Director of Operations and Outreach, CLP

Department: CLP - Chemistry of Life Proc

Salary/Grade: EXS/10

Location:

Evanston, Illinois

Job

The Director of Operations and Outreach (DOO) leads the strategic business management and tactical operation of the Chemistry of Life Process Institute. The DOO innovates, implements and continually enhances the Institute's programs and plans to ensure excellence at all levels. Proactively interfacing with Institute senior management, executive committee and advisory board, the DOO manages current initiatives and long‑term planning in support of the Institute's education, research and outreach mission.

The DOO fosters the collaborative spirit of the institute with alliances both internal and external to the University.

This position will support the Faculty Director, as described above. The mission of The Chemistry of Life Processes is three-fold:
1) To lead the world in a proteomics revolution that will catalyze a new wave of innovation in protein chemistry and biology,
2) To converge powerful proteomics and chemical biology platforms with clinical insights to precisely define high value protein targets that will accelerate drug discovery and translation for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases and
3) To train the next generation of scientific leaders at the interface of chemistry and biology. Staff within the Institute support this mission and are an integral part of the Institute's success.

Specific responsibilities include: multidisciplinary research institute development, strategic and operations planning, staff hiring and cross‑functional team development, oversight of research administration, budget and financial operations, research and interdisciplinary program development and implementation, fund raising collaboration, public‑private sector partnership development (with the university's central offices, including global alliances), executive and board‑level engagement, communications and marketing team management; creative/proactive ideas and strategy input and support.

• Develops the vision, mission and operating principles of institute.
• Creates and maintains the infrastructure operating plan and process to enable efficient operations and compliance with University and funding agency policy.
• Orchestrates and coordinates activities of many people in various departments to provide seamless support for the Institute's operations and research programs.
• Determines the staff organization structure and supervises the recruitment, hiring, training and performance management of any new administrative staff.
  
  Continually stays abreast of external regulations.
• Manages capital and operating budget planning, purchasing and payroll expenditures, and regular reconciliation and reporting to ensure sound financial/fiscal management.
• Manages administrative aspects of space planning and other resource deployment.
• Coordinates with other budgeting units within the University.

• Works with the Director and leadership team to support the Institute's growth, development, and expand internal and external relationships
• Interacts with faculty and administration at NU, funding agencies, and university collaborators to ensure smooth execution of the center's/institute's initiatives.
• Serves as liaison to Northwestern's upper administration and central offices throughout the university; engages partners at other universities as needed.
• Initiates and nurtures regular, productive communication with faculty directors, executive committee, advisory board and sponsors.
• Assists the Director in the preparation of information reports, analyses, financial statements and programmatic presentations as required sponsor, federal government, Director, Advisory Committee, and participating Universities
• Proactively engages other NU centers, institutes, departments, and school partners.

• Manages & implements strategic operation plans.
• Reviews plans, meets with leadership & key faculty & staff, & recommends changes & improvements to administrative operations to better meet organizational needs & objectives.
• Oversees existing programs; develops and…