Bill,

I wasn't sure how to handle that either.  Maybe:

hiring range for research administrator
years of experience desired
current high and low [or average?] of salary for research administrators
current high and low [or average?] years of experience for current research
 administrators

Ruth

Bill Campbell wrote:

> I think this is a great idea.  I suggest adding one further category
> matched to salary level: something like years of experience, though I'm not
> sure that's the right wording.  On the face of it, a new director with 5
> yrs total experience should make much less than a grizzled veteran director
> with similar responsibilities at the same kind of place; the survey should
> enable a user to distinguish the two.
>
> Regards, Bill
>
> At 11:35 AM 7/1/2004, you wrote:
> >Good Afternoon,
> >
> >So many people have contacted me as a result of my request for salary
> >information that I think we as a list serve should do an informal survey
> >every year and share the results via a posting on the NCURA and SRA
> >websites.  It would be "unofficial" but very useful, I think, especially
> >if we put our collective heads together in designing it.  I suggest
> >using something like Survey Monkey.  It could be anonymous if people
> >preferred.
> >
> >Following is the list of things that I would like to know:
> >
> ># of students
> ># of faculty
> >$$$ in research funding
> >Medical school or not
> >Region of the country (west coast, west, mid-west, southwest, etc.)
> >Urban, suburban, or small college town.
> >Organizational Structure
> >     Pre and post separate or combined
> >     reporting lines
> ># FTE professional in pre and post or combined
> ># FTE support staff in pre and post or combined
> ># FTE professional departmental administrators
> >Title/level for reporting structure
> >     for example:  Vice provost for research, director, assistant
> >director,              research administrator, support staff
> >Salary range for each title/level
> >     I think this should be the hiring range if the position would be
> >vacated
> >     or maybe both: hiring range and level of current occupant
> >
> >What do you think?   (or have I had too much sun?)
> >
> >Ruth Tallman
> >Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
> >Lehigh University
> >526 Brodhead Avenue
> >Bethlehem, PA  18015
> >Phone:   (610)758-3024
> >FAX:    (610)758-5994
> >E-mail:   xxxxxx@lehigh.edu
> >
> >
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