Job Description:

Implementing multi-modal programs of equity-minded leadership development

• Design learning opportunities via a variety of delivery modalities (i.e., in-person classroom, webinars, asynchronous learning courses, training videos, etc.) for leadership development content tailored for research university faculty and administrators.

• Implement instructionally-sound learning solutions, industry standards, and innovative methods to improve the experience of adult learners participating in workshops, seminars, and retreats.

• Serve as a point of contact for event logistics ranging from catering to lodging through the coordination of multiple stakeholders and the host institution.

• Facilitate both in-classroom and online programs and meetings, including speaking in-person and on-screen before a live audience.

• Evaluate, analyze, and report on the effectiveness and impact of FAN programs, ensuring the tools to measure impact are efficient.

Creating and managing content and communication in accordance with Ivy+ standards

• Manage the Instituteâ™s Canvas learning management system (LMS), in collaboration with FANâ™s partner eCornell.

• Manage marketing and communication activities for the Institute and FAN, including website maintenance, social media, and email marketing, ensuring opportunities are promoted to Institute Fellows and alumni across the consortium and beyond.

• Draft and coordinate correspondence and other updates to be distributed to FAN stakeholder groups.

• Follow FAN and Ivy+ standards through all Fellowship and Institute materials and contribute to a digital library of program resources.

Managing logistics, operations, schedules, financial reporting, etc.

• Inform and execute the operational aspects of the Ivy+ Mellon Leadership Fellowship and the Institute, as well as meetings of FANâ™s Steering Committee.

• Coordinate logistics (e.g., event materials, travel arrangements, payment processing) for FAN subject matter experts, consultants, and Fellows.

• Schedule and organize meetings, including assistance in setting up conferences and/or FAN Steering Committee meetings.

• Assist in establishing office procedures and resolving day-to-day operational needs.

• Work with the University of Chicagoâ™s Diversity + Inclusion team in the Office of the Provost to manage related financial transactions including service payments, procurement, invoicing, et cetera.

• Assist Executive Director with the development and management of budgets for projects and programs.

• Provide Executive Director with regular reports for both programmatic and financial activity.

Acquiring and leveraging expertise that advances organizational and programmatic goals

• Research and stay abreast of current trends related to FANâ™s mission, including but not limited to diversity and inclusion in the professoriate; the development of equity-minded leadership among the faculty; and decision and implementation science in the academy.

• Track media coverage of major trends in higher education in reports issued by the major higher education professional associations.

Serving the needs of FAN member representatives

• Create and maintain strong working relationships between FAN, Institute Fellows and alumni/ae/a, and representatives of the consortiumâ™s 13 members.

• Maintain a network of resources within and beyond FAN to identify and secure subject-matter experts for consortium-wide and member-based programming.

• Serve as a resource within the consortium and function as a key liaison with internal and external constituencies.

• Manage and/or support special projects and other duties, as assigned.

• Administer the delivery of services to program participants and/or beneficiaries.

• Analyze program budgets and make budgetary recommendations.

• Has moderate/high levels of interactions with faculty, researchers and staff.

• Perform other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Advanced degree, preferably in higher education, adult development, or related field.

Experience:

• Working in a higher education setting.

• Working with (a) underrepresented groups in higher education and (b) the culture and issues of access, diversity, inclusion, equity, and multiculturalism.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Demonstrated proficiency (i.e., experience in the 'advanced' menus) in some or all of the below applications:

  • Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

  • Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides.

  • A project management application such as Wrike, Zoho, Microsoft Planner, etc.

  • Canvas or an equivalent learning management system.

• Additional experience with digital copy-editing, image, and video editing strongly preferred (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite).

Preferred Competencies

• This role requires a high level of relational leadership and operational command, and therefore, evidence of effectivenes.

• Working skillfully with a broad range of senior- or executive-level constituents.

• Implementing programs designed to make an organization more diverse, inclusive, and just.

• Supporting management- or senior-level adult learners in their professional development.

• Solving problems with creativity, foresight, and good judgment.

• Maintaining discretion and confidentiality.

• Exercising diplomacy and cross-cultural communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively within a 'dotted-line' team, including providing and responding well to constructive feedback.

• Ability to work independently on multiple projects simultaneously, to set priorities, and to meet deadlines.

Working Conditions

• The University of Chicago is FANâ™s host institution and FANâ™s Executive Director works remotely from Massachusetts. Therefore, although the University is registered in the following states/locations: California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin, the most preferred candidate will be willing to work on location at the Universityâ™s Hyde Park campus or, if remotely, in the Boston Metro area. Some travel is required to the meeting locations of in-person events approximately four times per year.

Application Documents

• Resume (required)

• Cover Letter (required)

• References (required)

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