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BME Department Faculty Openings
Department Chair
The Boston University College of Engineering seeks a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative leader to be the next Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Reporting to the Dean of Engineering, the Chair is responsible for overall departmental leadership and administration, upholding the College’s mission of expanding the power of engineering to transform lives at scale. The Chair should be an active researcher with a strong record of external funding, scholarship, teaching, and mentorship in addition to being recognized for distinguished contributions to the biomedical field.
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Established in 1966, BME is one of the oldest, top-ranked, and largest departments of biomedical engineering in the nation, with 42 tenured or tenure-track faculty and 633 undergraduate students and 290 graduate students. Surrounded by top medical research centers in the No. 1 biotech hub in the world at an AAU institution with a school of medicine and one of the only BSL-4 labs in an urban center in the U.S., the department is well-positioned for continued success and attracts exceptional graduate students and faculty at all levels. The department was one of only three in the country to receive both the Whitaker Foundation Leadership Award and the Coulter Foundation Award. External research funding for primary BME faculty exceeds $30M per year, and faculty benefit from a strong infrastructure and strong community ties.
Successful chair candidates will excel at identifying, recruiting, and supporting talented faculty and staff. An effective, experienced manager capable of overseeing, motivating, and organizing support staff, the Chair will be committed to promoting opportunities for professional development and advancement by faculty and staff alike. The incoming Chair will foster and promote the department’s longstanding culture of honesty, integrity, and transparency and demonstrate a commitment to building and supporting a community of faculty and staff from a diverse set of backgrounds. They will encourage community engagement and shared responsibility within the department. Finally, successful candidates will demonstrate an ability to represent the department strategically to external audiences.
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Boston University is an AAU institution with a rich tradition dedicated to inclusion and social justice and a commitment to broadening participation of underrepresented groups in engineering. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
BME Department Staff Openings
FINANCIAL MANAGER, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Job Description:
Boston University has an exciting opportunity for an experienced grant administrator to support the research programs of our top ten Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department. The BME Department is educating a diverse student population to address a diverse set of biomedical engineering challenges. This position is responsible for advising and assisting the director and assigned faculty with the development, submission and execution of sponsored research budgets; management of assigned financial accounts; and communicating with other university administrative offices. Ideal candidate will have grant administration and SAP experience at an academic institution.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Preparing budgets and all administrative parts of sponsored Program applications.
- Approve all expenditures for cognizant accounts including payroll actions, supply, and capital equipment purchases.
- Build and analyze financial reports, make projections for trends and present the results of data analysis to Principal Investigators (PIs) and the Director.
- Apply the guidelines from granting agencies and university policies to budgets and expenditures to ensure compliance.
The Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department is among the largest of its kind in the country. Founded in 1966, BU-BME the was among the first to offer a bachelor’s degree in the subject area. Today, we offer a full suite of undergraduate and graduate degrees and are consistently ranked among the top BME departments in the nation. The faculty are passionate about applying engineering, computational, and analytical techniques to biological systems from the nanoscale level of DNA to the macroscopic level of organ systems.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree is required; one to three years of experience with grant administration of varied granting agencies including NIH, NSF, and DOD in a higher education environment and familiarity with SAP preferred.
- MS Office proficiency.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
Information and Application:
https://jobs.silkroad.com/BU/External/jobs/314964
Job Category: Professional
Job Location: BOSTON, Massachusetts, United States
Job Type: Full-Time/Regular
Duration: Regular/At-Will
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