Research Admin Job Families Insights from Tufts and UT Rio Grande Valley

Abstract: Creating job structures that fit the needs of the institution, identifying good candidates, matching their skills to roles, and hiring them quickly is a skillset that all research administration teams need. Retaining employees once hired is an additional challenge. In this presentation two institutions—Tufts University (Tufts) and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)—share their tools and skills for communicating with Human Resources, hiring, and keeping employees in a competitive environment, both with and without formal research administration job families.