Position available: UNC's Center for Galapagos Studies Program Manager

Position available: UNC's Center for Galapagos Studies Program Manager

*Working Title/Rank:* Research Assoc-Program Manager
*Position Category:* Research Professionals
*Recruitment ID:* *1001478*
*Position ID:* *1003024*
*Salary Range:* $50,000 - $70,000
*FT/PT:* Full Time
*Department:* Carolina Population Center
*Application Deadline:* Open until Filled
*Proposed Start Date:* *04/01/2009*

*Position Summary:*
The Program Manager develops, manages, and coordinates programs
associated with the Center for Galapagos Studies (CGS), based at UNC-
Chapel Hill. CGS is a pan-university center dedicated to the study of
population, health, and environment interactions in the Galapagos
Islands of Ecuador. The Program Manager works with the Director of
CGS, the Galapagos Working Group, Steering Committee, Advisory Board,
and the Isabela Center for Galapagos Studies (ICGS), a research
facility planned for Isabela Island in the Galapagos Archipelago
through a collaborative partnership with the Universidad San Francisco
de Quito (USFQ). The program develops and manages research, education,
and outreach programs that seek to understand social and ecological
system dynamics in the Galapagos Islands to address the global
conflict between resource conservation and economic development. The
Program Manager joins a research team involving administrators,
faculty, and students from many disciplines at UNC-Chapel Hill
including a number of natural, social, and health science departments,
the Carolina Population Center, Center for Global Initiatives, Center
for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Institute for the Americas,
and the Institute for the Environment. The project works with USFQ
faculty and administrators, coordinating and managing activities at
UNC-Chapel Hill, and works with staff at the ICGS to implement the
goals of the research, education, and outreach programs. The Program
Manager is responsible for day-to-day activities and works closely
with the Director, campus administrators, faculty and students at UNC-
Chapel Hill and USFQ. The Program Manager develops and manages plans,
monitors budgets, develops operating protocols, writes and presents
reports, administers projects at UNC-Chapel Hill, USFQ, and ICGS, and
provides overall program support and management of the program. CGS
will be physically located within the Carolina Population Center, UNC-
Chapel Hill.

*Education Requirements:*
A Master's degree in natural, social, or health sciences or related
disciplines is strongly preferred. Candidates with Bachelor's degree
in these fields will be considered if they have at least three years
of directly related experience.

*Qualifications and Experience:*
Experience working with a large group of researchers from varied
disciplines, experience developing plans, protocols, and timelines for
coordination of research, education, and outreach programs, the
ability to write and orally present to a group are strongly preferred.
Experience overseeing budgets involving subcontracts and project
consultants is preferred. Ability to read and speak in Spanish (at the
introductory level) is preferred, as is international travel
experience. During the first few years of the program, and possibly
beyond, the Program Manager will be required to travel, likely
annually, to the USFQ campus in Quito, Ecuador as well as to the ICGS
to participate in program management, coordination, assessment, and
development.

*Special Instructions:*
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants will apply
electronically at http://hr.unc.edu/jobseekers and should include a
cover letter with the application. Review of applications will begin
March 1, 2009. Recruitment status for position can be reviewed at:www.cpc.unc.edu/aboutcpc/employment/epamilestones