Director of Member Engagement for Science and Engineering - 992938 (Remote work but must live in Florida; some travel in and out of state required)

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Job Title: Director of Member Engagement for Science and Engineering - 992938 (Remote work but must live in Florida; some travel in and out of state required) Location: Remote/Flexible Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits Job Category: Exempt Hiring Range:   Pay Basis:

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Subject to Grant Funding?: No   Essential Job Functions: 1. Serves as the company’s member services and pre-sales engineering lead.

2. Works in concert with the CBDO’s providing technical network engineering support to members and prospective members to advise on connecting to FLR, adding FLR services, and leveraging the FLR network to advance higher education and research.

3. Provides program management support to the FLR NOC and FLR Operations.

4. Establishes and maintains relationships with researchers and research support organizations at FLR member institutions.

5. Promotes use of the FLR network enabling education, research, and economic development, and provides technical assistance to facilitate research activity at FLR member organizations.

6. Serves as liaison to the FLR Research Committee and the SSERCA Subcommittee and provides technical support for member institutions’ grant activities.

7. Completes special projects as assigned.

8. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Marginal Job Functions: Serves on various Regional and National Research and Education Network Services Committees/Working Groups as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. Strong knowledge of how to support and foster education and research activities of faculty and staff of FLR member institutions.
2. Strong working knowledge of research computing, technical planning and budgeting.
3. Strong knowledge of network principals, network design and architecture, best practices and service provider to enterprise interconnection.
4. Strong working knowledge of research computing, technical planning and budgeting.
5. Strong knowledge of network principals, network design and architecture, best practices and service provider to enterprise interconnection.

Skills:
1. Advanced skills in program management.
2. Excellent collaboration, presentation, written, and oral communication skills.
3. Intermediate skills in writing and submitting grant proposals.
4. Advanced skills in cyberinfrastructure plans development.
5. Demonstrated skill in supporting and fostering education and research activities of faculty and staff of FLR member institutions.
6. Program management.
3. Excellent collaboration, presentation, written, and oral communication skills.
4. Grant writing.
5. Cyberinfrastructure plans development.


Abilities:
Strong ability to interpret, negotiate, and recommend alternative courses of action or plans for decision-making.

Physical Requirements and Working Environment:
Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand.
Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Travel - Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
May be required to work nights or weekends.
May be exposed to short, intermitten