving the needs of a diverse community.
  • Evidence of successful grant writing and grant management.
  • Experience working with academic leadership, faculty members, and grantmaking institutions at the international, national, and regional levels, particularly in the sciences.
  • Demonstrated exceptional writing, analytical, and communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills; ability to engage intellectually with faculty and trainees across a wide variety of disciplines and instructional formats.
  • Excellent organizational, project management, and decision-making skills.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of national and regional grantmaking institutions.
  • Knowledge of the systems and processes of university research and the role of scholarship in academic career trajectories.
Preferred Qualifications
  • PhD.
  • Experience in higher education/university setting.
Department Contact for Recruitment Inquiries

Kyle Hastbacka

Department Contact Phone Number

kyle.m.hastbacka@dartmouth.edu

Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title

Charlotte Bacon, Assistant Vice Provost, Resarch Development and Alliances

Department Contact's Phone Number

603-646-9373

Equal Opportunity Employer

Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged.

Background Check

Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, conduct review, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Dartmouth vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?

Not an essential function

Special Instructions to Applicants

Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy. https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy


Additional Instructions

Quick Link

https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/77236

Key Accountabilities

Description

Research Strategy and Grant Support
  • Creates strategic programs to help develop complex multi-investigator proposals (including projects >$10M), uniting faculty across the relevant academic areas and cultivating interdisciplinary research that will lead to significant new opportunities for funding.
  • Incubates, develops, and refines areas of scholarly focus in collaboration with researchers, catalyzing grant proposals and new initiatives within and beyond the Thayer ecosystem.
  • Engages with graduate students, post docs, and faculty individually or in shared-interest networks, to create long-term strategies to obtain sustained support for new or enhanced scholarly activities, including the nomination of faculty for prizes and awards.
  • Strengthens the culture across the institution of pursuing grant-funding for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students in research and scholarship.
  • Marshals institutional resources, contributing direct support of proposal writing, review, and revision.
  • Generates and implements strategies to embed Dartmouth’s goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion in research programs.
  • Works directly with faculty to address broader impact requirements of proposals; connects faculty to others (internally and externally) who may be appropriate broader impact partners.
Percentage Of Time

70

Description

Communication and Outreach
  • Identifies, creates, and cultivates strategic relationships with a primary focus on appropriate federal program officers, but also including regional and international partners, to generate opportunities for Dartmouth research programs.
  • Attends events and webinars hosted by federal agencies, sharing relevant insights with GrantGPS and Thayer faculty.
  • Works collaboratively with staff providing institutional support to identify, write, and submit grants at Dartmouth, including the Office of Sponsored Projects ( OSP ), Dartmouth and Geisel/Dartmouth Health Offices of Corporate and Foundation Relations ( CFR ), the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer, in coordination with the Vice Provost for Research and the academic deans.
  • Shares research advances with internal and external constituencies, regionally and nationally, in coordination with other outreach and communications offices at Dartmouth.
Percentage Of Time

30

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Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.

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Performs other duties as assigned.
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    (Open Ended Question)

Documents Needed to Apply
Required Documents
  1. Cover Letter
  2. Resume
Optional Documents
  1. Additional Document #1


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