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