Job Title: Program Manager in Biology Meets Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences

Current UC employees must apply internally via SuccessFactors > http://bit.ly/UCEMPL

Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation's best urban public research universities. Home to more than 50,000 students, 11,000 faculty and staff and 340,000 alumni, UC combines a Top 35 public research university with a physical setting The New York Times calls "the most ambitious campus design program in the country."

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About the College

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cincinnati is currently accepting applications for a Program Manager position to support an awarded National Science Foundation ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) SEI grant centered on broadening and extending a transdisciplinary model to educate students and to train in-service teachers in transdisciplinary concepts that bridge biology and engineering. Specifically, the model is at the cutting edge of mutual inspiration between biology and engineering -the sensory guidance of behavior in biological organisms and autonomous robots. The program will include an in-school program for high school students and in-service secondary education teachers, summer program, and paid high school student summer internships.

Job Overview

Manage, design, develop, modify, and present programs.

Essential Functions

--Manage, design, develop, modify and present programs. Perform program needs assessment and make recommendations.

--Implement policies and procedures.

--Maintain budget, prepare contracts, approve and monitor expenditures, prepare budget requests and financial reports.

--Act as liaison to internal departments, external entities and community organizations.