POSITION IDENTIFICATION
TITLE Assistant Director, Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC)
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 9310
GRADE 48
CLASSIFICATION Exempt
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR - Director, Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC)
GENERAL FUNCTION
The primary job duties of the Assistant Director, JVIC is to provide leadership, direction,
fiscal management, and overall supervision of activities. This includes research and
operations management of JVIC. This position conducts institutional planning and formulates
policies for JVIC. The Assistant Director organizes and staffs the research teams
and supervises research directors and staff, graduate assistants, student workers,
and others who work on various special projects. The Assistant Director coordinates
the resources of federal, state, and local governments with the resources of the University
and the private sector to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity,
and operations management.
MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Education: A Master’s degree in an Applied Science or a Business discipline is required.
Experience: Five years of experience that demonstrates progressively increasing responsibilities
for program development, project management, budgeting, and administration are required.
At least three of these years must be in a responsible supervisory capacity with comprehensive
management responsibilities. Experience at an institution of higher education is preferred.
Skills: Effective oral and written communication skills are required. Effective organizational
skills are required. Supervisory skills are required. Computer literacy is required.
The ability to write concise analytical reports which are directed to specific readership
is required. The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage
with those of other cultures or backgrounds is required.
Other: This position is designated “sensitive” as defined by University policy. This position
may include job duties, responsibilities, or activities that are subject to export
control regulations. Participation in occasional evening or weekend activities is
required.
Effort: Must be able to lift and carry materials weighing up to fifty pounds.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Assures that the work of the JVIC is consistent with its mission by providing advanced
technology, research, development, engineering, technical support, and educational
programs that advance the competitiveness of industry partners.
2. Facilitates an interdisciplinary approach to serve the research, development, engineering,
technical, and educational needs of industry by working with University academic administrators
and faculty to encourage participation in research projects.
3. Assists the product-oriented research and development efforts of local businesses
with the resources of the JVIC infrastructure through collaborative research and development
projects and/or services
4. Facilitates collaboration by communicating the mission and goals of JVIC to local
business leaders, company representatives, University administration and faculty,
students, community leaders, and state and federal representatives.
5. Helps to assure the financial viability of JVIC by securing external funding, overseeing
external funding efforts of JVIC, and providing oversight activities for funded grants
and contracts.
6. Assures the research performed at JVIC is consistent with the mission by supervising
technical aspects of research and supervising JVIC laboratories.
7. Contributes to a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and
development of skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.
8. Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing
professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development training,
and attending training and/or courses required by the Director.
9. Contributes to the overall success of JVIC by performing all other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION
The Assistant Director is supervised by the Director, JVIC and supervises staff, faculty,
and students assigned to JVIC projects.
REVISED BY HUMAN RESOURCES
MAY 2023
JOB FAMILY 4
Factor 1: Professional Knowledge, Skill, and Technical Mastery
Level 5.0 - 3300 Points: Knowledge of the principles and methods of an administrative, managerial, or professional field such as accounting or auditing, financial management, information technology, business administration, human resources, engineering, law, social sciences, communications, education, or medicine. Knowledge permits employee to supervise projects and/or departments using standard methods to improve administrative and/or line operations. Knowledge also permits employee to plan steps and carry out multi-phase projects requiring problem definition and modified techniques, to coordinate work with others, and to modify methods and procedures to solve a wide variety of problems. Knowledge at this level requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree with substantial related work experience, including up to two years of administrative or supervisory experience. Alternatively, this level may require a professional or clinical degree beyond the Bachelor's degree with moderate related work experience; knowledge requirements include significant levels of related work experience.
Factor 2: Supervisory Responsibility
Level 5.0 - 730 Points: Supervision of (a) several work teams or work team leaders, (b) a rather large group of operative, administrative support, or paraprofessional employees, (c) a work group involving direction of skilled technical employees, (d) professionals in technical and skilled areas, and/or (e) subordinate supervisory personnel. The incumbent performs a full range of supervisory responsibilities including the authority to hire, train, transfer, promote, reward, or discipline others. Supervision will likely be general rather than close supervision of others. At this level, supervisory responsibilities consume significant amounts of work time and include substantial responsibility for work planning activities, staffing, and performance management as well as budgeting and planning functions.
Factor 3: Interactions with Others
Level 5.0 - 850 Points: Interactions are highly unstructured and incumbents are often required to resolve difficult and unstructured problems. Interactions are commonly with administrators, cost-center heads, high level committees, or external constituents in order to defend, negotiate, or resolve controversial and/or long-range issues and problems. Interactions occur in situations subject to divergent views, skepticism, resistance, uncooperative attitudes, and conflicting objectives. Interactions often require high levels of interpersonal skill and require the ability to influence, interrogate, or control others through debate, persuasion, or authoritative recognition and require strong analytical and decision-making skills.
Factor 4: Job Controls and Guidelines
Level 4.0 - 850 Points: The employee operates under administrative supervision and makes decisions based on broadly-stated University objectives and available resources. Administrative guidelines are expressed in terms of project or program outcomes and deadlines with few comprehensive guidelines. Decisions are based on inadequate guidelines that require considerable interpretation and force the employee to plan all phases of the assignment. Assignments may be unrelated in function and the work requires many different processes and methods and a great deal of analysis to identify the nature and extent of problems. The work may require the employee to develop new methods and to deal with many variables, including some that are unclear or conflicting. Characteristic jobs at this level may involve directing large and/or complex programs, projects, or departments in which the work cuts across functional lines or requires dealing with unprecedented issues.
Factor 5: Managerial Responsibility
Level 5.0 - 2350 Points: Work involves primary accountability for a larger department, program, or process. Work activities involve managerial decisions that directly affect the efficiency, costs, reputation, and service quality of the department, program, or process. Work affects a limited range of professional projects or administrative activities of the University, influences internal or external operations, or impacts students, faculty, and/or staff. Work activities have a direct and significant impact on the department. Work activities also have a significant effect on the efficiency and reputation of the cost center and represent a relatively major function within the cost center. At this level would be jobs in which the incumbent may have responsibility for developing budgets, distributing budgeted funds, and exercising primary control over a moderately-sized budget.
