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Working TitleAssistant Director for Team Science Initiatives

Position LocationFort Collins, CO

Work LocationPosition qualifies for hybrid/in-office work

Research Professional PositionYes

Posting Number202501106AP

Position TypeAdmin Professional/ Research Professional

Classification TitleSr Research Associate

Number of Vacancies1

Work Hours/Week40

Proposed Annual Salary Range92,000 - 110,000. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

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Desired Start Date11/03/2025

Position End Date (if temporary)

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on09/14/2025

Description of Work Unit

The Institute for Research in the Social Sciences is a Core Facility supported by the College of Liberal Arts and the Office of the Vice President for Research at Colorado State University which aims to connect and support social scientists with other researchers, as well as university, community, and industry partners. IRISS staff are thought partners who provide robust social science research and collaboration tools to integrate community partners and researchers from all disciplines. IRISS collaborates with internal and external partners to enhance social science research capacity, improve grant competitiveness campus-wide, promote interdisciplinary research networking opportunities, and provide and support research methods training in support of the University’s land grant mission.

Position Summary

The Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Assistant Director of Team Science Initiatives is a full-time, twelve-month administrative professional management position that reports to the Associate Director of Research at IRISS in the College of Liberal Arts. The Assistant Director of Team Science Initiatives will provide leadership, direction, and support for various research projects occurring in the innovative Team Science research initiatives sphere. The Assistant Director will supervise a team of project managers and student researchers in developing, delivering and evaluating team science interventions, including facilitated experiences, educational trainings, tools, and resources, that are designed to enhance the productivity of cross-disciplinary research teams to elevate team functioning and research success. This role will fulfill and lead all of the pillars of Team Science, including training to build individual and team competencies; facilitation of large and complex teams to improve their performance, applying the science of collaborative decision-making and being an integration specialist; conducting assessments using logic model and theory of change development, as well as Social Network Analysis; and consultation to provide specific and targeted interventions to address team needs. This position will implement scopes of work, establish funding, provide program/project planning, build and provide presentations to deliver results to clients, budgeting, and administration, and develop related operational policies and procedures.

The Assistant Director of Team Science Initiatives will promote innovation, foster new research collaborations, and sustain productive research initiatives for team science efforts. This position will also manage proposals through this base of knowledge by advising on potential funding/scientific opportunities and potential partnerships across the University and with partner institutions. The position will serve as senior researcher and work under the general direction of the Associate Director of Research and in collaboration with other management. The position will oversee and inform strategic program/entity planning, related funding, and financial sustainability, and will also independently maintain scientific expertise relevant to externally-funded proposals, especially large team science grants with multiple investigators. The position must retain an active working knowledge base of the relevant areas of emerging sciences to be able to contribute to the development, implementation, and administration of the vision, strategy, and goals of IRISS . This position will manage a team of project managers who will perform duties relevant to consultancy and grant submission processes. This position will manage scheduling and document management support, provide copy-editing, proofing, and scientific strategy for team science proposals. This position will manage and oversee the budget for the internal awards. This position will also oversee progress reports of funded research. The institute collaborates on projects and services with colleagues across campus in the colleges of Agriculture Science, Liberal Arts, Business, Engineering, Health and Human Sciences, Natural Resources, Natural Sciences, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, as well as administrative divisions and departments.

The Institute’s mission is to empower research teams and partners to address complex challenges through innovative applied social science. Executing this mission demands broad experience across social science disciplines and particularly the Science of Team Science. This role will foster connections with both campus and external partners to deliver robust team science that enhances the research capacity of our clients.

The successful candidate will lead a dynamic collaborative team to continue and expand IRISS’s existing Science of Team Science portfolio, featuring both fee-for-service offerings and transformational training and educational components. This position is responsible for building strong and positive working relationships with staff, unit directors, researchers, community partners and key clients, seeking projects aligned with IRISS strategic goals, and securing funding. The Assistant Director of Team Science will support other organizational priorities, as defined by the Associate Director of Research.

Specifically, the IRISS Assistant Director of Team Science Initiatives will:

+ Conduct research and complete project-based assignments to sustain the needs and activities of IRISS in its goal of conducting transformational and collaborative team science.

+ Develop and support research proposals, interface with clients, project management, and direct consultation, assessment, facilitation and teaching for team science projects.

+ Develop team science workshops, build collaborative capacity for teams, facilitate team science workshops and activities, and promote team science through connections with potential clients and advisory board members.

+ While focused on Team Science, this position may also contribute to non-Team Science project-based work requiring facilitation, training, and/or social science research activities.

+ Promote institute growth and work with project managers, coordinators and directors to conduct social science research.

+ Lead, direct and supervise the work of staff to support completion of projects in a timely manner.

+ Provide strategic guidance in budgets, programming and management as part of the leadership team for the Institute.

+ Manage programmatic aspects of grants and projects in accordance with the procedures, guidelines, and expectations required.

+ Ensure a culture of excellence through continuous improvement, creativity, and transformative innovation in the Institute’s operations and programs.

This is a hybrid position located in Colorado, with regular in-office time in Fort Collins as well as options to work remotely.

The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the proposed start date. The Institute will not sponsor a visa for this position.

