Position Summary
This position will provide key relationship building and management for TRI-Lab: Teaching, Research and Impact at Brown. In this innovative model of intensive faculty-student-community practitioner collaboration, this position will help develop an ongoing base of themes and participants, and ensure high quality content and experiences for all participants. The position is currently funded as a full-time position for the pilot year (spring 2013-June 2014); we will seek to extend the term based on success of the pilot year and funds raised.

Primary Responsibilities
Cultivation of TRI-Lab Themes and Participants

• Work closely with faculty and community leaders to identify and investigate potential issue areas, based on faculty and community expertise, interest, and opportunity.

Participant Selection, Support, and Seminar Planning

• With the guidance of the TRI-Lab director, coordinate the recruitment and selection processes for TRI-Lab participants, particularly students.

• Support the activities and development of the TRI-Lab seminar – content, flow, projects, guest lecturers, participant preparation, summer placements for students, resources and materials.

• Promote a culture of open communication in the TRI-Lab, encouraging active discussion and debate as well as information flow among TRI-Lab participants, during and between events.

Logistics Coordination

•  Organize and plan TRI-Lab events, such as “Cultivate” events (75+ people each), Showcases for Labs (200+ attendees), TRI-Lab retreat (35 people, 2 days): facilities, meals, materials, publicity/invitations, speaker attendance/preparation/departmental connections/travel.

•  Work with relevant offices to manage TRI-Lab logistics, including stipends, vendor contracts and payments, seed grants, data collection/documentation, and Lab-related travel.

Outreach and Communications

• Effectively and creatively promote and communicate the goals, methodology and activities of the Lab to broad and targeted audiences on campus and in the community; document TRI-Lab activities and impact to aid in assessment and outreach/promotion, using a variety of media (including social media).

•  Assist the Director in the preparation, submission and management of TRI-Lab proposals and reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; prior experience in event management, communications or program administration preferred.

• Understanding of and experience with community-university partnerships.

• Highly organized, efficient individual; very strong process skills. Able to multi-task, managing multiple, diverse ongoing activities.

• Highly collaborative work style, strong verbal communicator and team player, ability to build collaborations with diverse communities and work effectively with Brown undergraduates, faculty and community leaders.

• Excellent writing/editing and verbal communication skills; experience writing for a wide variety of audience types and in a range of media and formats; experience with proposal writing preferred.

Full posting will be available at careers.brown.edu.