What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives position at unc?
Reporting to the Graduate School Dean, the Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives will serve as a member of the Graduate School's leadership team and have a lead role to develop strategic initiatives that are complex and collaborative in nature, designed to creatively advance the vision and mission of The Graduate School. This role will be central to realize the university goals for substantial growth in graduate enrollment (doubling the size of the current graduate student population of ~9,000 over time). The Executive Director will establish and implement processes to engage with deans and other high-level administrators across campus along with external industry partners to ensure alignment, creativity and pragmatism in these strategic efforts. In this capacity, the position will provide expert leadership in research, strategy, and project management development and support. In addition, the position incumbent will develop the infrastructure and partnerships to provide training and support for graduate students and faculty to compete for funding through federal agencies and foundations, seek federal agency and foundation support for professional development and programming opportunities, and provide support for grant writing. This position will also conduct research to evaluate the effectiveness of the programming that is being offered as well as research to inform new strategic directions. The Executive Director will prepare reports as needed to communicate findings and progress on strategic initiatives. In addition, while analyzing existing structures, the Executive Director will also facilitate the infrastructure for centralizing certificate program management. Initially, this position will not have any direct reports but as the Executive Director is onboarded and scope of projects expand, recruitment will begin for additional position(s). In the meantime, the Executive Director will be supported by student employees.
Salary : $84,000 - $115,000
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