Description:
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Leads academic initiatives in partnership with the OGS leadership team and collaborate with A&S faculty, departments and other graduate education partners at the university (such as the Career Center and The Graduate Center) to carry out program innovation, including, but not limited to, non-traditional PhD programs, master’s degree programs, and other types of training at the graduate level.
- Supports the Office of Graduate Studies’ coordination of current and future certificates and master’s degree programs, Mentored Experiences (especially expanding the network of Mentored Professional Experiences) for A&S students, and collaborate with the Office of the University Registrar, the Arts & Sciences curriculum committee, and other university partners in support of graduate education.
- Plans, coordinates, and manages special projects and programming related to academic initiatives and perform functions related to special project management such as coordinating stakeholder relations, scheduling meetings, composing a variety of materials, including confidential reports and correspondence, managing files; data collection and modeling, display, and projection; and following up to see projects to completion.
- Leads the evaluation and assessment of academic initiatives and goals the OGS pursues as well as help develop key performance indicators for measuring the success of special projects.
- Helps coordinate OGS Advisory Council meetings and business, coordinate, and develop content for special reports using institutional knowledge of departments and the University; coordinate strategic events on either University cycles or upon supervisor’s request.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions
- Works in an office environment.
- Ability to travel to on- and off-campus locations.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD.
- Knowledge of university budgeting and administrative procedures and software.
- Five to seven years’ experience in university-level teaching, curriculum development, design & implementation, and faculty development.
- Knowledge of online course and training delivery platforms.
- Demonstrated commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in teaching, learning, and research opportunities.
- Demonstrated experience as a collaborator across a variety of units and project types, in particular with faculty, staff, and administrators on projects that innovate in graduate education.
- Background in leadership in school and university-wide initiatives.
- Significant knowledge of the design and delivery of academic initiatives and programs, a broad understanding of liberal arts curricula, and the ability to interact with various campus partners and external stakeholders.
- Professional interpersonal, communication and organizational skills with a commitment to serving students, faculty and external constituents.
- Ability to deal discreetly with confidential matters.
- Ability to function in a team atmosphere and prioritize multiple assignments with frequent interruptions.
- Potentially manage and / or direct others.
- Ability to work independently and actively solve problems.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and make independent decisions.
- Ability to learn quickly and adjust to changing priorities and workflow.
- Strong computer skills with advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as basic graphic design/photo editing platforms.
Required Qualifications
Doctorate degree and three years’ related experience or Master degree and five years' related experience.