Assistant Director Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Program

To be successful in this position, you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, manage shifting priorities, and handle numerous time-sensitive projects with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to accomplish goals working through formal and informal channels, with diplomacy and tactfulness.
• Demonstrated creativity, problem solving, critical analysis, initiative, judgment, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and meet budget goals.
• Demonstrated solid planning and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience working independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Strong relevant subject matter knowledge.

In addition, our preferred requirements include:

• PhD in science, engineering, environment, sustainability, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a diverse set of actors within and outside the organization, including academia, nonprofits, private, and public sectors.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership of projects.
• Experience designing and convening workshops.
• Knowledge of and experience with project management techniques and tools.
• Familiarity with strategic planning approaches and ability to connect objectives with measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain productive working relationships with faculty and fellows in a university setting.
• Experience in higher education as a graduate student or postdoc or in supporting graduate students or postdocs.
• Proactive communicator with excellent written, visual, and oral communication skills.
• Flexible, open-minded, and collaborative mindset with the ability to ideate, implement, and iterate.

Work Environment
Precourt Institute for Energy is a teamwork-focused and collaborative work environment. The Assistant Director reports to and works primarily with the Director of Stanford Energy Fellowships. In addition, the Assistant Director collaborates with colleagues on the Explore Energy team (Precourt’s student engagement program), including monthly meetings and annual offsites. The Assistant Director will also connect and collaborate with other program managers, staff, and directors at various Precourt and Doerr School meetings, check-ins, and social events.

At Stanford and at Precourt, we encourage and support skill and knowledge training courses, work-life balance including the BeWell program, IDEAL objectives and incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion, and personalized career development. The Assistant Director will work with the Director to personalize their goals and career path. We prioritize transparency and support for our team members.

The expected pay range for this position is $73,000 to $141,000 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

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