Wake County, NC4 days ago
Additionally, the Deputy Director position (i) manages and implements research projects, policy analyses and reports, and programmatic functions (ii) develops, justifies, and evaluates legislative proposals; (iii) writes articles and drafts press releases related to OSTI activities and present and potential innovation opportunities (iv) collaborates with multiple partners, internal and external to the Department, to organize, plan and execute special initiatives and events such as conferences, workshops, task force meetings and pursuit of grant funding opportunities from external sources; (v) staffs committees of, and manages the social media campaign for, the BSTI; and (vi) supervises the work of STEM Policy Fellows and Interns. As staff to the 25-member statutorily authorized Board of Science, Technology & Innovation (BSTI), and working with organizations across the state, OSTI identifies and communicates emerging opportunities in science and technology and prepares and publishes analyses outlining the competitive position of North Carolina's innovation ecosystem, businesses, and research institutions in these areas.