Title : Executive Director of Democratic Innovations Program

Salary Range

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• Administer Democratic Innovations’ initiatives and research programs.
• Build and maintain the Program’s community of resident fellows, visitors, affiliated external fellows, and student fellows, including recruitment of new post-docs and other fellows.
• Oversee the Program’s scholarly publication strategy.
• Organize and supervise events, including developing and managing academic events, speaker series, workshops, and conferences.
• Build relations with program alumni and work with ISPS staff on publishing a newsletter and managing the Program’s website content.
• Oversee institutional growth and finances, including developing budgets, preparing review monthly financials for the Director.
• Fundraise for the Program, including identifying grant opportunities.

• Directs one or more functional areas within an administrative department of the University and ensure compliance with University policies and procedures.
• Directs analytic and research support for educational policies and planning and develops and approves administrative policies affecting assigned functional areas of the University.
• Directs and establishes parameters for major projects for the department and University.
• Interprets federal policies and regulations and educates staff and administration about regulations, restrictions, and the legal responsibilities of the University.
• Directs and implements policy and program modifications and develops standards to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
• Develops and administers an operating budget for the assigned department consistent with University policies and procedures.
• Develops cost savings objectives and goals; authorizes major purchases and negotiates contracts that range from routine to complex in nature.
• Establishes and implements long- and short-range goals for the functional area consistent with University goals and objectives.
• Directs the development of related automated systems to support the function; determines office policies and procedures for use of automated systems.
• Directs the evaluation and selection of vendors and negotiates contract details including work steps and pricing with the vendors on behalf of the assigned functional area.
• Works with internal and external contacts to solve problems that range from routine to complex in nature.
• Represents the University in discussions and negotiations with various governmental agencies.
• Directs a staff of exempt and nonexempt employees.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

• Demonstrated understanding of the subject matter, needs and constraints of social science research or university-based research, including data-intensive research and data management. This should include relevant knowledge of political science, economics, or other areas related to government, politics, and organizational design.
• Demonstrated operational management skills, including organizing complicated events, oversight and management of projects and programs, budget management, allocation of resources, supervision of organizational operations and development. Demonstrated ability to manage financial resources and balance budgets for projects, programs and larger entities, including budget planning experience and expertise.
• Demonstrated ability and understanding of social science research and its implications; ability to translate research findings for a general audience and into the policy sphere. Demonstrated written and oral communication skills; proven ability to articulate ideas in verbal and written communications.
• Demonstrated ability to engage constituents comfortably at all levels, such as students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, government and business leaders, advisory boards, and non-profit institutions. Excellent…