Associate Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Programs

brown; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Comprehensive benefits package

Tuition assistance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Brown University’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA) seeks an intellectual and strategic leader to serve as Associate Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Programs. This senior role partners with the Faculty Director to conceptualize and design scholarly programming and future initiatives.

The Associate Director will design needs assessments, draft research proposals, and oversee the intellectual coherence of CSREA offerings, while collaborating on

Qualifications

• Master's degree required with a research agenda showing command of empirical methods and minimum 5 years of related experience.
• Interdisciplinary work on race, gender, ethnicity, inequality, power, and critical-theoretical frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic vision into actionable intellectual proposals.
• Lead development of innovative research and programmatic initiatives.
• Cultivate partnerships, fundraising prospects, and multi-disciplinary working groups.
• Oversee advancement activities and constituency cultivation.

Skills

Interdisciplinary work

Research leadership

Proposal writing

Communication skills

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Master's degree

PhD preferred

Job description

Job Description:

Brown University's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA) seeks an intellectual and strategic leader to serve as the Associate Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Programs.This individual acts as thechief 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. This individual is avisionary researcher and designerwho possesses disciplinary expertise in either the humanities or social sciences, coupled with a broad, interdisciplinary fluency across the other. They will help to develop and execute the Center's intellectual agenda.

The position will conduct needs assessments for new programs, draft detailed research proposals, and oversee the intellectual coherence of all CSREA offerings.In collaboration with the Faculty Director, they are responsible for driving the Center's growth bydesigning innovative, research and programmatic initiatives, multi-disciplinary research working groups, and faculty/student fellowship programs.The position also collaborates with the Faculty Director on establishing advancement and fundraising initiatives, cultivating constituencies, and overseeing partnerships.

Education and Experience

• 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 plus a minimum of 5 years of academic or related administrative experience focused on intellectual program design, strategic planning, and constituent cultivation or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required:

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

Job Competencies

• Exceptional conceptual and analytical skillswith 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 tocreate collaborative networks across multiple constituencies.

Why Brown?

Brown University is a leading research university that is distinct for its student-centered learning and deep sense of purpose. Our students, faculty, and staff are driven by the idea that their work will impact the world.

Benefits of Working at Brown:

• 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

Please review additional information on the Benefits of Working at Brown.

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Position Work Location: Hybrid

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 37.5

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