Directorate Staff Roles

Name Job Titlesort ascending Team Job Duties Extension
Molly Killinger APAR Project Manager NCAR Deputy Director Office
  • Provides high-level project management support for the APAR project 
  • Supports the APAR Project Director in directing the efforts of a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and support staff as well as several university and industry collaborators 
  • Creates and ensures successful implementation of all planning materials necessary for successful scope, schedule, cost, performance and risk management for the APAR project 
  • Provides Project Management, Communication, and Stakeholder Engagement for the APAR Project
  • Assesses project risks, identifies mitigation strategies, and implements project risk management plans
  • Creates and monitors schedules and milestones
Angela Richardson APAR Project Director NCAR Director’s Office
  • Identifies and defines requirements and addresses the needs, concerns, and expectations of stakeholders in planning and executing each project to meet project deliverables.  
  • Assesses project risks, identifies mitigation strategies, and implements project risk management plans.
  • Creates and monitors schedules and milestones.
  • Balances competing project constraints (scope, quality, schedule, budget, resources, risks) and handling change requests.  
  • Develops and implements mechanisms for monitoring and forecasting project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project members and EOL management.
  • Participates and leads, as appropriate, project meetings and monitors day-to-day progress of APAR project.  
  • Identifies, manages, and motivates project team members throughout the lifecycle of the project.
  • Develops and implements communication strategy among stakeholders that is active, effective, and collaborative in nature.
  • Conducts reviews and prepares documentation, correspondence, reports and plans as appropriate.
KelleeAnne De Simone Administrator NCAR Director’s Office
  • Responsible for managing and assisting the NCAR Deputy Director’s schedule, resolving conflicts and prioritizing key meeting requests.
  • Assists the Deputy Director with communications
  • Makes arrangements, and coordinates meetings for the NCAR Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director of Administration & Strategic Implementation, and Science Advisors. 
  • Supports the Deputy Director, Lab Administrator, Assistant Director of Administration & Strategic Implementation, Project Management Team, and Administrative Team with varying projects/needs including compiling information for Lab Annual Reports, Program Operating Plans, Proposal Panel Review, and the Annual Budget Review, assisting with account and award management and reporting activities.
  • Responsible for NCAR Directorate’s Office space planning. 
  • Serves as extra support and backup to the NCAR Director’s Executive Assistant.
  • Serves as backup to administrative assistant to include travel for staff and visitors, expense reports in UCAR’s Concur travel software, meeting and event support, document preparation and routine purchasing
  • Administers the NCAR Directorate hiring activities including personnel actions and administration of Directorate human resources functions. 
  • Responsible for implementing UCAR policies and guidelines and serving as an initial point person for exception to policy requests to NCAR President Council members and administers policies for Directorate operations functions.
  • Directorate web content manager and project manager for the Ops, B&P, and NCAR main pages.
  • Partner with content owners to develop, finalize, and implement web specifications, and project and content-life cycle management plans. 
  • Using the current web content management system (CMS) tools, responsible for publishing major and annual documents such as the NCAR Annual Report, NCAR Strategic Plan, Program Operating Plans, Program Operating Plan Progress Reports, Science Highlights, and ABR documentation. 
  • Train and support colleagues in developing and managing team intranet sites.
  • Develops and documents administrative and staff support processes for the Lab and makes procedures and guidance available on internal web pages.
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James Young Administrative Assistant III NCAR Director’s Office
  • Operations Support
  • Travel
  • Purchasing
  • Human Subjects Committee support
  • Appointment Review Group (ARG) support
  • Special Appointment processing
  • Directorate events
  • Introduction to NCAR event coordinator
  • Meeting and logistics support
  • Administrative team and backup support to Executive Assistants
  • Special projects
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Veronica Burris Administrative Assistant II NCAR Director’s Office
  • Supports staff in areas of general administration and logistical support as needed, for example, taking meeting minutes, reviewing invoices, scheduling meetings, and other duties as assigned.
  • Edits/proofreads/formats administrative and/or specialized technical documents and edits non-technical portions for correct grammar, spelling and formatting such are spreadsheets, memos and presentations
  • Under the guidance of senior administration, carries out the onboarding process for new employees and visitors including, office setup, phone assignment, and coordination of other aspects of setup with IT and others in the process.
  • Stocks office supplies and ensures meeting rooms and common spaces are in order and ready for staff use.
  • Responsible for making, tracking, and reconciling routine purchases on company credit card and purchase orders. Develops an understanding of relevant purchasing policies and procedures and seeks guidance when requests are unfamiliar or complex.
  • Cross trains and strives to offer and seek help in balancing workload during busy periods.
  • Assists in property administration
  • Contributes to and updates the DO website content.
  • Responsible for overall travel function, which includes arrangements, both international and domestic. Works with traveler to ensure completion of requirement documentation, e.g., authorizations, vouchers, visas. Calculates per diem rates, and foreign currency. Ensures travel regulations are followed.
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