The Indiana University (IU) Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center is the central hub for cancer research and education across Indiana University. A key partner for the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center is Indiana University, and particularly the IU School of Medicine. The IU School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the United States, with 9 regional campuses across the state including the main research, education, and medical center located on the Indianapolis campus where the majority of cancer center members are located. The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center is organized as a matrix cancer center within IU, with formal organizational linkages to the IU Health (IUH) healthcare system.
The Associate Director for Administration (ADA) serves as a senior leader of the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. Reporting to the cancer center director, the ADA's responsibilities include providing strategic planning, management, and overall administrative oversight for all research-related activities at the cancer center, shared resources, clinical research, and cancer research development. The ADA is integrally involved in the development, implementation, and programmatic evaluation of the center's research efforts, which are essential to maintaining and renewing the cancer center's National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation every 5 years.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversees the management of all research-relevant components, including the center's Clinical Trials Office, shared resources, disease-specific/strategic centers, Office of Community Engagement, and education programs
- Serves as the executive operational leader for the center, providing strategic oversight for finance (i.e., operating budgets, grants and contracts, and philanthropic funds), human resources, facilities management, and communications
- Leads center-wide initiatives and programmatic activities (i.e., research retreats, seminars, program meetings) and manages the center's membership and fosters effective member communications and engagement
- Participates in the ongoing support and implementation of advanced technology to support comprehensive information systems for the center. These systems are used to support both research and clinical research
- Develops effective and efficient processes and systems to collect data for monitoring progress of the research programs and all other Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) components through metrics, including membership, funding base, publications, shared resource usage, and clinical trials accruals
- Participates in oversight and integration of research and clinical programs
- Provides expertise and assistance in developing successful multi-investigator, large-scale grant submissions that are critical to the mission of the center
- Facilitates interdisciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration and translational research
- Assists the director with faculty and staff leader recruitment efforts
- Assists the director in activities related to the leadership, planning, and evaluation efforts, including managing the Executive Committee, Leadership Council, and External Advisory Board
- Creates and implements new programs, initiatives, and policies
- Provides leadership to the center's senior leaders and serves as a liaison to academic departments, professional organizations, and administrative units of Indiana University
- As appropriate, the ADA serves as a representative on various institutional leadership committees and boards and provide input and execute the mission-driven strategic planning and evaluation efforts for the cancer center
- Serves as strategic partner to the director in advancing the center's mission
- Responsible for the administrative infrastructure, preparation, submission, and management of the NCI CCSG and serves as the primary administrative liaison to the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Centers Program
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in health services, business administration, a science-related field, or a related field
- 10 years of related experience in an academic research setting
- Leadership experience within an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, including leadership in CCSG activities
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