What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Vice Provost for Research Facilities and Policy position at Dartmouth College?
Position Purpose
The Associate Vice Provost for Research Facilities and Policy (AVPR-FP) ensures that Dartmouth’s intramural research infrastructure and oversight landscape facilitates scholarly excellence across all disciplines. This role oversees research-related policies, ensuring regulatory compliance while streamlining processes and procedures for efficiency. Working closely with academic leadership, compliance teams, and program directors, the AVPR-FP ensures Dartmouth remains agile in addressing emerging regulatory requirements. As a strategic facilitator, they prioritize, resource, and advance key initiatives in alignment with institutional goals.
The AVPR-FP also oversees shared research facilities, pilot funding mechanisms, institutional support, and cost-sharing strategies, ensuring they align with Dartmouth’s research priorities and are designed for maximum scholarly impact. This role collaborates closely with the research development team to optimize internal processes that support extramural funding acquisition, particularly for multi-institutional initiatives. As a key advisor to the Vice Provost for Research, the AVPR-FP provides relevant research and contextual data to support effective decision-making. Additionally, they scope, plan, and execute projects and initiatives while leading policy review, development, and implementation.
Description
Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp
Masters or equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Graduate degree plus 10-12 years’ experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated success in research administration in a complex environment, including the ability to work with a wide variety of institutional partners.
- Familiarity with the academic research compliance landscape.
- Ability to plan effectively and anticipate collaborative needs of a diverse organizational structure.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and to effectively collaborate and interact with all levels of staff, faculty, and leadership.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- High degree of flexibility.
- High degree of integrity.
Preferred Qualifications
- Terminal degree (PhD, MD, MFA).
- Experience leading a complex academic research project.
Department Contact for Recruitment Inquiries
Kyle Hastbacka
Department Contact Phone Number
kyle.m.hastbacka@dartmouth.edu
Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title
Dean R. Madden, Vice Provost for Research
Department Contact's Phone Number
Equal Opportunity Employer
Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity employer under federal law. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications are welcome from all.
Background Check
Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, conduct review, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.
Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Dartmouth vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?
Not an essential function
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Additional Instructions
Key Accountabilities
Description
Leadership, Research Strategy, and Alignment -
- Works with the Vice Provost for Research, the Provost, the Deans, the research development team, and faculty leaders to identify intramural, philanthropic, and extramural opportunities to strengthen our research infrastructure in areas of interest and opportunity.
- Works with the research development team (Grant Proposal Support Initiative), the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship (including Technology Transfer), and the Deans to monitor the foundational and translational impact of scholarly investments.
- Participates in, develops and manages the implementation of projects and initiatives, priorities and plans, assessing the associated financial and management implications, in coordination with research compliance leadership teams within Dartmouth and in conjunction with Dartmouth Health.
- Represents the Vice Provost internally as delegated, making recommendations on their behalf.
Percentage Of Time
35
Description
Deployment of Institutional Resources -
- Oversees the strategic deployment of institutional resources in support of intramural and extramural research, including institutional support letters, shared resource subsidies, cost-sharing mechanisms, and pilot funding programs. Ensures research investments align with Dartmouth’s institutional priorities.
- Identifies and monitors key performance indicators (KPI) for the effectiveness of institutional investment.
Percentage Of Time
35
Description
Policy Development and Review -
- Works with the Office of General Counsel, the Chief Compliance Officer and other institutional stakeholders in the development of compliance policies that broadly affect research activities, and advocates for efficiency and internal accountability, i.e., for approaches that ensure compliance with the minimum negative impact possible.
- Leads central process review to streamline internal (e.g., routing forms, sign-offs) and external (e.g., subawards) administrative processes.
Percentage Of Time
15
Description
Shared Resources Oversight-
- Develops models for the equitable and efficient support of shared resources across campus
- Seeks efficiencies in the management and oversight of shared resources
- Works with shared resource directors to maximize external revenue opportunities compatible with the academic mission(s) of the resource.
Percentage Of Time
15
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Demonstrates professionalism and collegiality through actions, interactions, and communications with others appropriate to an environment that is welcoming to all.
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Performs other duties as assigned.