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PROGRAM SPECIALIST

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The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
Location
Edinburg

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Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

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PROGRAM SPECIALIST

Posting Number: SRGV4644
Number of Vacancies: 1
Location: Edinburg, Texas
Department: Laboratory Animal Resources
FLSA: Non-Exempt

Scope of Job:
To provide support in the operation and coordination of the Laboratory Animal Resources program and internal projects. Responsible for assigned phases of a program or select projects within an area.


Description of Duties:
• Coordinates program to ensure that implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with specified objectives.

• Supervises assigned day to day activities and personnel of the assigned program.

• Participates in planning and developing methods for program implementation and administration; coordinates program activities.

• Performs on-site reviews and reports activities and resolutions of project operating issues with project staff.

• May represent department in official functions.

• Drafts brochures, letters, agendas, and contracts.

• Attends meetings, conferences, and seminars related to the program’s mission and goals.

• Reviews records and reports of activities to ensure progress is being accomplished toward specified program objective; recommends modifications to methods or procedures as required to redirect activities and ensure that objective is attained.

• Supervises and organizes seminars, conferences, and presentations including outreach.

• Prepares recurring program reports for management use or as required for project or program.

• May participate in preparing grant proposals to state and federal agencies and private foundations.

• May conduct formal training or instruction in a classroom setting.

• Interacts with faculty, staff and students to promote the goals and objective of the program.

• Assists in preparing reports, proposals, manuals, and other documentation as required for the program.

• Develops and maintains database on research studies, policy issues, etc.

• Develops, cultivates, and maintains working relationships with internal/external departments/agencies and other organizations associated with and/or receiving benefit from the program.

• Performs other duties as assigned.


Supervision Received:
Specific supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given:
Supervises assigned staff.

Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited university

Preferred Education:
N/A

Licenses/Certifications:
None.

Required Experience:
• One (1) year of general office experience or experience in a biology or animal research program, or
• Three (3) years of the required experience with an Associate Degree or 60 hours of College Credit, or
• Five (5) years of the required experience with a High School Diploma or equivalent.


Preferred Experience:
Some scientific background knowledge of biological terminology and an understanding of the importance of disease containment. Ability to learn how to use and perform basic programming of the software tick@lab. Accounting experience, specifically in systems used at UTRGV.


Equipment:
As specified for the particular job.


Working Conditions:
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Normal office, classroom or outside environment. Some travel and weekend work is required. Particular project or program may require ability to drive a car for local or distant travel for consultation, training, meetings, or on site demonstrations. Must be able to bend, stoop, reach and lift for retrieving/maintaining files and for setting up multimedia equipment. Must be able to move between buildings, offices and classrooms.


Other:
Must demonstrate effective project promotion skills, and, the ability to develop and maintain strong working relations with internal and external agencies and entities. Ability to interact in a professional manner with faculty, staff, students and the public. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated interpersonal skills.


Physical Capabilities: N/A

Employment Category: Full-Time
Minimum Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Posted Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date: 09/14/2020
Grant Funded Position: No
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EEO Statement:
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964, the title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non discrimination in it’s education programs and activities, including employment.


Special Instructions to Applicants:
Dear Applicant,

Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:

*Date of Birth
*Gender
*Ethnicity/Race

Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956) 665-2451 and/or careers@utrgv.edu.


Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer.


To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/26540





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Working at The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

 

A New University with a Long History

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 in a historic move that brings together the resources and assets of UT Brownsville and UT Pan American and, for the first time, makes it possible for residents of the Rio Grande Valley to benefit from the Permanent University Fund—a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and the Texas A&M University System.

 

Our new university will also be home to a School of Medicine and will transform Texas and the nation by becoming a leader in student success, teaching, research, and health care. UTRGV will enroll its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine will open in 2016.

 

UT Brownsville and UT Pan American

The shared history of The University of Texas Pan American and The University of Texas at Brownsville goes back to 1927, when Edinburg College was founded. In 1973, Pan American opened a second campus in Brownsville, which later became an independent institution of The University of Texas System in 1991. Over the years, the missions and the identities of these great institutions have continually evolved to serve the communities of the Rio Grande Valley.

Now, the evolution and connection between these two institutions is coming full circle as UT Brownsville and UT Pan American are being established as a single, new university and medical school, with a single, new identity—The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Learn more about UTRGV here.

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