Job Abstract

The Center Administrator functions as a manager for the operational oversight of the Tarjan Center, this includes day to day decision making and development of procedures to assure that short- and long-range goals are being met. The Center Administrator provides high-level managerial support to the Tarjan Center and liaison between faculty, staff, and trainees and the Center. The Center Administrator plans, implements, and leads the strategic initiatives; serves as the main advisor to the Director and Executive team; and implements and manages the plan and communicates recommendations, goals, and objectives to the executive team; oversees the financial, space, and equipment resources; and the data and grant progress reporting for the Center’s contracts and grants.

Pay Range: $31.20 - $49.77 hourly

• Demonstrate advanced skills in working independently with minimal direction, with the ability to make independent judgements and/or decisions and to discern when action of higher level
• Demonstrate program and event management skills, while working as part of a team and collaborating with colleagues.
• 5 or more years of demonstrated experience in communications, stakeholder relations, program management, and community outreach.
• Outstanding verbal, written and intrapersonal communication skills with the ability to write and produce persuasive correspondence including emails, letters, reports, proposals, websites, and marketing materials.
• Ability to negotiate challenging situations with diplomacy to achieve goals and meet deadlines.
• Excellent analytical and research skills, including data analysis and interviewing skills, as well as creative marketing and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent relationship skills with proven experience establishing successful, long-term relationships with individuals, community partners and state and federal agencies.
• Familiarity with academic institutions and the research process, including tools and resources for knowledge translation and converting research into practice.
• Demonstrates ability to manage multiple responsibilities, deadlines, and personalities and ability to foresee and resolve a wide variety of business problems and act where answers to a problem are not readily apparent.
• Proven skills in engagement, project planning, program design and communications.
• Strategic planning and proven ability to lead high profile projects with minimal supervision.