Assistant Director

Qualifications:

Education or Equivalency Required:
A master’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of one year of experience in program administration, academic program management, or a related administrative role at an institution of higher learning.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including writing for non-academic audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and with a wide variety of faculty, staff and students as well as with distinguished visitors and community partners.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a dynamic environment, with excellent attention to detail.

Highly Desirable Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree is highly preferred.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience with fundraising, development, or grant writing.
• Experience with fellowship or grant program administration.

Position and Application Details and Instructions:
In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following required documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Writing sample: Please submit a writing sample along with your resume and cover letter. It should be a pre-existing text, representative of your current or previous academic/professional experience, of up to 10 pages in length. Examples: grant application; dissertation extract; published creative work; professional or grant report; LOI; public-facing scholarship.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact: VPR Talent (vpr-talent@uiowa.edu)

This position is eligible for hybrid work within Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location.

This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.

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