Strategic Administrative Leader for Arts & Sciences

Harvard University; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Medical, dental, and vision health保险

Retirement plans

Wellbeing resources

Tuition assistance

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences seeks a senior administrative leader and strategic partner to support Theater, Dance, and Media (TDM). You will align operations with academic priorities and oversee a federated administrative grouping to sustain teaching and research missions.

You will manage local administrative staff, coordinate with FAS functional teams, oversee projects, and steward space, grants, and donor funds while partnering with senior leaders to advance institutional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible administrative or operational experience.
• Experience in higher education or similar organizations.

Responsibilities

• Strategic partnership: Serve as a strategic partner to the Chair(s), translating academic priorities into operational plans and advising on organizational, administrative, and resource-related decisions that support each unit's long-term teaching and research mission.
• Cross-functional coordination: Coordinate and oversee support from FAS functional teams to ensure the AG receives aligned, responsive administrative support and can successfully advance its academic, research, and operational priorities.
• Administrative team leadership: Manage, develop, and direct local administrative staff, establishing priorities, allocating work, and ensuring the AG has the administrative capacity and infrastructure needed to support faculty, students, and academic programs.
• Administrative project leadership & institutional engagement: Lead and execute departmental administrative projects, coordinate responses to requests and priorities from the division, FAS, and the broader University, and represent the department on committees and working groups, as needed.
• Resource stewardship: Provide strategic resource stewardship (space, trade-offs, grants, donor funds/reporting, delegated contracts, locally managed endowment funds, etc.) to Department Chair and functional team members.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences seeks a senior administrative leader and strategic partner to support Theater, Dance, and Media (TDM). You will align operations with academic priorities and oversee a federated administrative grouping to sustain teaching and research missions.

You will manage local administrative staff, coordinate with FAS functional teams, oversee projects, and steward space, grants, and donor funds while partnering with senior leaders to advance institutional