Department: Mechanical Engineering Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

Description:

Manages the day-to-day operations of a small or medium-sized university program or department. May supervise staff employees, student workers, programs or processes.

1. Plans and develops procedures for administering a small or medium-sized department or program.
2. Oversees program expenditures and ensures adherence to budget.
3. Provides guidance to subordinate staff and evaluates performance.
4. May prepare or participate in the creation of abstracts, research reports, funding proposals, operations and procedure manuals, and other written material and documentation.
5. Reviews reports of budgets and activities.
6. Prepares ad hoc reports as needed.
7. May administer grants and grant-related related communications, scholarships and other operations.
8. Develops, implements and maintains appropriate policies and procedures.
9. May serve as property custodian for the department.
10. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Experience: No experience required.

Additional Posting Information:

• Attend NASA teleconferences
• Facilitate communication of program evaluation with project evaluator by sharing program data with external evaluator
• Track budget/spending on grants in real-time
• Can create flyers and manage online applications for student program participants
• Keep student database and track student progress
• Plan and execute the annual or on-site virtual NASA site visit for the NASA Activity Manager
• Plan and execute annual External Advisory Council meetings
• Lead the development of the Milestone chart
• Lead the development of the semi-annual report to include:
•Activities performed during the period
•Planned activities to be performed next period
•Objective and/or strategy changes
•Budget expenditures during the period as compared to the total budget
•Demographic makeup of program participants during that period
• Lead the development of the annual progress report
• Work with the engineering communications office to get the websites for the grant set up
• Execute Contracts with advisory board members, contractors, etc.
• P-CARD eligible for project purchasing
• Able to execute Concur travel
• Making travel arrangements for seminar and guest presenters
• Support proposal writing
• Other items as requested

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The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.