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Stanford, Ca, Us

Stanford, California, United States

Stanford, California, United States

Stanford, Ca

Manage the day-to day operations for federal and non-federal sponsored projects. Develop timelines and process flows to enable early grant submission and resubmission resulting in opportunities for early stage review and comments from Federal Program Directors. Interpret complex university and government policies for projects and personnel synthesizing that information for distribution to faculty and students. Collaborate with Office of Sponsored Research on proposal development, proposal submission, award set-up, and close out of projects. Prepare and submit financial reports with specialized requirements for Foundations. Advise on re-budgets and no cost extensions of projects allowing for additional analysis and financial transparency. Serve as a resource for faculty, students, and other university staff in the area of research proposal/budget development. Develop templates and standardization of proposal tools to meet the proposal guidelines of NSF and NIH. Review and approve all financial transactions within the Department of Anthropology for grants and departmental operating accounts. Oversee hiring of staff and students and managing the requirements of Human Resources for eligibility and background checks. Mentoring of staff and support of professional development to promote strengthening leadership and financial skills. Invited member of Succession Committee established by the School of Humanities and Sciences to review, plan, and implement departmental administrative succession plans.

University, Ms

Manage financial operations of the Shakespeare Association of America (SAA); provide support for preparation of tax documents and financial reports; manage subscriptions and accounts payable/receivable, solicit advertisers and exhibitors. Working closely with the SAA’s accounting firm, developed the unique QuickBooks accounting set-up and category flow for financial transparency allowing for greater reporting to the Board of Trustees; and record keeping resulting in advanced invoicing and A/R clearing immediately following conference. Liaison with publishers to develop a web presence on the SAA website linking publishers and discount opportunities to members. Coordinate and provide operations oversight during annual conference of more than 1000 attendees in a different city each year. Manage the outreach to volunteers and coordination of volunteer efforts during conference. Support SAA staff in maintaining member communications and conference preparation.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed administrative operations of the Shakespeare Association of America (SAA). Managed membership renewals and new memberships for more than 2,000 members. Coordinated subscriptions to selected publications, managed deposits and compiled year-end financial reports. Handle invoicing and provide customer service to membership. Managed and coordinated yearly annual conference registration for more than 1,000 attendees.

San Francisco, Ca

Overall responsibility for directing high profile Principal Investigator’s basic research enterprise in the Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology across multiple institutions and units. Part of a collaborative team to independently formulate and execute tasks and strategies that support the Principal Investigator’s overall goals. Primary responsibility for Principal Investigator’s executive coordination, lab administration, grants management as well as management of Principal Investigator’s research activities at the Gladstone Institute. Coordinate Principal Investigator’s responsibilities as the Director of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), an organized research unit at UCSF.

Washington, Dc

Independently managed the administrative operation of the Department of Biology. Manage central elements of the academic programs from personnel actions through class scheduling and staff management.  Oversaw complex administrative processes that are required by one of the largest and most sophisticated undergraduate programs on the Main Campus. Troubleshoot potential issues that may arise in the administration of the department programs and ensure focused and appropriate action is taken.  Managed all HR and faculty appointment and promotion processes for more than 85 ordinary and term faculty, researchers, graduate students and staff. Manage dossier preparation for promotion and tenure cases. Manage all faculty searches for department and staff hiring.  Coordinated budget development and financial projections for a departmental budget of over $5M distributed among dozens of departmental and faculty accounts. Coordinate grant monies, government research accounts, and internal academic research funds on behalf of faculty with University Research Administrators. Principal contact for University administration and departmental faculty.

Managed the administrative and operational processes of the English Department. Managed Human Resources processes to acquire new faculty, staff, and work-study students. Supervised three administrative staff and three work-study students. Served as the Department Technology Representative (DTR) to the University Technology Group and as the department’s system administrator.

Managed Faculty and Academic Affairs in the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology (CASA). Served as a liaison between the faculty, Registrar’s Office, Dean’s Office, Accounting Office and students. Served as the Department Technology Representative (DTR) to Stanford’s internal information technology group and as the department’s system administrator.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed the administrative function of the Graduate Studies Program in English, reporting to the Director of Graduate Studies in English. Served as liaison between graduate students and Graduate School, Registrar’s Office, Dean’s Office, Accounting Office and faculty. Served as the Department Technology Representative (DTR) to the University Technology Group and as the department’s system administrator. Managed Human Resource function for eight to 10 student workers.

Bachelor Of Science, Business

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