Job Description

Posting Information



Department
Lineberger Compr Cancer Center-426801


Career Area
Academic Administration


Posting Open Date
04/18/2023


Application Deadline
05/03/2023


Open Until Filled
No


Position Type
Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)


Working Title
Associate Director of Administration


Appointment Type
EHRA Non-Faculty


Position Number
01000893


Vacancy ID
NF0006894


Full Time/Part Time
Full-Time Permanent


FTE
1


Hours per week
40


Position Location
North Carolina, US


Hiring Range
Dependent on Qualifications/Experience


Proposed Start Date
06/01/2023


Position Information



Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation\xe2\x80\x99s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow\xe2\x80\x99s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.



Position Summary
The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center\xe2\x80\x99s Associate Director of Administration (ADA) serves as the chief administrator for the Center. The ADA is responsible for strategic and operational planning; research development and research program evaluation; business plan development and implementation including oversight of finance administration and investments in the clinical arena; analysis of space allocation and facility needs; and human capital including administrative leaders and teams. This leadership position will partner directly with the N.C. Cancer Hospital clinical administration to ensure seamless operations across the Center, UNC Health, UNC School of Medicine and the University as a whole. The Cancer Center is one of only 53 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation. A matrix organization, its 600+ staff and 400+ faculty members come from Schools and Colleges across the Chapel Hill campus who are actively engaged in basic, clinical, translational, and public health research as well as UNC\xe2\x80\x99s teaching mission. The Center is a highly complex organization comprised of 24 scientific research and clinical programs and is the largest research entity within UNC Chapel Hill with respect to research funding and space. The Center has an overall $180M yearly budget, including $100 million in research dollars and $50M in state funds. The Center has a strong collaborative relationship with administrative leadership at the School of Medicine, University, and NC Cancer Hospital and Healthcare System. The Associate Director of Administration will assume substantial independent, senior administrative authority on behalf of the Director, having oversight of policy development, financial planning and management, strategic planning, operational management, human resource management, resource planning, sponsored research management, information system integration, facilities management, and research program development. The ADA is also responsible for planning, administration, and renewal application for the main National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant, the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG), and will plan and oversee a process for enhancing large, multiple-investigator grants. The ADA will work collaboratively with the leadership team, as well as independently, to make decisions and lead new initiatives to achieve higher levels of performance across divisions and centers throughout the department, and in coordination with the School of Medicine and the UNC Health system. The ADA will develop and implement an array of programs and activities intended to promote best practices in all areas of management, and will forge new and improved partnerships through strong and innovative thinking. The ADA will create a new process to engage with industry and pharma as sources of clinical and technology funding that will be highly beneficial at the Cancer Center. The ADA will also help promote the Center throughout internal and external communications, advocating for the mission, and achieving the highest standards of accomplishment for the Center, as well as the University of North Carolina.



Minimum Education and Experience Requirements Minimum qualifications of an advanced degree, masters or higher (or foreign degree equivalent), and no less than 5 to 7 years of management-level experience in the full range of administrative and financial functions of an academic department or research center in a higher education, research, or health care setting. Candidates with 7 to 10 years of directly comparable experience may substitute for the required advanced degree in which case a bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and the requisite experience is mandatory.



Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Must have experience with the NIH grant process. Must have previous experience in research administration.



Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience Preferred qualifications, competencies, and experience include 3-5 years in research, research administration and / or research training; excellent written and oral communication skills; experience with NCI-funded cancer centers is a plus.



Special Physical/Mental Requirements N/A



Campus Security Authority Responsibilities Not Applicable.