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Director, Dean's Office Operations & Strategic Initiatives (School of Government & Policy)

Washington, DC, United States💼 Full-time💰 $102,295–$102,295🗓 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-23

Core

Provide strategic leadership over the Dean's Office operations and high-discretion initiatives for a new academic division, managing a small team and architecting operational infrastructure for school-wide visibility.

Role type

Director of Executive Operations & Strategic Initiatives

Builds

Operational infrastructure, strategic planning workstreams, and pilot incubation programs for a new School of Government and Policy

Domain

Higher Education / Public Policy / Government

Required skills

Executive administrative operations, strategic planning, stakeholder relationship management, team leadership, process design, ambiguity navigation

Preferred skills

Founding-phase institution experience, coaching junior staff, cross-functional collaboration

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Oversee daily administrative functioning of the Dean's Office and Strategy team; Prepare senior leadership for key meetings by researching issues and drafting agendas; Facilitate the design and build-out of the School's partnership strategy; Lead cross-functional planning efforts to launch and scale new School-wide initiatives; Directly manage project support staff executing administrative and strategic work.

Seniority

Director, hands-on leadership

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