Director, Dean's Office Operations & Strategy

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 102,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Director, Dean's Office Operations & Strategic Initiatives within the School of Government & Policy to lead executive operations and strategic projects. This role partners with school leadership, faculty, and external partners to drive high-impact initiatives and implement scalable processes.

The position manages a small team, develops infrastructure for visibility into status of key initiatives, and thrives in a start-up style environment within a renowned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Five years of progressively responsible relevant experience required.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and management of daily administrative functioning of the Dean's Office and Strategy team, including scheduling standards, correspondence quality, and materials turnaround and record keeping.
• Oversee the development and delivery of quality and professional materials, briefings, and talking points prepared for the Dean and senior leadership, ensuring materials reflect the right narrative, audience, and level of polish before they reach senior leadership.
• Coordinate agenda-setting and preparation for leadership team meetings, all-staff meetings, and the annual leadership retreat.
• Prepare the Chief of Staff/Senior Associate Dean for key meetings, researching issues, drafting agendas, conducting follow-up, and briefing on critical points and sensitivities.
• Facilitate the design and build-out of the School's partnership strategy, working closely with the Senior Associate Dean of Strategy and Chief of Staff, faculty and School leadership, identifying key partnerships and rationale.
• Design and facilitate senior-level engagements with external and university stakeholders to shape and advance strategic initiatives and convenings.
• Serve as a senior relationship owner for internal and external senior-stakeholder engagements and reports, advising on resolution of sensitive issues as they arise.
• Draft institutional strategic planning workstreams and lead cross-functional planning to shape, launch, and scale School-wide initiatives.
• Identify, scope, and manage incubation of new pilot initiatives in partnership with Sr. Strategic Project Manager and Chief of Staff and Senior Associate Dean of Strategy, assessing viability and sustainability.
• Own and maintain the School-wide tracking and check-in infrastructure.
• Directly manage project support staff and oversee execution of administrative and strategic-initiative work.
• Liaise with counterparts in other divisions across JHU and within SGP.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Director, Dean's Office Operations & Strategic Initiatives within the School of Government & Policy to lead executive operations and strategic projects. This role partners with school leadership, faculty, and external partners to drive high-impact initiatives and implement scalable processes.

The position manages a small team, develops infrastructure for visibility into status of key initiatives, and thrives in a start-up style environment within a renowned