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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The University of Pittsburgh will soon be posting for a Scientific/Managing Director to oversee the University’s Petersen Institute of Nanoscience and Engineering. The position
will serve as managing director for the Institute’s Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization Facility, overseeing its expansion/development, be responsible for building and managing a team to oversee these activities, and be established as a scientific leader
at the University in the area of nanoscale science and engineering, building relationships with academic and industrial partners worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">My hope (and request!) was to gain some guidance from all of you on the key elements in the formal job descriptions you’ve used for similar positions in your organization.
We have pieces documented here but would love to get feedback from all of you as we finalized the composition of the job description to attract the best and brightest candidates to Pitt!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Brian Vidic</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Director of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Interim Director of Operations, PINSE-NFCF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Swanson School of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">University of Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">3700 O'Hara St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Suite 148 Benedum Hall<br>
Pittsburgh, PA 15261<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">412/624-8101</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">412/624-2027</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:vidicba@pitt.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">vidicba@pitt.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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