The University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Director for Finance & Research Administration (Finance)
This position has direct administrative responsibility and oversight for all university administrative aspects of budgeting (planning, recording, reconciling, projecting), and submission of requests for all personnel actions (recruiting, hiring, reviewing, renewing, terminating) to the Dean's Office. This position involves coordination of all university grant and contract submissions for HERL. The incumbent provides financial and administrative support to the Director/CEO, Medical Director/COO, Faculty and staff. The incumbent is responsible for coordination of these and other administrative actions (planning, liaison, ordering) of HERL with similar efforts of University offices. The incumbent supervises the Assistant to the Director as well as oversees the workflow of HERL staff. Incumbent provides recommendations for various personnel actions for exempt and non-exempt employees for HERL and must be able to apply policies to dynamic and complex conditions. Problems generally require significant analysis and judgment. Solutions to problems include using University policies, procedures and systems to address unique situations.
The incumbent is responsible for preparation of complex reports, analysis, and proposals and formulates, monitors and controls all HERL university budgets. This position is being created due to a reorganization of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories and the Dept. of Rehabilitation Science and Technology.
Progressive experience in administrative/HR settings required.