Associate Director, Office of Undergraduate Research

Qualifications:

Education or Equivalency Required
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Qualifications

·         Reasonable (typically 1-3 years) administrative, supervisory, and program experience is required.

·         Demonstrate excellent communication skills for writing and oral presentations aimed at broad audiences.

·         Experience working with college students.

·         Must be proficient in computer software applications, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

·         Demonstrated ability to work independently while also being a strong collaborator.

·         Excellent interpersonal skills, including the confidence, sensibility, and discretion to work diplomatically and effectively with a wide variety of faculty, staff, and students.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

·         Master's degree.

Desirable Qualifications

·         Terminal degree.

·         Participated in undergraduate research/creative scholarship.

·         Experience mentoring in higher education.

·         Training and ability to direct educational activities for students connected to center programs.

Position and Application Details and Instructions:
In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following required documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:

·         Cover Letter

·         Resume

·         Writing sample:  Please submit and attach a writing sample along with your resume, and cover letter.  Instructions for the writing sample are as follows:  Please compose a professional email, inviting the University of Iowa Vice President for Research, to be a keynote speaker for the Undergraduate Research Conference. For context, past speakers for this conference have discussed their undergraduate involvement, what undergraduates bring to a research rich institution, like the University of Iowa, or how research impacts people.  The keynote is scheduled to begin at 9:30 am, and last for half an hour.  Keep in mind that your audience will be college undergraduate students, with some or no research experience.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact:  VPR Talent (vpr-talent@uiowa.edu).