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SalaryThe Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies (Rice360), a multi-disciplinary institute at Rice University, is a leader in global health technology education, research, and implementation, with a distinctive focus on experiential and problem-based learning. Rice360’s 33 faculty from 13 departments and five schools collaborate to develop highly effective, low-cost healthcare solutions addressing critical healthcare needs in underserved communities and educating a cadre of future leaders to continue to innovate and implement solutions.
Rice360 offers a number of award-winning experiential education programs, including a Global Health Technologies (GLHT) minor, international internships, and post-baccalaureate fellowships. GLHT program participants engage directly in the design, fabrication, evaluation, deployment, and global scale of innovative new technologies.
Rice360 works closely with partners in underserved communities throughout the world, including low- and middle-income countries and the United States. Rice360 collaborators can be found within Rice University, the Texas Medical Center, and other educational and medical institutions in the U.S. and across the globe. Rice360 has staff permanently located in Blantyre, Malawi, Nairobi, Kenya, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Lagos, Nigeria, who support in-country education and research partnerships.
The Director of Education, under the supervision of the Rice360 Co-Directors and Rice360 Executive Director, leads the Rice360 GLHT education programs and is responsible for: the GLHT minor, including teaching the introductory and capstone courses, curriculum development, international undergraduate internships and exchanges, design challenge collaborations, and educational outreach efforts and partnerships across the Rice360 led invention education network.
The ideal candidate has an advanced degree in engineering, with experience in global health, and deep experience with: implementation, management, and assessment of an undergraduate education program, with a focus on project-based learning, engineering, and/or global health; teaching an undergraduate course; organizing and facilitating faculty training seminars or workshops; and planning and executing undergraduate student-targeted learning exchanges and/or international scientific conferences. They have a working knowledge of developing and translating technologies for low-resource settings. They have demonstrated resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationship building, and problem-solving skills in a variety of situations, including with supervision of a team and engagement with an international education network. They have experience with grant writing and reporting. They are experienced with travel to Africa and have a willingness and ability to travel nationally and internationally.
This is a Houston-based full-time position (M-F 8 am – 5 pm, with occasional early morning, evening, or weekend work required to accommodate special events and/or time zone differences for meetings with partners), with periodic domestic and international travel to partner sites, including Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria.
Annual Hiring Salary: $100,000, contingent upon qualifications and experience
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree, in engineering, physics, chemistry, life sciences, a health-related field, or another related science degree.
- Experience may not be substituted for the education requirement
- Seven (7) years of experience with implementation, management, and/or assessment of an undergraduate courses/education program, with a focus on project-based learning, engineering, and/or global health; experience in managing projects small to medium in size and complexity including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting
- In lieu of the experience requirement, additional related education, above and beyond what is required, on an equivalent year for year basis may be substituted
- Skills
- Ability to develop complex or multiple program partnerships and funding sources
- Knowledge of managing budgets and developing financial plans
- Ability to develop and initiate new strategies
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to work well under pressure and manage projects simultaneously
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
- Excellent data analysis skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet expected deadlines and schedules
- Adept at problem-solving, creating contingency plans, and handling issues when necessary
- Excellent client service orientation
- Ability to lead and motivate others
- Strategic skills to craft and implement project plans
- Excellent attention to detail
Essential Functions
- Leads the development and implementation of major program(s)
- Collaborates with faculty and/or staff leadership to design programs and establish long-range strategic and operational plans
- Oversees the operations, administration, and evaluation of programs
- Identifies and implements program changes to ensure alignment with mission and program effectiveness
- Develops and implements strategies related to outreach, events, communications, development, partnerships and fundraising/funding
- Devises and manages financial and budgetary plans for the program(s), approves and monitors expenditures
- For academic programs, may be responsible for graduate student recruitment and admissions, student records, curriculum support, coordinating the accreditation process, managing scholarships and fellowships, and monitoring student progress
- May be responsible for grant preparation and submission or research administration
- May teach a course, seminar, or workshop
- May supervise small staff (up to three full-time staff)
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Additional Functions
- Teaches the introductory and capstone courses of the global health technologies (GLHT) minor to undergraduate students at Rice University, including creation, design, and modification of instructional materials and advising undergraduate students
- Oversees implementation of the Rice360 bi-directional international internship program, including serving as primary liaison to established and potential collaborators to develop and maintain effective partnerships at sites throughout the world; travel to, assessment of, and development of international internship sites; leading international internship orientation and training; and ensuring that Rice University international travel policies and procedures are followed
- Oversees implementation of the Rice360 international design competition
- Leads Rice360 engagement in the international invention education (IvE) network, including serving as the Rice360 faculty liaison to invention education partner institutions and funding agencies; guiding collaborators on the integration of invention education curriculum and activities, as well as the planning and installation of innovation design studios, at IvE partner sites; and supporting cross-site faculty IvE trainings/workshops.
- Represents Rice360 at university events, professional conferences/meetings, and public events
- Serves as the Rice360 primary liaison to the Rice University Office of the Registrar and Office of International Programs.
Preferences
- Master’s or Doctoral degree in engineering
- Experience teaching an undergraduate course
- Experience facilitating faculty training seminars or workshops
- Experience with travel to Africa
- Experience grant writing
- Previous supervisory experience
- Experience working in a multicultural environment
- Demonstrated resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills in a variety of situations
- Working knowledge of developing and translating technologies for low-resource settings
- Willingness and ability to travel nationally and internationally
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