Job Description

Posting number: 195238

Department: Governor's School for Science & Mathematics

Job classification: Director of Planning and Research

Posting type: Open

Categories: Planning and Development, Education, Research

Summary

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Are you an experienced professional looking for new opportunities to further your career? The SC Governor's School for Science and Math is seeking a hardworking and dependable candidate just like you to apply! This position will offer great benefits with the state, including 15 days of annual and sick leave per year or more depending on applicable state service.

The Academic Program Administrator is a full-time 12-month administrative position within the Center for Research, Global, and Innovation Initiatives. Reporting to the Executive Director, leads the Research and Global Scholarship Division and provides strategic oversight for GSSM's student research, scholarly inquiry, experiential learning, and faculty-mentored research programs. The position oversees summer research placements, internships, research designated courses (RDC's), research methodology instruction, scholarly dissemination, and research ethics and compliance activities. The Academic Program Administrator cultivates partnerships with universities, laboratories, industries, medical centers, governmental organizations, and international institutions to expand research opportunities. The role also supports international research preparation, global research readiness, and interdisciplinary collaboration across Center initiatives.

Responsibilities of the Academic Program Administrator:

• Provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for GSSM's student research, scholarly inquiry, and faculty-mentored research initiatives, including summer research placements, research internships, research designated courses, RDC's, and related experiential learning opportunities.
• Develop, cultivate, and maintain partnerships with universities, laboratories, medical centers, industries, governmental agencies, and international organizations to support local, regional, national, and global research collaborations and experiential learning opportunities for students and faculty.
• Coordinate and support research-related programming, including student research preparation, mentor communication, logistics, research methodology instruction, research ethics and compliance training, scholarly presentations, publications, SC Junior Academy of Science, Research Colloquium and Science Fair activities.
• Collect, analyze, maintain, and report programmatic and institutional data related to research participation, outcomes, partnerships, and scholarly activities for assessment, accreditation, governance, donor relations, grants, and institutional reporting purposes.
• Collaborate with other divisions within the Center for Research, Global, and Innovation Initiatives to support interdisciplinary programming, global readiness initiatives, experiential STEM learning, and institutional innovation efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Director for Research, Global, and Innovation Initiatives.

Examples of duties

A bachelor's degree and supervisory or managerial experience in a planning, research, or statistical setting.

Additional Requirements

• Some travel is required.
• Some weekend and evening work is required.
• On-call availability during summer months is required.

Please note that some areas of the Agency may require an official, certified copy of the transcript prior to hiring or within a specific timeframe required by that area after hiring. Failure to produce an official, certified transcript may result in not being hired or termination.

Supplemental information

The SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.

All applicants must submit a resume and cover letter. This position is not available for sponsorship.