Organization: [Brief description of center.] NSF Engineering Research Centers are dynamic organizations serving industry, university, and government needs in rapidly changing high technology areas. A complex organization, the ERC has multiple missions (research, education, and service) and is accountable to multiple funding sources (federal, state, local, university, and private). The Administrative Director reports directly to the Center Director and will manage multiple fiscal years; many different sets of rules and regulations; an annual budget of $xx million; an average of xxx full-and part-time researchers, faculty and students; and supervise a staff of xx. Administrative duties include any or all of the following areas of expertise.

Financial Management: Responsibility for budgeting, accounting, and reporting in order to maximize efficient use of funding, while ensuring compliance with rules and regulations.

Personnel Management: Hiring, supervision, and development of center administrative personnel and management of documents/human resource policies for academic, research, and student appointments in compliance with university personnel regulations.

Information Systems Management: Oversight of management information system and report generation process (multiple reports to sponsoring agencies, university) and response to requests with accurate and timely information in format required.

Liaison with University/Sponsoring Agencies: Guardianship of university and agency system requirements (federal regulations, proposal processing, etc.) and responsibility for networking with university administration and NSF to keep abreast of latest changes.

Other Duties As Assigned: Event management, communications, and public relations, as assigned. Some ERC administrative directors also have responsibility for outreach and/or education functions--for example, the summer REU Program.

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