Required Job Qualifications

+ Professional degree, PhD (or equivalent) with 7+ years’ experience or MA with 10+ years’ experience, in social sciences or related field from an accredited university.

+ Minimum of 7 years of experience in the team science field, including evidence of contributions to the science of team science field, robust facilitation skills and experience creating team science interventions.

+ Minimum of 4 years of experience managing and supervising and demonstrated experience and enthusiasm in supervising professional staff, and student researchers.

+ Demonstrated mastery of multiple social science research methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and network methods and software.

+ Extensive experience working collaboratively with research teams of varying sizes.

+ Knowledge of regulatory and compliance policies and procedures related to social science and human-subjects oriented research.

+ Strong organizational, project management, and collaboration skills as demonstrated by work experience.

+ Demonstrated ability to write reports for both academic and non-academic audiences.

Preferred Job Qualifications

+ Demonstrated knowledge of university policies, administration, and operations.

+ Experience with strategic planning, long-range project coordination, and analytical problem solving.

+ Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

+ Experience working closely and independently with administrators of institutions and/or leaders of science programs, organizations, or initiatives on a local, national, and/or international scale.

+ Experience using design thinking and/or human-centered design methods in creating team science interventions.

+ Proficiency in virtual collaboration tools (eg, Miro, Ideaboardz).

+ Must be self-motivated and possess the ability to work in diverse settings with autonomy and decision-making authority.

+ Outstanding organizational and interpersonal communication skills including written and verbal presentation abilities.

+ Proficiency in developing computational tools (e.g. data dashboards, R Shiny apps) to meet client needs

Essential Duties

Job Duty CategoryResearch Project Management and Development

Duty/Responsibility

+ Work with the Director and research staff to develop and execute a strategic research program. This will include developing and implementing appropriate metrics and research, working on research and grant collaboration.

+ Develop, maintain and manage awarded grant and project activities and associated contract deliverables.

+ Develop and direct staff on team science projects. Leveraging a deep understanding of team science processes and characteristics of effective teams to inform gaps in support as well as the design and implementation of team science interventions.

+ Foster and advance cross-disciplinary research teams by designing and delivering an array of team science interventions, such as facilitated experiences, educational offerings, workshops, and programs.

+ Establish roadmaps for research teams, ensuring that interventions are delivered in an iterative and progressive manner.

+ Develop and manage the writing and production of reports.

+ Manage a variety of responsibilities to keep projects on time and on budget. Oversee and create fee-for-services scopes and budgets.

+ Maintain exemplary, timely communications with clients, team members, and supervisors.

+ Organize, convene, and facilitate collaborative engagements with researchers, scientists, and stakeholders to identify and address emerging team science research needs and opportunities.

Percentage Of Time50

Job Duty CategoryAdministration and Supervision

Duty/Responsibility

+ Establish and follow policies and procedures related to research quality, project management, contracting, scoping and data management.

+ Operate within IRISS leadership team to assist with administrative operations for the Institute, including strategic budgeting, program development and management.

+ Work with internal and external research partners to develop research plans, scopes of work, and provide support needed to complete projects and grant funded research.

+ Supervise, manage, train, and mentor research staff and undergraduate and graduate research assistants.

+ Ensure proper tracking of time, project tasks, and budgets for each project.

+ Guide and implement policies and procedures that bolster project and data management, scoping, and invoicing, elevate research quality, and ensure comprehensive maintenance of project files, records and archiving.

Percentage Of Time40

Job Duty CategoryResearch Methodology and Knowledge Production

Duty/Responsibility

+ Design and implement team science components that enhance research and facilitation, consultation, assessment and teaching tools, protocols and projects.

+ Collaborate to develop robust metrics and evaluation plans for interventions, embedding research questions and appropriate study design to advance the science of team science.

+ Participate in dissemination of best practices and lessons learned through publications and conference presentations.

+ Develop and manage the analysis of data in preparation for writing and producing reports and manuscripts for public dissemination.

+ Provide training and as appropriate guidance to on and off-campus constituents.

+ Initiate, develop and write grants and proposals to extend research and seek funding projects and contracts.

Percentage Of Time10

Application Details

Special Instructions to Applicants

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

Interested applicants must submit a cover letter which addresses how professional experiences align with identified required and preferred qualifications of the position, a current resume (CV is optional), and the names, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three (3) professional references. References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates.

If you have questions, please contact the Admin Support for the Search ,Lauren Smith ([email protected]) or the Search Chair, Rachel Lahoff ([email protected]).

Conditions of EmploymentPre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires)

Search ContactRachel Lahoff, [email protected]

EEO

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Background Check Policy Statement

Colorado State University strives to provide a safe study, work, and living environment for its faculty, staff, volunteers and students. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, CSU conducts background checks for the finalist before a final offer. The type of background check conducted varies by position and can include, but is not limited to, criminal history, sex offender registry, motor vehicle history, financial history, and/or education verification. Background checks will also be conducted when required by law or contract and when, in the discretion of the University, it is reasonable and prudent to do so.

References Requested

References Requested

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Maximum Requested3

Supplemental Questions

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Applicant Documents

Required Documents

+ Cover Letter

+ Resume

Optional Documents

+ Curriculum Vitae