Senior Graduate Education Specialist

## Senior Graduate Education Specialist
** Job Description
** The Office of Research and Graduate Education (RGE) in the School of Medicine (SoM) promotes and facilitates research, teaching and science training within the UW Medicine community. We do so by building and enhancing infrastructure, providing UW Medicine and University leadership with strategic information and analysis, fostering an open and collaborative environment, streamlining processes, and maximizing opportunities for achievements in research and education.

Reporting to the Administrative Services Manager, the Senior Graduate Education Specialist is independently responsible for developing and delivering training and professional development content for workshops and seminars designed to support the research trainee community, as well as provide resources and guidance to graduate program faculty leadership and advisors. This position partners with SoM and interdisciplinary graduate programs to provide resources and guidance in areas related to research education and training for both graduate students and research postdoctoral scholars, including professional development;

curriculum and handbooks; recruitment and admissions; and scholarships and fellowships. This role partners closely with the other members of the Administrative Services Unit, particularly the Senior Outreach Specialist, on planning and executing education-related workshops and school-wide events such as the PhD hooding ceremony and the research mentor education program. Strong organizational and leadership skills are required to manage relationships, deadlines and competing priorities.

This position has the lead responsibility within RGE for partnering with the Associate Dean for Research Education and Training and other faculty leaders and administrative directors to provide biomedical research training resources appropriate for both graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. The Senior Graduate Education Specialist must exercise independent judgement and ownership of managing fellowship and scholarship allocations and notifications; supporting committees, councils, and recurring stakeholder meetings;

and supporting student organizations. The scope of this position is UW wide, partnering and collaborating with Public Health, Engineering, other UW Health Sciences schools, UW Bothell Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program, and with regional partner institutions (e.g., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Allen Institute, Gonzaga University, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, others).UW is challenged in offering career development programming for over 1,300 research trainees at the graduate and postdoctoral levels.

The SoM employs over 400 postdocs in research-intensive roles and enrolls approximately 900 graduate students in our biomedical PhD programs. This is a mission-driven staff position, and requires a skilled, knowledgeable, and motivated individual to plan, implement and adapt events and services based on results and feedback. Faculty leaders are committed to and supportive of these programs.

By improving the readiness of research trainees for careers in science RGE is increasing SoM’s success in training and placing the next generation of research scientists in academia, teaching, and government, which in turn increases interest in our graduate programs and postdoctoral opportunities and attracts high-achieving faculty researchers. Additional expected impacts include improved communication among trainees and faculty mentors and between international trainees and their mentors, a more attractive workplace for high-performing trainees, better resources for department and program managers to complement their formal training programs, enhanced relationships between the SoM and private sector business partners, and improved collaborative capacity overall within and among research labs and departments.
** DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
**** Program Management (75%)
*** Plan and implement workshop and seminar content for the SoM’s research trainee community, encompassing programs such as the Bioscience Career Seminar Series, Inclusive Leadership…