Hybrid Industry Liaison Officer na University of Kansas
University of Kansas · Lawrence, Estados Unidos Da América · Hybrid
- Professional
- Escritório em Lawrence
Job Description
- Develop and implement targeted strategies to recruit and onboard new consortium members, aligned with EARTH’s strategic priorities.
- Serve as the principal point of contact for routine interactions with consortium members and prospects.
- Convey EARTH’s mission, research activities, and partnership benefits to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate with EARTH communications staff on newsletters, events, and promotional materials.
- Coordinate and manage meetings of EARTH Industry Advisory Board (IAB).
- Facilitate consortium member and other external stakeholder participation in EARTH programming.
- Maintain comprehensive contact and engagement records, including tracking and oversight of consortium membership agreement renewals.
- Work with Research Project Manager, Innovation Officer, and Education Director to align consortium member engagement with research, innovation acceleration, and workforce development activities.
- Support Innovation Officer and Director of Education in visibility-building innovation ecosystem and workforce development strategies.
- Coordinate with Innovation Officer on meetings of EARTH Intellectual Property Advisory Board (IPAB).
- Help identify academic institution infrastructure capabilities and match with consortium member needs.
- Lead consortium member feedback and metrics collection, in support of annual program evaluation.
- Participate in cross-ERC ILO working groups and NSF reporting.
- Represent EARTH at relevant external events.
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Contact Information to Applicants
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Communications, or related field.
- Minimum three years of industry experience in stakeholder engagement or corporate relations in a technical sector.
- Strong written and interpersonal communication skills, as evidenced by application materials.
- Demonstrated organizational skills and professional engagement management, as evidenced by work history.
Employee Class
Advertised Salary Range
FTE
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Engineering or Physical Sciences
- Previous experience with consortia, membership programs, or multi-partner collaborations, as evidenced by application materials.
- Previous experience with academic research culture, as evidenced by application materials.
- Previous experience in the HVACR or allied sectors, as evidenced by work history.
- Proficiency with CRM or other stakeholder management tools, as evidenced by application materials..
Position Overview
An ideal candidate for this position is someone with strong communication and relationship-building skills, and a desire to promote meaningful collaboration between academia and the private sector in support of climate-responsive technologies and engineering workforce development.
About the EARTH Engineering Research Center
Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) are essential to modern quality of life yet remain significant contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions, due to widespread use of high-global-warming-potential (GWP) hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants. The Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) is a multi-institutional, National Science Foundation-funded Engineering Research Center (NSF - ERC) developing a sustainable refrigerant lifecycle and catalyzing transformation across the HVACR sector through convergent research, industry-aligned workforce development, and a robust innovation ecosystem.
EARTH includes the University of Kansas as lead institution, five other academic partners: University of Notre Dame, University of Maryland, University of South Dakota, Lehigh University, and the University of Hawaiʻi—and more than 60 other industry, government, and academic collaborators and external stakeholders.
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Additional Candidate Instruction
- Cover letter addressing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications
- Resume
- Contact information for three professional references