Assistant Director of Research Centers / Administrative Associate II/S
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, application instructions, etc). Also remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal etc. The posting includes: Working/Functional Title, Position Summary, then paragraphs about responsibilities (Strategic Leadership, Operations, and Financial Management; Faculty, Research, Extension, Industry and Stakeholder Engagement; Supervisory & HR Responsibilities). Then Minimum Requirements, Desired Qualifications, Performance Expectations/Key Metrics, then EEO statement (remove), Required Application Materials (remove), Work Hours (maybe schedule?), Website (maybe not needed), Summary of Physical Demands (maybe part of schedule? but not pay/benefits). Also The Bidding Eligibility ends date (maybe metadata, drop). So we need to decide sections: About the role (position summary). Responsibilities (the three bullet groups). Requirements (Minimum Requirements). Qualifications (Desired Qualifications). Skills? Not explicit but could be derived from responsibilities? Probably not needed. Benefits? Not mentioned. Pay? Not mentioned. Schedule? Work Hours STANDARD 8-5 and occasional evening/weekend work; also physical demands. Could put Schedule section with that info. But we must not create Schedule unless posting actually states them. It does state Work Hours STANDARD 8-5 and occasional evening/weekend work. So we can include Schedule. Benefits: none. Pay: none. Skills: maybe not needed. Could combine Skills into Responsibilities? Better to follow instruction: Use headings only when posting has real specific content. So we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Schedule. Possibly also Skills? Not explicit. We'll omit.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for responsibilities we should list items as
- . For Minimum Requirements also list as
- . For Desired Qualifications also list as
- . For Schedule maybe just
with info.
We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep each bullet point exactly as in posting, but we can format as list items.
Let's extract content.
Position Summary: "This role oversees operations supporting the University’s research, teaching, and Extension missions, and serves as a key liaison to internal and external partners. The Assistant Director works collaboratively with the Associate Director of AgBioResearch to coordinate operations, lead long-term planning for infrastructure and cropping systems, and ensure the Centers operate safely and efficiently, aligned with the mission of AgBioResearch and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR). The Assistant Director reports to the Director of AgBioResearch (ABR), serves on the ABR leadership team, and interacts with the CANR Dean."
We'll put that in
under About the role.
Responsibilities: There are three groups:
1. Strategic Leadership, Operations, and Financial Management: list of bullet points (starting with "Provide strategic oversight..." etc). Let's extract each sentence separated by periods? The posting uses sentences separated by periods but also line breaks? We'll treat each line as a bullet.
List:
- Provide strategic oversight and daily leadership for all ANRREC‑managed Plant and Natural Resource Centers.
- Supervise farm managers, including facilitating performance evaluations, workload planning, hiring recommendations, and professional development.
- Coordinate equipment, supplies, labor, and operational needs to ensure efficient and reliable farm operations.
- Oversee operational budgets for each Center in collaboration with financial officers.
- Develop and implement revenue-generating strategies that support balanced and positive budgets.
- Track financial performance metrics and ensure transparent reporting.
- Lead capital improvement planning, prioritization, and funding requests.
- Oversee cropping plans, land use decisions, and resource allocation to support research, teaching, and Extension needs.
- Contribute to long-term facilities planning, equipment modernization, and sustainability initiatives.
- Lead planning for emerging issues, infrastructure needs, and long-term farm sustainability.
- Contribute to the mentoring and professional development of participants in the ANRREC Administrative Fellowship Program.
- Support staff development across the Centers.
- Actively participate in ANRREC leadership activities, including regular meetings, programmatic discussions, field days, and stakeholder events.
- Provide clear communication and timely updates to ABR leadership and CANR administration.
- Partner with the CANR Safety Officer and relevant EHS and ABR personnel to ensure full compliance with safety regulations and operational best practices.
- Monitor safety performance metrics and implement continuous improvement strategies.
2. Faculty, Research, Extension, Industry and Stakeholder Engagement:
- Work closely with faculty coordinators and MSU Extension to ensure that academic, research, and outreach activities are fully supported.
- Align farm operations with evolving research needs and teaching priorities.
- Serve as a liaison to agricultural industry partners, supporting the ABR Director and CANR Dean in maintaining and strengthening stakeholder relationships.
- Facilitate partnerships that enhance research, funding, and experiential learning opportunities.
- Collaborate with ABR and CANR Communications teams to highlight research, teaching, and Extension activities.
- Promote the visibility and impact of the Campus Teaching and Research Centers through strategic storytelling and stakeholder engagement.
3. Supervisory & HR Responsibilities:
- Conduct performance evaluations for farm managers.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and retention of farm staff.
- Ensure ongoing training and professional development.
