Director, Research Programs

Company: Dartmouth College

Job Location: Lebanon, NH 03756

Category: Sponsored Programs, Grants, and Contracts

Type: Adjunct/Part-Time

Posting date: 10/03/2025

Open Until Filled: Yes

Position Number: 1129426

Hiring Range Minimum: $113,700

Hiring Range Maximum: $142,200

Union Type: Not a Union Position

FLSA Status: Exempt

Employment Category: Regular Part Time

Scheduled Months per Year: 12

Scheduled Hours per Week: 20

Location of Position: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1 Medical Center Drive, Williamson Translational Research Building, 7th Floor

Remote Work Eligibility: Hybrid

Is this a term position?: No

Is this a grant funded position?: Yes

Position Purpose

The Director, Research Programs will design and implement strategies to contribute to the productivity and to securing and sustaining a vision and funding for the academic and programmatic priorities of projects led by Margaret Karagas and in the Department of Epidemiology. The Director will seek and advise on opportunities to enhance research and scholarship in epidemiology, work as needed with members of the private sector, non-profit organizations as well as governmental partners, other Dartmouth offices such as the Tech Transfer Office.

Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp

PhD or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Ph.D. degree in a relevant area or the equivalent in education and experience
• 10+ years of experience working in complex institutions on scientific writing and communication, including proposal development, grant writing, publication writing, and fundraising, preferably in a higher education.
• Evidence of successful grant writing, proposal development, and grant oversight.
• Ability to write and convey scientific content with proficiency for an educated lay audience.
• Experience working with faculty members and grantmaking institutions at the international, national, and regional levels, particularly in the sciences.
• Demonstrated exceptional writing, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize work, multi-task, and meet deadlines in a team-centered, time-constrained environment.
• Experience working with sensitive information and ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to engage intellectually with faculty and trainees across a wide variety of disciplines and instructional formats.
• Self-motivated; ability to work independently, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities, and able to multi-task to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organizational and project management abilities with strong attention to detail.
• Comprehensive knowledge of national and regional grantmaking institutions.
• Knowledge of the systems and processes of university research and the role of scholarship in academic career trajectories.
• Commitment to diversity and to serving the needs of a diverse community.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the University's organization and academic, administrative policies and procedures.
• Fundraising experience.

Description

Research Strategy

• Provides proposal identification, development and oversight of proposals with significant scientific and administrative content, and aids the Department's leadership with regard to proposals, reports and letters of inquiry.
• Drafts and edits a wide variety of written materials including grant proposals, manuscripts, correspondence, reports and research summaries for both internal and external Dartmouth constituents. Supports the development and implementation of broad communication strategies.
• Researches and secures relevant information for written materials and works with leadership in setting strategy to position cases. Provides advanced analyses as needed on topics relevant to epidemiology funding opportunities, including from foundations, corporations, venture capital and other philanthropy.
• Aids in aligning faculty projects with these funding opportunities and supervises activities to ensure success of faculty grant applications and publications.
• Conducts research on potential prospects using internet search engines.
• Assists leadership in fiscal monitoring and decision making to align with research priorities.

Percentage Of Time: 70

Training

• Engages with faculty, trainees, and staff to create long-term strategies to maintain sustained support for new or enhanced scholarly activities.
• Builds, facilitates, and manages faculty, postdoc and graduate student relationships.
• Helps investigators articulate their projects in their applications and in developing relationships with program officials.
• Strengthens the culture across the research entities of pursuing grant-funding and other research support.
• Organizes and leads scientific communication workshops for targeted groups of investigators, including faculty, staff, and trainees.
• Develops a broad-based understanding of the scholarly interests of researchers and helps investigators articulate the merit and impact of their projects, both in their applications and in developing relationships with potential private and federal donors and funders.

Percentage Of Time: 30