Associate Director
Online applications must be received before 12:00am on:
October 28, 2024
If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.
Available Title(s):
1158-NN_ADMINPRO - Associate Director
Business Title:
Associate Director
Employee Type:
Admin. Professional
Position Details:
The Opportunity:
The William D. Ruckelshaus Center invites you to join us as an Associate Director at Washington State University (WSU). In the role, you will collaborate with the Director in designing, establishing, and maintaining an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the Ruckelshaus Center's administrative and financial goals and objectives. Provide vision, leadership, and direction for center staff development. Continually develop forward looking planning of administrative staff to adapt and increasing positive support and service. Provide best-practice methodology and toolsets for units to implement with administrative staff. Work jointly with the Director, and appropriate leadership to establish and implement short- and long-term organizational goals, objectives, strategic plans, and policies to optimize resources and support the mission. Collaborate with the Director in areas encompassing financial operations, budgeting, personnel, and financial information technology, including data management, financial systems, budget reporting and information/data gathering. Recommend and execute decisions. Oversees the grants and contracts administration both pre- and post-award. Review, complete, and approve documents for personnel, effort certification, and cost sharing. Coordinate with the appropriate center staff, Director, Office of the Provost, Sponsored Programs Services (SPS), and the Office of Research Support and Operations (ORSO) to assure adherence to University, State and Federal guidelines.
Job Duties:
- 40% Administrative
- 15% Personnel
- 15% Strategic Planning
- 15% Fiscal Management
- 10% Policies/Procedures
- 5% Performs additional job-related as assigned
Required Qualifications:
- Positions require a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in a related field which has included at least two (2) years of management experience. A Master's degree in a relevant field may be substituted for up to one (1) year of the required experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
Must have successfully demonstrated the following attributes:
- Strong Team Attitude and Approach - the ability and willingness to share ideas, to be open to the ideas of others, work toward organizational goals and interests.
- Strategic Thinking - the ability to formulate effective area strategies consistent with accomplishing the business and mission of the Center. Having a long-term perspective and the ability to assess the impacts of proposals - both pro and con.
- Systems Thinking - the ability to focus on how an issue being reviewed interacts with the other components of our systems.
- Commitment to Diversity - an understanding and appreciation of the benefits of a diverse workplace and the knowledge of how to shape processes and procedures that reflect and enhance the diversity of the communities the Center interacts with.
- Must have, or be able to obtain by time of hire, a valid driver's license and meet requirements in accordance with SPPM 7.10 and departmental driving standards.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated leadership experience.
- Knowledge of collaborative governance and collaborative policymaking.
Additional Information:
Area/College: Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President
Department Name: William D. Ruckelshaus Center
City, State, Zip: Seattle, WA 98125
Department Link: William D. Ruckelshaus Center
Monthly Salary: $8,144.89 - $12,739.44
In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate's current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position. Successful candidates typically begin up to mid-point of the salary range. For additional information, please review WSU's Administrative Professional Compensation.
Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for AP staff and Total Compensation.
Overtime Eligibility: Overtime exempt.
FTE: 100%
This is a permanent position.
Background Check: This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.
Application Instructions: All applicants must upload a cover letter and resume/cv to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications. Documents may be submitted in one file or separate files. Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF if possible. Applicants will be requested to provide contact information for professional references within the online application.
- External candidates, please upload all documents in the 'Resume/CV' section of your application.
- Current WSU Employees (Internal candidates), please upload all documents in the 'Resume/Cover Letter' section of your application.
Required Documents:
Time Type: Full time
Position Term: 12 Month
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER.
Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.
WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f), or hrs@wsu.edu.
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