- Promote a positive, inclusive, and safety-focused workplace culture.
Now Minimum Requirements:
- Knowledge equivalent to that which would be acquired by completing a four-year degree program in agriculture, agribusiness, or a related field.
- Five to eight years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in agricultural operations, farm management, agricultural business management, or agricultural equipment/supply industries, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience with fiscal management, including budgeting and revenue development.
Desired Qualifications:
- Master’s, MBA or PhD in a relevant field.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to the organization, at various levels.
- Experience supervising staff and leading cross-functional teams.
- Financial training and/or experience managing farm operations
- Experience with plant agriculture or natural resource practices
- Knowledge of safety, regulatory, and compliance requirements related to agricultural operations.
- Experience working in a university, research, or Extension environment.
- Demonstrated success in securing external funding (grants, partnerships, and philanthropy).
- Understanding of the infrastructure, personnel, stakeholder relationships, and long-term investments required to maintain plant agriculture research facilities as nationally recognized centers for research, teaching, and outreach.
- Equipment operation or safety certifications as appropriate.
Performance Expectations/Key Metrics: This could be a section maybe "Performance Expectations". But we only have headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Performance Expectations could be considered part of Responsibilities? But it's separate. Could we create a "Performance Expectations" heading? Not in allowed list. The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., meaning those are examples, but we should use those headings? Likely we should only use those headings. So we should not create a Performance Expectations heading; we could incorporate those metrics into Responsibilities or maybe into Requirements? But they are expectations, not requirements. Could we put them under Responsibilities as additional bullet points? They are metrics: Maintain balanced or revenue-positive budgets across Centers. Meet or exceed safety audit benchmarks. Demonstrate progress in capital improvement planning and infrastructure reliability. Strengthen faculty satisfaction with farm support and responsiveness. Increase visibility and stakeholder engagement through communications and outreach.
We could add them as bullet points under Responsibilities (maybe as a sub-section). That would preserve info.
Work Hours: "Work Hours STANDARD 8-5". Also "Availability for occasional evening or weekend work during peak operational periods." Also physical demands: Ability to work in outdoor environments and variable weather conditions. Ability to operate or oversee the operation of farm equipment and vehicles. Availability for occasional evening or weekend work during peak operational periods. (duplicate). We'll include schedule info: standard 8-5, occasional evening/weekend work, outdoor environments, variable weather, operate/oversee farm equipment.
We'll put Schedule section with
containing that.
We must not include boilerplate: EEO statement, Required Application Materials, Website, Bidding Eligibility ends date.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
...position summary...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
Requirements
- ... minimum requirements ...
Qualifications
- ... desired qualifications ...
Schedule
... work hours and physical demands ...
We need to ensure we don't duplicate bullet points. Also ensure we keep all details exactly.
Let's craft the position summary paragraph exactly as given:
"This role oversees operations supporting the University’s research, teaching, and Extension missions, and serves as a key liaison to internal and external partners. The Assistant Director works collaboratively with the Associate Director of AgBioResearch to coordinate operations, lead long-term planning for infrastructure and cropping systems, and ensure the Centers operate safely and efficiently, aligned with the mission of AgBioResearch and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR). The Assistant Director reports to the Director of AgBioResearch (ABR), serves on the ABR leadership team, and interacts with the CANR Dean."
Now responsibilities bullets: need to ensure we include all bullet points from the three groups.
Let's list them exactly as in text, preserving punctuation.
From Strategic Leadership group:
- Provide strategic oversight and daily leadership for all ANRREC‑managed Plant and Natural Resource Centers.
- Supervise farm managers, including facilitating performance evaluations, workload planning, hiring recommendations, and professional development.
- Coordinate equipment, supplies, labor, and operational needs to ensure efficient and reliable farm operations.
- Oversee operational budgets for each Center in collaboration with financial officers.
- Develop and implement revenue-generating strategies that support balanced and positive budgets.
- Track financial performance metrics and ensure transparent reporting.
- Lead capital improvement planning, prioritization, and funding requests.
- Oversee cropping plans, land use decisions, and resource allocation to support research, teaching, and Extension needs.
- Contribute to long-term facilities planning, equipment modernization, and sustainability initiatives.
- Lead planning for emerging issues, infrastructure needs, and long-term farm sustainability.
- Contribute to the mentoring and professional development of participants in the ANRREC Administrative Fellowship Program.
- Support staff development across the Centers.
- Actively participate in ANRREC leadership activities, including regular meetings, programmatic discussions, field days, and stakeholder events.
- Provide clear communication and timely updates to ABR leadership and CANR administration.
- Partner with the CANR Safety Officer and relevant EHS and ABR personnel to ensure full compliance with safety regulations and operational best practices.
