Digital Scholarship Program Manager (Research Program Specialist), Institute for Advanced Study

Indiana University Bloomington; Bloomington (IN); On-site; USD 58,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical / dental coverage

Tuition subsidy

Generous paid time off

Wellness programs

EAP

Job summary

Indiana University Bloomington's Institute for Advanced Studies seeks a Program Management Specialist to lead a Digital Research Initiative housed at the institute. Working with the IAS Team, the position leads support services, research, and scholarly development.

This is an in-person role based in Bloomington. Responsibilities include coordinating operations, maintaining timelines, ensuring compliance, tracking budgets, and communicating across teams to align goals and deliver impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s preferred.
• 2+ years in related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication, professionalism, and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage day-to-day operations of research programs.
• Develop timelines, track milestones, ensure deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with institutional, sponsor, and regulatory requirements.
• Track budgets, expenditures, and resource use; assist financial reporting.
• Serve as liaison between investigators, staff, and external partners.
• Collect and analyze program data; prepare reports for leadership.

Skills

Written & verbal communication

Professionalism

Time management

Quality focus

Flexibility

Lifelong learning

Accuracy

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Department

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES (BL-ADST-IUBLA)

Department Information

The Indiana University (IU) Institute for Advanced Study(IUIAS) reaches across the disciplines and schools of IUBloomington to nurture innovative and creative ideas throughresearch development and to promote collaborative intellectualexchange. IUIAS hosts radically interdisciplinary working groups,consultations on digital methodologies, grant and fellowshipapplication workshops, repository research seminars, andresidencies by prestigious visitors.

Job Summary

IUIAS seeks a Program Management Specialist to lead a DigitalResearch Initiative housed at the institute. Workingcollaboratively with the IAS Team, the position leads supportservices, research, and scholarly development.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Consults with center affiliates to assist in research planningand skills building for projects using a wide variety of digitalmethodologies and toolsets, such as quantitative text analysis,network analysis, Geographic Information System (GIS), webscraping, digital art and design, and qualitative analyticsoftware.
• Supports affiliate research by maintaining and expandingawareness of a breadth of resources and experts at IU in variousfields, as well as asynchronous tutorial materials.
• Maintains and expands the impact of the Institute's workthrough relationships with IU faculty, centers, departments, andprograms.
• Tracks program impact and evaluates this data to improve the reach and scope of the Initiative's activities and ensure affiliateneeds are being met.

General Responsibilities

• Coordinates and manages day-to-day operations of researchprograms or projects; develops timelines, tracks milestones, andensures deliverables are completed.
• Ensures adherence to institutional, sponsor, and regulatoryrequirements; coordinates preparation and maintenance of compliancedocumentation (e.g., IRB, protocols).
• Tracks budgets, expenditures, and resource use; supportsfinancial reporting and identifies variances or issues requiringattention.
• Serves as a liaison between investigators, staff, and externalpartners; facilitates communication and alignment across projectteams.
• Collects and analyzes program data, monitors progress andoutcomes, and prepares reports for leadership, sponsors, andstakeholders.
• Identifies operational challenges, recommends solutions, andimplements process improvements; resolves moderately complex issuesusing professional judgment.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may beconsidered. Education beyond the minimum required may besubstituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimumrequired may be substituted for education.

Education

Required

• Bachelor's degree.

Preferred

• Master's degree with a focus in technology studies, digitalscholarship, digital humanities, or an related field.

Work Experience

Required

• 2 years in related field.

Preferred

• Technical expertise in digital research environments.
• Experience with aspects of and approaches to digitalscholarship including computational text analysis, networkanalysis, GIS, data management, web development.
• Experience translating specialized knowledge and facilitatingeffective communication across interdisciplinary researchteams.

Skills

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamicenvironment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even underpressure.

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and tooperate a computer and other standard office productivityequipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periodsof time moving around an office environment and the campus. Theperson in this role must be able to perform the essential functionswith or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Indiana University, Bloomington

This is an in-person position.

Advertised Salary

$58,000.00 - $62,000.00 on an annualized basis.

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a widearray of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, criticalillness, and supplemental accidental death & dismembermentinsurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject tovesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IUcourses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteerevents
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IUBenefit Programs Brochure .

Job Classification

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Research

Job Family: Research Administration

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