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Assistant Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives & Communications for Enterprise Operations

Washington University Danforth Campus, USFull-time2026-10-29 → 2026-11-11
On-site · United States

Core

Principal partner to the Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff for shaping strategic narrative, messaging, and executive communications for the Enterprise Operations (COO) organization.

Role type

Senior strategic communications and chief of staff partner

Builds

Internal change communication protocols, executive briefing materials, and consistent organizational storytelling frameworks

Domain

Higher education enterprise operations

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Strategic narrative development, executive communications, internal change management, crisis communication, stakeholder perception management, cross-functional leadership, performance reporting, complex information synthesis

Preferred skills

Strategic communications, public affairs, issues management, public relations, higher education experience

Technologies

Office equipment

Responsibilities

Provide direct communications support to the COO including talking points and presentations; lead internal change communications planning and execution; act as deputy to the Chief of Staff on select strategic priorities; develop and maintain the COO storytelling framework; ensure alignment of divisional communications leaders on messaging; manage information flow from the Executive Leadership Team; track and report performance indicators for division-level communications leads

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory duties