JOB OPPORTUNITY:  ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a qualified individual to lead the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs on its main campus in New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ. 

The Assistant Director of Research and Sponsored Programs manages a staff of 10 grant specialists and oversee a high-volume, pre-award operation that provides a range of services to faculty and staff seeking funding from public and private not-for-profit sponsors.  With the merging of Rutgers with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2013, Rutgers has undergone a period of explosive growth and cultural change, which offers a dynamic and exciting environment for those who enjoy a challenge and the opportunity to create and enact a vision for improved pre-award services and research administration in general.  To learn more about the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, please visit our website at http://orsp.rutgers.edu.  To link to the job description for the Assistant Director or to apply, please visit:  http://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/43076  or visit Rutgers University Human Resources and Search Jobs for posting number 17ST1746.

 

ABOUT RUTGERS:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. Nearly 69,000 students and 22,000 full- and part-time faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world.

Rutgers’ $658 million in annual research and development expenditures places us among the nation’s top 30 universities. Federally funded R&D at Rutgers exceeds federal R&D funding at all other New Jersey colleges and universities combined.