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Research Center Director
Job Group: Research
Job Subgroup: Research
Salary Range (Annual):
31: $148,300-303,050 Employee Category: Limited
Job Code: RE105
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Job Summary:
Provides overall scientific leadership, strategic planning, oversight of finances, and day-to-day management of all aspects of a formal university interdisciplinary research center/institute. Reports to Provost, Vice Chancellor, Dean, or other institutional leadership position.
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Job Responsibilities:
- Provides leadership and vision for a research environment that accommodates a diverse range of activities related to the mission of the center/institute
- Creates a scientific climate that fosters creativity, collaboration, and productivity in research, and ensures the scientific success of the center/institute
- Maintains knowledge of significant developments in scientific fields relevant to the research mission of the center/institute
- Represents the center/institute in national and international domains
- Identifies, develops, and directs all center/institute activities to maximize efficiencies and align operations with overall strategy and mission
- Develops and audits the unit budget in accordance with established rules and regulations
- Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
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Education:
Terminal Degree Required
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FLSA Status:
Exempt
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Institution Job:
No
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Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
Yes
- Employee Category:
Limited
- Scaled Job:
No
- Salary Range (Annual):
31: $148,300-303,050
- Job Code:
RE105: Research Center Director
- Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=RE105