Administrative Manager Intermediate​/Associate

Administrative Manager

The Administrative Manager serves as the Michigan Neuroscience Institute's operational manager, ensuring that people, processes, systems, and resources are aligned to support current operations, organizational effectiveness, and future growth across a complex interdisciplinary research enterprise.

Reporting to the Managing Director, the position provides direct supervision of assigned staff while leading the integration of institute-wide administrative and operational functions across business operations, personnel, facilities, technology, research operations, and strategic initiatives.

The position serves as the operational partner supporting Institute leadership and is responsible for developing scalable administrative infrastructure that enables research excellence, organizational effectiveness, and strategic growth.

The Administrative Manager is responsible for establishing, integrating, and continuously improving the administrative and operational infrastructure supporting the Michigan Neuroscience Institute's research, education, and strategic missions.

The Institute is in an active period of organizational growth and operational transformation. The Administrative Manager is responsible for supporting current operations while developing the scalable operational infrastructure necessary to accommodate continued faculty recruitment, research program expansion, growth in research personnel and trainees, enhancement of shared research infrastructure, and implementation of institute strategic priorities.

The Administrative Manager provides direct supervision, operational leadership, and administrative support for approximately:

• 4 full-time employees and 2 part-time employees (including one contract employee), with responsibility for recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management, professional development, workload management, and personnel actions.
• Approximately 30 temporary employees, in addition to student employees, temporary staff, and contract personnel supporting institute operations and special initiatives.
• Provides operational support for 17 core faculty, including Research Professors, Research Associate Professors, and Research Assistant Professors.
• Provides operational support for 9 junior faculty and research scientists, including Research Investigators, Associate Research Scientists, Assistant Research Scientists, and Adjunct Research Investigators.
• Provides operational support for 42 research and technical staff, including laboratory managers, research laboratory specialists, research area specialists, technicians, statisticians, research analysts, clinical research personnel, and information technology professionals.
• Provides operational support for 9 administrative and operational staff supporting executive leadership, finance, communications, and institute administration.
• Provides operational support for 35 postdoctoral fellows affiliated with MNI research programs.
• Provides operational support for 13 Graduate Student Research Assistants (GSRAs) with MNI appointments, in addition to an estimated 40-60 graduate students conducting research within MNI laboratories through affiliated academic departments.
• Approximately 40-60 undergraduate researchers participating in MNI-affiliated laboratories and research programs each academic year.

Beyond the Institute's core operations, the Administrative Manager coordinates institute-wide operations supporting an interdisciplinary neuroscience community that includes approximately:

• 170 affiliated faculty
• 159 affiliated research laboratories
• More than 30 academic departments
• Six schools and colleges

The position also provides operational oversight and coordination for approximately 30,000 assignable square feet of research and administrative space distributed across the Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB), North Campus Research Complex (NCRC), and Medical Science II. Responsibilities include space planning, facilities coordination, laboratory and office moves, renovations, access management, research infrastructure readiness, equipment installation, and coordination with Facilities, Health Information Technology & Services (HITS), Human Resources, Procurement, Research Administration, Finance, and other institutional partners.

The Administrative Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining the operational infrastructure that enables the Institute to effectively support its faculty, trainees, research personnel, administrative staff, strategic initiatives, and future organizational growth within a complex, highly matrixed academic research environment.

The Michigan Neuroscience Institute is in an active period of organizational growth and operational evolution. The Institute anticipates continued expansion through faculty recruitment, growth in research personnel and trainees, enhancement of shared research infrastructure and CORE capabilities, implementation of strategic initiatives, and continued development…