Manage administrative support and accounting for the PI, Co-PIs, Senior Personnel, and the budget for the TAST NRT program. This includes student appointments, P-Card management, travel management, and procurement processes. Assist in collecting project data, inputting data into the NSF reporting website, and writing of required NRT annual reports in collaboration with the Program Evaluator.

Assist the TAST internal and external Evaluators with program evaluation, including recruitment, research and training highlights, and assessment data. Specific tasks may include collecting items such as trainee lists with contact info, manuscripts, theses, and presentations, communicating with the internal evaluator on upcoming training events, and scheduling interviews with program participants.

Program Management (40%) Manage day-to-day program functions of the NRT program. Program management will be aimed at coordinating a busy, diverse, and growing population of graduate student trainees as they move through an innovative, collaboration-rich and assessment-intensive program over a multi-year period, and seeing that they receive quality, safe and productive training experiences both within and outside of the campus environment.

Organize the preparation/distribution of documents associated with the NRT program, and more particularly, items such as traineeship documents and records (student IDPs, internship agreements, outreach opportunities, research and training highlights, etc.).

Organize and create the agenda for on-campus and off-campus NRT meetings for program research groups and committees (Leadership Team, Steering Committee, Duke Internal Advisory Board, External Advisory Board).

Educational Responsibilities (30%) Organize and coordinate student activities, including development and distribution of outreach, professional development, and education materials and opportunities to NRT Fellows.

Work with students in the development and annual review of student educational Individual Development Plans (IDPs) to ensure both broad and deep progress toward individual training and professional goals. Provide direct mentoring for poster and verbal presentations. Develop and coordinate an array of short workshop-like professional and technical skill development programs for trainees, which supplement formal coursework and continue for the duration of each student’s PhD.

Organize and run program activities, including speaker invitations, boot camps, regular workshops and seminars, and potential NRT retreats. Coordinate with industry and national labs for the development of internship opportunities, participation in the annual Conference on Surgical Robotics, and placement of students in internships. The Associate Director may be expected to participate in conferences, seminars, and other relevant meetings to promote the NRT program.

Maintain active student recruitment efforts, especially for underrepresented groups. This includes managing the program’s own marketing tools: ●a program website designed to be attractive and helpful to college students seeking a challenging transdisciplinary graduate program in materials; ●posters sent to relevant departments nationwide for STEM undergraduates at various colleges and universities; ●active recruitment through annual conference at Duke for interested undergraduate upperclassmen; ●active recruitment through professional society events (both disciplinary and those serving demographic segments) such as IEEE, RSS, ACS, ASME, etc.; ●a master database of all interested students maintained by the NRT coordinator.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions: •Typical office environment. •This position may occasionally require working an evening or weekend for special events, as well as annual travel to the annual NRT program meeting

Education/Training Work requires analytical, communications and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program. Master’s (M.S., M.Ed., M.A.) degree in Education, Public Administration, Materials Science, Computer Science, or related field or applicants with a Ph.D. are highly preferred. Research or grants education and experience is preferred. Training in Duke specific systems and policies for administration of fellowships and project management must be completed in the first 12 months of hire and must be maintained throughout employment.

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