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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Senior Vice President for Administration
Ardmore, OK

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation is focused on enhancing agriculture through plant science, research and discovery, and agricultural education, consultation, demonstration, and research. The coordinated efforts of the Foundation's three operating divisions - Agriculture, Plant Biology, and Forage Improvement - contribute to its overall mission to better mankind. Foundation scientists and agricultural specialists move science from the laboratory to the field, giving life to discovery and improving agriculture in Oklahoma, in the United States, and around the world.

The Foundation has emerged in recent years as one of the nation's foremost institutions conducting fundamental and translational research to: develop new forage varieties; improve plant productivity; enhance animal performance; benefit human health; advance legume genomics; enhance and develop cellulosic feedstocks for biofuels; and assist agriculture and land use stewards through education, demonstration, consultation, and research. The Foundation has developed an international reputation for the quality of its science and is highly regarded for the services conducted by its Agricultural Division within the geographic area it serves. As the Foundation contemplates its future direction, it seeks to add to its senior management team. The Foundation seeks a senior vice president for administration ("SVPA") to lead its administrative departments and to work with a committed team comprising administrative department managers, president/CEO, operating division directors, and board to plot the strategic future of the institution.

Reporting directly to the president/CEO and serving on his senior management team, the SVPA will oversee a wide array of administrative departments in service to the Foundation's three operating divisions. Because these departments are exceedingly well-run at present, the SVPA will have the opportunity to embrace the culture and to assess the workings of the organization before developing a strategy to leverage the institution's considerable capacity among and across departments.

To perform these critical duties, the SVPA will first and foremost be a leader of people and programs with a "customer service" approach to supporting the Foundation's operating programs. The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree, with an earned terminal degree highly desirable; experience in conducting/managing his/her own research program(s); demonstrated experience as an administrative manager or administrative support manager of fundamental and translational research similar to that being conducted by the Foundation; and an interest in and appreciation for the overall agriculture enhancement mission of the Foundation.

There is considerable energy and enthusiasm at the Noble Foundation today. The future of the Foundation has never looked brighter. The SVPA will play a personal, central role in the future of this exceptionally accomplished institution.

Recruitment will continue until the position is filled. Nominations, expressions of interest, and applications (including a cover letter and resume) should be submitted via email to NobleSVP@wittkieffer.com.

Material that cannot be emailed may be sent to:

Confidential inquiries and questions concerning this search may be directed to Dennis M. Barden at (630) 575-6167 or Jennifer G. Bauer at (301) 654-5070.

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