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Business Operations Analyst
The Business Operations Analyst coordinates and oversees day-to-day programmatic activities, administrative functions, and events for the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences (CCBS). The role includes scheduling, procurement, logistics, project facilitation from inception through post‑implementation, strategic planning, budgeting support, and collaboration with other OSU groups. Additional responsibilities include planning and executing annual Center events, overseeing interdisciplinary funding competitions, coordinating ad‑hoc projects, supporting the executive committee hiring, supervising, and mentoring student employees, and managing Center communications and promotional materials.
Responsibilities
Coordinate and oversee day‑to‑day programmatic activities, administrative functions, and events for CCBS.
Schedule, procure, and handle logistics for the Center’s regular programs.
Facilitate projects from inception through post‑implementation.
Provide strategic planning and budgeting support to expand the interdisciplinary cognitive science/neuroscience community.
Collaborate with other OSU groups to foster Center partnerships.
Plan and execute annual Center events (Member Retreat, Undergraduate Summer Institute, CCBS colloquium series, Humanities & Cognitive Sciences Institute, Undergraduate Poster Session, CogFest, and Public Events).
Oversee interdisciplinary funding competitions (Summer Graduate Research Awards, Faculty Seed Grants, Undergraduate student scholarships).
Coordinate additional projects and ad‑hoc funding requests.
Support the CCBS executive committee.
Hire, supervise, and mentor student employees (admin and program staff).
Manage Center communications (website, newsletter, social media) and produce promotional materials.
Qualifications
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree.
Required: 2 years of relevant administrative experience, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
Desired: Knowledge of budgeting and fiscal policies and procedures; experience in financial analysis.
Additional Information
Salary Range: $55,700 – $72,700.
Location: Psychology Building (0144), Ohio State University.
Position Type: Regular.
Scheduled Hours: 40 per week.
Shift: First Shift.
The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability. As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
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Responsibilities
Coordinate and oversee day‑to‑day programmatic activities, administrative functions, and events for CCBS.
Schedule, procure, and handle logistics for the Center’s regular programs.
Facilitate projects from inception through post‑implementation.
Provide strategic planning and budgeting support to expand the interdisciplinary cognitive science/neuroscience community.
Collaborate with other OSU groups to foster Center partnerships.
Plan and execute annual Center events (Member Retreat, Undergraduate Summer Institute, CCBS colloquium series, Humanities & Cognitive Sciences Institute, Undergraduate Poster Session, CogFest, and Public Events).
Oversee interdisciplinary funding competitions (Summer Graduate Research Awards, Faculty Seed Grants, Undergraduate student scholarships).
Coordinate additional projects and ad‑hoc funding requests.
Support the CCBS executive committee.
Hire, supervise, and mentor student employees (admin and program staff).
Manage Center communications (website, newsletter, social media) and produce promotional materials.
Qualifications
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree.
Required: 2 years of relevant administrative experience, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
Desired: Knowledge of budgeting and fiscal policies and procedures; experience in financial analysis.
Additional Information
Salary Range: $55,700 – $72,700.
Location: Psychology Building (0144), Ohio State University.
Position Type: Regular.
Scheduled Hours: 40 per week.
Shift: First Shift.
The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability. As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
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