Director of Informatics Outreach Contract

Position Number: 30028750

Position
Status: Regular

Work Schedule: Normal working hours are 8:15 – 4:30 with occasional work outside those
hours.

Hours per Week
37.5

Months per Year
12

Commitment to Inclusive Excellence

Northern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access
institution. We embrace inclusiveness, equity, and global awareness in all dimensions of our work and seek excellence through diversity
among our students, administrators, faculty, and staff. Application by members of diverse groups is
encouraged.

Purpose of Position

The purpose of this position is to enable NKU to maintain and build on its history of regional and national impact in the Informatics fields, ensuring that the
university, including the new Norse Network Hub, has sufficient outreach leadership and staffing in the college to serve regional needs,
enhance the university’s distinctive and differentiating outreach strengths in crucial fields such as cybersecurity, media, AI, data
science, and communication, and bring in revenue to support and grow meaningful external engagements.

Primary
Responsibilities

• The Director will be responsible for executing and elevating strategy and tactics around outreach
  initiatives; building, maintaining, and strengthening partnerships in collaboration with the Norse Network Hub and other university units;
  facilitating faculty R&D, creative, and professional ed engagements in the community, including informatics symposia; coordinating K-12
  outreach; and helping NKU elevate its service to the region by accentuating its unique strengths in media and
  tech.
• The Director will be responsible for systematic planning and reporting on COI outreach, working
  closely with the College Advisory Board as well as advisory councils of the two COI Schools. Internally the
  Director will coordinate efforts with other colleges and centers, and other NKU entities as
  appropriate.
• The Director reports to the dean of the college and serves as the supervisor of the Manager of Communications, Events,
  and Administration.
• As a member of the college leadership team, generate and execute innovative strategies and tactics around
  informatics outreach, with particular emphasis on initiatives that directly connect to student success, serve the region, elevate the
  profile of the university, and generate revenue.
• Plan, build programming, engage faculty and corporate stakeholders, bring sponsors
  for, and execute large annual revenue-generating informatics symposia, such as the Cybersecurity Symposium and the Digital Transformation
  Symposium, working with other colleges (e.g. Chase Law for CLE at the Cyber Symposium) and the Norse Network Hub
  as appropriate.
• Work with the School of Media and Communication, the School of Computing and Analytics, and the Informatics Student
  Success and Advising Center to plan, coordinate, and/or manage externally focused programs arising from those COI
  units, such as corporate hackathons in informatics fields or capstones in informatics degree in coordination with other college and centers
  as appropriate.
• Lead annual and long-term planning, assessment, and reporting on the outreach work of the College of
  Informatics.
• Ensure that K12 experiential engagements with the College of Informatics, whether originating from NKU, the COI or its partners, or local schools, run smoothly and successfully, developing
  hands-on activities, demonstrations, and showcase programs as needed. Ensure Griffin Hall space and technology resources for such programs
  are well-matched. Represent the COI at informatics-focused off-campus talent.
• Serve as the logistics lead
  on visits by delegations from the COI’s international academic partners, working with the dean’s office, the schools, and the NKU Center for Global Engagement and International Affairs as appropriate.
• Participate in meetings of the COI Advisory Board and engage with the advisory councils of the two COI schools, leveraging
  these stakeholders and their organizations to advance student and faculty success and execute large scale projects as
  appropriate.
• Enhance partnerships around informatics-related projects with nonprofit or government groups for the community good,
  engaging faculty as needed, bringing in other NKU units as appropriate.
• Ensure that external
  communications for the college are widely disseminated, compelling, and correct, working with the COI Manager of
  Communication, Events, and Administration and NKU Marketing and Communications office.
• Like all members of
  the college’s Leadership Team, contribute to visioning, strategic thinking, and problem solving for College of Informatics as a whole. Be
  available to serve on university task forces and committees as needed.

Qualifications

Master’s
Degree (preferred) in a field that aligns with the schools within the College of Informatics. Bachelor’s Degree in a field that aligns with
the school within the College of Informatics will be considered with extensive relevant experience. Seven years required experience with an
MA and 10 years extensive relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree. .

Review of applications will begin on January 6, 2025 and
continue until the position is filled. Interviews are anticipated to begin in mid-January.

Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Education: Master’s Degree

Minimum Experience: See
posting detail

Salary: Minimum $73,339

Pay Grade: S77

Requisition
Number: 2024S2138

Job Open Date: 11/25/2024