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ASC DEAN SPACE MGMT & RESEARCH RESOURCES

Job Title: ASC DEAN SPACE MGMT & RESEARCH RESOURCES
Job Code: 1950
FLSA: E
Job Level: 18
Revised Date: 05/01/2017
Job Family: JF 28

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Occupational Summary

Provide administrative coordination and leadership of special projects for the senior leaders of the School of Medicine. The role focuses on guiding compliance initiatives, providing leadership for elements of grant administration redesign and coordinating other highly sensitive operational issues/topics.

Work Performed

Serve as a key member of the Executive Vice Deans (EVD) office, responsible for central coordination of a wide variety of special projects and compliance directives.

Report directly to the Executive Vice Dean for Administration, and work very closely with all of the Vice Deans on projects which require analysis, organizational design, systems integration and planning before being assigned to an Associate Dean for ongoing operational responsibility.

Perform ongoing responsibilities in the research compliance area; and coordinate the School of Medicines progress in a number of clearly defined areas of emphasis.

Conduct research, prepare speeches, presentation and talking points for the EVD on an array of topics and for a breadth of leadership constituents. Manage the Deans Office administrative personnel.

Liaison with Duke Medicine and University leadership in the context of cross-campus projects or initiatives evaluating administrative efficiencies and technology needs.

Serve as liaison between the School of Medicine administration, Internal Audit and Compliance.

Provide direction, coordination and leadership on behalf of the EVD on specific elements of grant administration redesign.

Understand organizational policies and procedures necessary to ensure appropriate decision making protocols are followed.

Serve as financial and data analyst/coordinator for the EVD on specific, targeted projects, while working closely with other Dean units such as Finance & Budget, Resource Planning, APT and HR Management Center.

In collaboration with the Deans office, ensure planning for key meetings to include: tracking, monitoring and following the progress of projects, action items, strategies that emanate from the executive committees, administrative leadership groups, etc.

Develop memorandums, communiques, and correspondence. Prepare agendas and identify meeting participants.

Collect, prepare and distribute briefing materials.

Ensure that appropriate follow up actions are taken.

Initiate subsequent follow-up meetings and communication for key stakeholders as directed.

Ensure information flow to and from EVD, via all types of venues (forums, correspondence, speeches, conferences, retreats, etc.)

Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education/Training

Work requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in business, finance or accounting. MBA, MHA or CPA preferred.

Experience

Work requires a minimum of 10 years experience in financial management, cost accounting or field directly related to specialized area of assignment. Experience in a School of Medicine department or Center highly preferred.

OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Skills


The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.


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