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University of Chicago
Hyde Park Campus
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Department
SSD Knowledge Lab
Knowledge Lab (KLab) is an interdisciplinary research lab in the Social Science Division (SSD) of the University of Chicago working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, complex systems, computational science, and an emerging science of ideas and innovation. KLab collaborates with researchers globally and regularly publishes in Nature, Science, PNAS, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, and other leading venues. It is directed by Prof. James Evans, Max Palevsky Professor of Sociology and Data Science at UChicago.
The lab cultivates a culture of curiosity, creative exploration, and improbable discovery. For instance, a current initiative — Chorus — is an AI Assistant for the lab that the Assistant Director could integrate with operational information and dashboards to address queries by all team members, onboard new staff, and help project managers keep track of finances and deliverables.
Job Summary
The job manages a broad range of business operations and academic activities. Develops and implements office procedures and policies and ensures compliance. Prepares and monitors the budget for a unit.
KLab seeks an experienced and entrepreneurial Assistant Director of Operations to serve as the operational backbone of the lab. This is not a conventional administrative role. The ideal candidate brings genuine enthusiasm for KLab’s research mission and organizational ambitions, and the creativity and judgment to take operational and administrative systems to a new level — automating what can be automated, solving problems that seem unsolvable, leveraging technology, and building new systems that enable the lab to move at the speed of
discovery.
The Assistant Director reports to and will work most closely with the Director of Strategic Research & Lab Initiatives and will supervise a part-time administrative assistant.
This role is for someone who burns for finding creative organizational solutions, sees the larger purpose of operational work, and brings that energy beyond a 9-to-5 orientation. If work is routine for you while you would rather be doing something else, this is not the right fit. If you are energized by the idea of building the operational infrastructure of a world-class research lab — and doing so in genuinely innovative ways — we would love to meet you.
Compensation
FLSA Status
Exempt
Pay Range
$85,553.35 - $110,716.10 The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
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