ADMINISTRATOR
Req #: | 174089 |
Department: | BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE |
Job Location: | Health Sciences Center |
Posting Date: | 11/14/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. |
Shift: | First Shift |
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As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs.
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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. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for six consecutive years.
The Department of Biological Structure has an outstanding opportunity for an Administrator.
The Department of Biological Structure is a Basic Science department within the School of Medicine and has amongst its faculty, leaders in the fields of Neurobiology and Structural Biology. The Department occupies approximately 31,000 square feet of research and administrative space within the Health Sciences Building. The broad mission of the Department of Biological Structure is to create an environment for the highest quality in scientific education and research. More specifically, the Department strives to provide educational opportunities for students in the schools of the health-related sciences, the Graduate School, and selected undergraduate programs of the University, and to contribute to the advancement of knowledge through creative research and scholarship in those areas of biology that the faculty selects to pursue. In addition, the Department manages the Willed Body Donor Program, which is an essential program that supports medical student training in the School of Medicine.
The Department of Biological Structure holds diversity and inclusiveness as core values and emphasizes their importance throughout their research, education and practice. They strive to create a climate that fosters belonging, respect and value for all within the scientific community and the institution.
The Department has an interdisciplinary faculty comprised of 16 primary faculty members, an estimated 16 postdoctoral fellows, 6-10 PhD graduate students and 12-15 research staff, all of whom are actively engaged in the department. The Department is planning more growth by recruiting new faculty in the near future. The Department has 5 administrative staff members, plus 3 staff members supporting the Willed Body Program, and an annual operations budget of $10 million that includes state, RCR, gift, self-sustaining and research funded accounts. Approximately 36 faculty, including members of the Allen Institute of Brain Science and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, are Affiliate or Adjunct members of the Department and participate in many important departmental activities.
The Administrator reports to the Chair of the Department as well as the Director of Business and Operations of the School of Medicine and is the business manager/senior administrative support representative for the Department. As such, the Administrator has a comprehensive range of responsibilities, including: financial planning/management, budget development, supervision of the Department's classified and professional/exempt staff, personnel, payroll, purchasing, special project support, academic appointments and other administrative functions.
As a UW SOM Department Administrator, the incumbent carries out duties prescribed by the directing, overseeing, or partnering institutions and organizations. The critical knowledge and skills are organized into the areas of: Human Resource Management, Financial Management and Development Activities, Operations Management, Information Management, Research Management, Compliance and Risk Management, Facilities Management and Educational Program(s) Management. He/she acts in an advisory capacity to the Chair and various Department committees, providing financial guidance, background information, management advice and strategic insights. In addition, the Administrator is the Department's primary working-level interface with the Dean's Office and other departments in the University regarding administrative issues.
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