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Job Category:
Academic Staff
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
Res Svcs Asst Dir
Job Summary:
The Research Services Assistant Director (RSAD) will serve as the operational director of the Small Animal Imaging & Radiotherapy Facility (SAIRF) at the UW Carbone Cancer Center, which is distinguished and supported by the National Cancer Institute as a comprehensive cancer center with facilities that meet rigorous high standards. The SAIRF is a client-based research service program that broadly serves researchers across the UW-Madison campus community as well as external academic and industry customers. The RSAD will oversee the staff and day-to-day operations and engage with the SAIRF faculty leader in strategic planning and actions to ensure SAIRF has state-of-the-art technology and is providing high quality services in a cost-effective and policy-compliant manner. The RSAD will be the principal liaison for communications regarding SAIRF operations and business with administration/leadership in the UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC), School of Medicine and Public Health and Office of Campus Research Cores, as well as the UW Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Radiation Safety Office and Office of Biological Safety, and industry clients.
This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
Candidates who demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities will be given first consideration:
Proven ability to communicate (written and oral) effectively, with research principal investigators, staff, and students as well as superiors, senior administrators, and peers in other units within the organization as well as external entities
Demonstrated abilities in workflow development, quality control, operations strategic planning, program/technology development and budgetary/finance skills
Knowledge of research service core related contracts (e.g., core fee-for-service, vendor maintenance service) and grants (e.g., instrumentation grants) development
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Plans staff implementation of protocols and ongoing quality review of one or multiple highly complex clinical research trials or programs
- Serves as the principal technical liaison
- Develops and executes budgets and costing strategies for products/services in compliance with university and state policies
- 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
- Formulates and implements technical strategies, plans, and goals for a client-based research program
- Assists in the development and oversight of the strategic planning and analysis of the research program budget
Department:
School of Medicine and Public Health, UW Carbone Cancer Center, CORE Small Animal Imaging Laboratory
Our mission is a commitment to defeating cancer through rapid application of groundbreaking research, prevention, and treatment. The University of Wisconsin (UW) Carbone Cancer Center has been an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center since 1973. UW Carbone is an integral part of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health, bringing together more than 330 physicians and scientists from 50 departments and nine schools to conduct research and translate laboratory discoveries into new patient treatments. UWCCC builds community by creating a collaborative, respectful, and welcoming environment in which all faculty, students, and staff will thrive.
Compensation:
The starting salary for the position is $95,000 annually; but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.
Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. For more information, refer to the campus benefits webpage.
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Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience developing and overseeing protocols for biosafety, animal care and use, and radiation safety compliance in a research service core laboratory (in an academic setting highly desired)
Proficiency in the use of iLab or a similar core facility management platform for service requests and project management, billing, and reporting
People management/supervisory experience
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree preferred; Comparable relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree
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Contact Information:
Devonne Tucker, dtucker@wisc.edu 608-263-9404
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