Position Summary

This position will have primary responsibility for the overall leadership, management and growth of the TRI-Lab: Teaching, Research and Impact at Brown. The TRI-Lab, to be piloted in 2013, will create a structure for intensive, multi-year engagement and collaboration among faculty, students, and community practitioners around social concerns. The TRI-Lab is a groundbreaking concept in higher education. It will build on Brown’s long-standing strength in community partnerships and engaged scholarship and advance innovation in teaching, research, and university-community engagement. 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

Overall TRI-Lab Leadership, Strategy, Partnerships, and Funding

• Establish and execute overall strategy with constituents including faculty, community leaders, students, alumni/ae, and donors; Build high level relationships with diverse and interdisciplinary stakeholders on campus, in the community, and at peer institutions.

• Identify and pursue collaborations with other relevant university and community initiatives related to scholarship and community impact.

• Work with university leadership to develop and execute fundraising strategy for the TRI-Lab, including proposals and reports; manage significant gifts and grants (ranging up to $1 million+).

• As possible, communicate the model, impact, and lessons learned through writing and speaking.

Program Development, Management, and Assessment

• Work with TRI-Lab staff and constituents to frame, deliver, and continually improve programmatic components of the TRI-Lab, including overall curriculum, seminars, retreats, workshops, events/programs, and seed grants.

• Recruit faculty, community partners, and students to participate in the TRI-Lab; work with advisory committee and constituents on selection processes for participants.

•  Oversee personnel, evaluation and operational/organizational issues and systems. Facilitation, Delivery, and Assessment of Seminar Curriculum

• Develop and facilitate the delivery of the curriculum for the TRI-Lab retreat and weekly seminar, including workshops on areas such as group dynamics, creative problem solving, forming communities of practice, and innovations in teaching and research.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required (JD, MBA, PhD); several years’ experience in program management/leadership in higher ed context, including experience with fundraising; team building and leadership; experience in development & execution of strategy and organizational systems and assessment.

•  Strong understanding of academic research and teaching; communication skills and professional credibility to serve as primary advocate and spokesperson for the TRI-Lab.

• Track record of collaboration and/or community engagement with highly diverse communities; team-oriented, inclusive consensus builder; experience synthesizing multiple ways of thinking and diverse approaches and nurturing strong communities of practice.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; experience with proposal writing and grant management preferred.

•  Demonstrable skills and experience in facilitation/teaching, managing healthy group dynamics, design thinking, storytelling, creative approaches to problem solving, and student advising.

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