Oru Chief Administrative Officer

Serves as the Chief Administrative Officer for multiple Organized Research Units (ORUs) under the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, including the Center for Circadian Biology (CCB), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (KIBM), Institute of Engineering in Medicine (IEM), Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS), Institute for Neural Computation (INC), and Center for Memory and Recording Research (CMRR). The Chief Administrative Officer acts as the principal advisor to the ORU Directors of complex research units and is responsible for the management, strategic planning, and leadership of all administrative operations. Responsibilities include fiscal management of departmental budgets; oversight of contracts, grants, and gifts from a variety of extramural sources; payroll administration; academic, staff, and student human resources; labor relations; policy development; internal controls and risk management; and computing and technical services. The position oversees the management of laboratories and shops, as well as the inventory, assignment, utilization, and safety compliance of all unit space and facilities. The Chief Administrative Officer exercises a high level of initiative and leadership within the framework of unit and University policies and regulations to achieve both short-term and long-term goals and objectives.