Associate Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Programs

About the role

The Associate Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Programs serves as the chief intellectual partner to the Faculty Director, playing a critical, PhD-level role in the conceptualization, research, design, and establishment of all scholarly programming and future initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Conduct needs assessments for new programs
• Draft detailed research proposals
• Oversight of the intellectual coherence of all CSREA offerings
• Drive the Center's growth by designing innovative, research and programmatic initiatives, multi-disciplinary research working groups, and faculty/student fellowship programs
• Collaborate with the Faculty Director on establishing advancement and fundraising initiatives, cultivating constituencies, and overseeing partnerships

Requirements

• Master’s Degree required (Ph.D. preferred) with a specialization in a field related to CSREA's mission and a research agenda that demonstrates command of empirical methods
• A minimum of 5 years of academic or related administrative experience focused on intellectual program design, strategic planning, and constituent cultivation

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of interdisciplinary work on race, gender, ethnicity, inequality, power, and critical-theoretical frameworks
• Active intellectual engagement and a published research profile in topics of relevance to CSREA

Skills

• Exceptional conceptual and analytical skills with the ability to translate strategic vision into actionable intellectual proposals
• Excellent communication skills—both written (especially proposal/white paper drafting) and oral (for high-profile representation)
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Capacity to collaborate with, serve, and guide a range of experts from faculty to peers
• Ability to understand and operate in a complex and campus environment, and to create collaborative networks across multiple constituencies

Benefits

Education and experience requirements, along with the benefits package, are outlined in the job description.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.

Why Brown?

Brown University offers flexible work/life balance; summer hours, winter break, and a comprehensive Benefits package including time off, annual paid holidays; benefits offerings including health, dental, vision, tuition assistance, retirement, wellness, employee discounts, and more.

Job Competencies

• Exceptional conceptual and analytical skills with the ability to translate strategic vision into actionable intellectual proposals
• Excellent communication skills—both written (especially proposal/white paper drafting) and oral (for high-profile representation)
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Capacity to collaborate with, serve, and guide a range of experts from faculty to peers
• Ability to understand and operate in a complex and campus environment, and to create collaborative networks across multiple constituencies