Program Director, Robotic

Position Title:

Program Director, Robotic

Position Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

About the Role:

NKU's Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics (CINSAM) seeks a Robotics Program Director (RBD). The RBD will lead all CINSAM's FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics programming and serve as head liaison for NKU's affiliate partnership with the FIRST Robotics organization. In this capacity, the RBD will serve as lead representative of FLL Robotics for all of Kentucky, bringing the interests of all of Kentucky's FLL Challenge (upper elementary-middle grades) and Explore (primary grades) level teams to the international level and bringing FIRST resources, systems, and regulations to all of Kentucky's FLL teams and tournaments (regional and state). The employee will also oversee the Kentucky state FLL Challenge Championship and Explore Festival with the help of one to two other colleagues, whom this person will supervise. Finally, this employee will seek grants to support CINSAM's robotics programming. This includes writing proposals for and managing grants from NASA-KY, which has been the program's biggest funder for several years.

Candidate review will start immediately and the position will be filled as soon as possible.

Primary Responsibilities

• Direct planning, implementation, and follow up of Kentucky'sFIRSTLEGOLeague Challenge State Championship andFIRSTLEGOLeague Explore Festival.

• Lead efforts related to NKU's state affiliate partnership with FIRST's international organization, including visiting their annual week-long conference, undergoing other annualFIRSTtrainings, reporting toFIRST, keeping KY teams and regional tournament leaders abreast of annual updates, and representing KY interests at the international level.Supervise up to two colleagues who, with this employee, comprise CINSAM's Robotics team and will support all robotics team activities.

• Support annual regional qualifying tournaments from across the state with training, guidance, and team allocations.

• Identify, Develop, and support tournament partner organizations so tournament and festivals have sufficient capacity for all Kentucky Registered teams.

• Allocate all registeredFLLteams in Kentucky to events and communicate assignments to coaches and tournament partners.

• Cultivate and manage a network of volunteers with specializedFLLexpertise.

• Continue (and grow, if possible) NKU's track record of grant funding forFLL, especially fromNASA-KY, by writing proposals, implementing grant activities, reporting to funders, and maintaining strong relationships with funders

• Manage and maintain records related toFLLprograms atNKUand across Kentucky, adhering toNKUandFIRSTstandards.

• Recruit and provide trainings forFLLcoaches across the Commonwealth of Kentucky

• Lead summer camps related toFLLrobotics throughCINSAM

• Be a voice for theFLLteams and interests by serving on the KentuckyFIRSTRobotics board of trustees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• Two years teaching children or adults in a traditional or informal setting.

• Two years of experience inFIRSTrobotics programming

• FIRSTrobotics tournament experience

• Facility with Microsoft Office 365 Apps or ability to learn Microsoft applications, especially Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel (with lookup functions), Forms, and Planner

• Experience with or ability to learnFIRST-specific platforms

• Experience with YouTube Studio is preferred

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