- Monitor safety performance metrics and implement continuous improvement strategies.
Faculty group:
- Work closely with faculty coordinators and MSU Extension to ensure that academic, research, and outreach activities are fully supported.
- Align farm operations with evolving research needs and teaching priorities.
- Serve as a liaison to agricultural industry partners, supporting the ABR Director and CANR Dean in maintaining and strengthening stakeholder relationships.
- Facilitate partnerships that enhance research, funding, and experiential learning opportunities.
- Collaborate with ABR and CANR Communications teams to highlight research, teaching, and Extension activities.
- Promote the visibility and impact of the Campus Teaching and Research Centers through strategic storytelling and stakeholder engagement.
Supervisory & HR Responsibilities:
- Conduct performance evaluations for farm managers.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and retention of farm staff.
- . For Minimum Requirements also list as
- . For Desired Qualifications also list as
- . For Schedule maybe just
with info. We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep each bullet point exactly as in posting, but we can format as list items. Let's extract content. Position Summary: "This role oversees operations supporting the University’s research, teaching, and Extension missions, and serves as a key liaison to internal and external partners. The Assistant Director works collaboratively with the Associate Director of AgBioResearch to coordinate operations, lead long-term planning for infrastructure and cropping systems, and ensure the Centers operate safely and efficiently, aligned with the mission of AgBioResearch and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR). The Assistant Director reports to the Director of AgBioResearch (ABR), serves on the ABR leadership team, and interacts with the CANR Dean." We'll put that in
under About the role. Responsibilities: There are three groups: 1. Strategic Leadership, Operations, and Financial Management: list of bullet points (starting with "Provide strategic oversight..." etc). Let's extract each sentence separated by periods? The posting uses sentences separated by periods but also line breaks? We'll treat each line as a bullet. List: - Provide strategic oversight and daily leadership for all ANRREC‑managed Plant and Natural Resource Centers. - Supervise farm managers, including facilitating performance evaluations, workload planning, hiring recommendations, and professional development. - Coordinate equipment, supplies, labor, and operational needs to ensure efficient and reliable farm operations. - Oversee operational budgets for each Center in collaboration with financial officers. - Develop and implement revenue-generating strategies that support balanced and positive budgets. - Track financial performance metrics and ensure transparent reporting. - Lead capital improvement planning, prioritization, and funding requests. - Oversee cropping plans, land use decisions, and resource allocation to support research, teaching, and Extension needs. - Contribute to long-term facilities planning, equipment modernization, and sustainability initiatives. - Lead planning for emerging issues, infrastructure needs, and long-term farm sustainability. - Contribute to the mentoring and professional development of participants in the ANRREC Administrative Fellowship Program. - Support staff development across the Centers. - Actively participate in ANRREC leadership activities, including regular meetings, programmatic discussions, field days, and stakeholder events. - Provide clear communication and timely updates to ABR leadership and CANR administration. - Partner with the CANR Safety Officer and relevant EHS and ABR personnel to ensure full compliance with safety regulations and operational best practices. - Monitor safety performance metrics and implement continuous improvement strategies. 2. Faculty, Research, Extension, Industry and Stakeholder Engagement: - Work closely with faculty coordinators and MSU Extension to ensure that academic, research, and outreach activities are fully supported. - Align farm operations with evolving research needs and teaching priorities. - Serve as a liaison to agricultural industry partners, supporting the ABR Director and CANR Dean in maintaining and strengthening stakeholder relationships. - Facilitate partnerships that enhance research, funding, and experiential learning opportunities. - Collaborate with ABR and CANR Communications teams to highlight research, teaching, and Extension activities. - Promote the visibility and impact of the Campus Teaching and Research Centers through strategic storytelling and stakeholder engagement. 3. Supervisory & HR Responsibilities: - Conduct performance evaluations for farm managers. - Support hiring, onboarding, and retention of farm staff. - Ensure ongoing training and professional development. - Promote a positive, inclusive, and safety-focused workplace culture. Now Minimum Requirements: - Knowledge equivalent to that which would be acquired by completing a four-year degree program in agriculture, agribusiness, or a related field. - Five to eight years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in agricultural operations, farm management, agricultural business management, or agricultural equipment/supply industries, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - Experience with fiscal management, including budgeting and revenue development. Desired Qualifications: - Master’s, MBA or PhD in a relevant field. - Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to the organization, at various levels. - Experience supervising staff and leading cross-functional teams. - Financial training and/or experience managing farm operations - Experience with plant agriculture or natural resource practices - Knowledge of safety, regulatory, and compliance requirements related to agricultural operations. - Experience working in a university, research, or Extension environment. - Demonstrated success in securing external funding (grants, partnerships, and philanthropy). - Understanding of the infrastructure, personnel, stakeholder relationships, and long-term investments required to maintain plant agriculture research facilities as nationally recognized centers for research, teaching, and outreach. - Equipment operation or safety certifications as appropriate. Performance Expectations/Key Metrics: This could be a section maybe "Performance Expectations". But we only have headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Performance Expectations could be considered part of Responsibilities? But it's separate. Could we create a "Performance Expectations" heading? Not in allowed list. The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., meaning those are examples, but we should use those headings? Likely we should only use those headings. So we should not create a Performance Expectations heading; we could incorporate those metrics into Responsibilities or maybe into Requirements? But they are expectations, not requirements. Could we put them under Responsibilities as additional bullet points? They are metrics: Maintain balanced or revenue-positive budgets across Centers. Meet or exceed safety audit benchmarks. Demonstrate progress in capital improvement planning and infrastructure reliability. Strengthen faculty satisfaction with farm support and responsiveness. Increase visibility and stakeholder engagement through communications and outreach. We could add them as bullet points under Responsibilities (maybe as a sub-section). That would preserve info. Work Hours: "Work Hours STANDARD 8-5". Also "Availability for occasional evening or weekend work during peak operational periods." Also physical demands: Ability to work in outdoor environments and variable weather conditions. Ability to operate or oversee the operation of farm equipment and vehicles. Availability for occasional evening or weekend work during peak operational periods. (duplicate). We'll include schedule info: standard 8-5, occasional evening/weekend work, outdoor environments, variable weather, operate/oversee farm equipment. We'll put Schedule section with
containing that. We must not include boilerplate: EEO statement, Required Application Materials, Website, Bidding Eligibility ends date. Now produce HTML fragment. Structure:
About the role
...position summary...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
Requirements
- ... minimum requirements ...
Qualifications
- ... desired qualifications ...
Schedule
... work hours and physical demands ...
We need to ensure we don't duplicate bullet points. Also ensure we keep all details exactly. Let's craft the position summary paragraph exactly as given: "This role oversees operations supporting the University’s research, teaching, and Extension missions, and serves as a key liaison to internal and external partners. The Assistant Director works collaboratively with the Associate Director of AgBioResearch to coordinate operations, lead long-term planning for infrastructure and cropping systems, and ensure the Centers operate safely and efficiently, aligned with the mission of AgBioResearch and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR). The Assistant Director reports to the Director of AgBioResearch (ABR), serves on the ABR leadership team, and interacts with the CANR Dean." Now responsibilities bullets: need to ensure we include all bullet points from the three groups. Let's list them exactly as in text, preserving punctuation. From Strategic Leadership group: - Provide strategic oversight and daily leadership for all ANRREC‑managed Plant and Natural Resource Centers. - Supervise farm managers, including facilitating performance evaluations, workload planning, hiring recommendations, and professional development. - Coordinate equipment, supplies, labor, and operational needs to ensure efficient and reliable farm operations. - Oversee operational budgets for each Center in collaboration with financial officers. - Develop and implement revenue-generating strategies that support balanced and positive budgets. - Track financial performance metrics and ensure transparent reporting. - Lead capital improvement planning, prioritization, and funding requests. - Oversee cropping plans, land use decisions, and resource allocation to support research, teaching, and Extension needs. - Contribute to long-term facilities planning, equipment modernization, and sustainability initiatives. - Lead planning for emerging issues, infrastructure needs, and long-term farm sustainability. - Contribute to the mentoring and professional development of participants in the ANRREC Administrative Fellowship Program. - Support staff development across the Centers. - Actively participate in ANRREC leadership activities, including regular meetings, programmatic discussions, field days, and stakeholder events. - Provide clear communication and timely updates to ABR leadership and CANR administration. - Partner with the CANR Safety Officer and relevant EHS and ABR personnel to ensure full compliance with safety regulations and operational best practices. - Monitor safety performance metrics and implement continuous improvement strategies. Faculty group: - Work closely with faculty coordinators and MSU Extension to ensure that academic, research, and outreach activities are fully supported. - Align farm operations with evolving research needs and teaching priorities. - Serve as a liaison to agricultural industry partners, supporting the ABR Director and CANR Dean in maintaining and strengthening stakeholder relationships. - Facilitate partnerships that enhance research, funding, and experiential learning opportunities. - Collaborate with ABR and CANR Communications teams to highlight research, teaching, and Extension activities. - Promote the visibility and impact of the Campus Teaching and Research Centers through strategic storytelling and stakeholder engagement. Supervisory & HR Responsibilities: - Conduct performance evaluations for farm managers. - Support hiring, onboarding, and retention of farm staff.
- . For Schedule maybe just
- . For Desired Qualifications also list as