Under long-range administrative direction, the Director of Research & Learning serves in a senior management role in the Office of Correctional Medicine (OCM) as the academic strategist, manager and supervisor of research, education and university-wide cross-campus partnerships and collaborations.  The Director of Research & Learning will establish sustainable educational programming to include electives and continuing educational programs for OCM staff, partners and stakeholders; serve as academic strategist and research director; explore the viability of a SIU system program to offer educational courses, certificates and degrees to justice-involved individuals.   

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1. Ph.D. in Education, Higher Education, Public Policy or other related field with 3+ years of relevant experience in research and curriculum development
2. Expertise in postsecondary education, including factors affecting student success and equity
3. Experience managing research and evaluation projects for external clients, leading diverse teams and managing projects for quality, timely, and on-budget execution
4. Experience leading proposals for external funding, including developing concepts, building partnerships, establishing budgets, and writing research plans
5. Experience developing research staff capacity in research design and methods, project management, client relationships, research publication, and business development
6. Proven senior administrator community relations/outreach and collaboration experience with local schools/school boards, academic medical school, university, state government or related organization with demonstrated leadership ability, confidence and executive presence
7. Experience with educational program design, development, implementation, transformation or transition and education policy advocacy
8. Experience with data collection, analysis and utilization
9. Experience developing and understanding legal documents, contracts and consulting agreements

• Additional relevant experience beyond the minimum requirement, including additional progressively responsible experience in institutional operations, financial and budget administration, planning, and/or other institutional or governmental management.
• Bi-lingual (Spanish or American Sign Language)

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