Senior Manager, Dean's Office Operations, Sargent, Administration

Senior Manager Deans Office Operations Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is a leading school advancing a healthier more equitable world. Home to 1300 undergraduate and 600 graduate students Sargent integrates experiential education convergent research and clinical practice to prepare a future-ready health workforce. The College features more than 25 research facilities clinics and labs and generates approximately $17 million in annual research expenditures. With top-ranked professional programsincluding the nations #1 occupational therapy degreeSargent drives innovation expands clinical and community impact and improves health and function across the lifespan.

Sargent College is seeking a Senior Manager of Deans Office Operations to advance the mission of the college and its strategic priorities. We are seeking an individual who is a highly motivated self-organized and a data-oriented team-player with prior experience working in academic affairs administration project and event management executive support communications and operations. The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills exceptional discretion sound independent judgement and ability to navigate complex organizational relationships with professionalism and diplomacy. The candidate will demonstrate leadership data analytic skills and a proactive solutions-oriented approach while collaborating effectively across all stakeholders. The Senior Manager partnering closely with college leadership will administer a diverse portfolio of projects and academic affairs programs on a variety of college-wide priorities and strategic initiatives.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Faculty affairs administration and coordinating and tracking college strategic initiatives as well as administrative operational and project management support to the Dean and the deans office leadership at large.
• The Senior Manager will provide administrative operational and project management support to the Dean of Sargent College including scheduling meetings coordinating travel and planning and executing events of varying levels of complexity.
• The role will be a contributor to faculty affairs administration working closely to support the Dean Department Chairs and Associate Deans to recruit develop and advance world class faculty at the college through a variety of faculty development programming and processes.
• The role will collaborate closely with the Communications & Digital Engagement as well as Advancement teams to plan and execute major events such as friends and family weekend alumni weekend commencement recognition events and other programming to enhance culture and belonging at Sargent College.

The role will report directly to the Associate Dean Finance & Administration. This position may involve supporting occasional evening and weekend events throughout the year as well as adjusting work schedules as business needs dictate. Hybrid work arrangements may be available provided operational needs and schedules permit.

• Bachelors Degree required in Communications Education or related field.
• 5-8 years prior experience in operations management faculty affairs administration event planning project management ideally administrative work in higher education or a similar field.
• Advanced written communications analytical skills and project management skills are required.
• Excellent organizational skills and proven ability to manage competing interests.
• Ability to accept strategic direction from college leadership and independently advance projects in a collaborative manner with colleagues.
• Strong computer basic data analytics organizational and interpersonal skills are required as well as the ability to manage tasks and prioritize the workload.
• Superior written proof-reading and oral communication skills.
• The selected candidate must be able to handle confidential material responsibly and interact professionally with a wide spectrum of individuals.
• Must be dependable and willing to work outside normal working hours when required such as supporting and coordinating college and alumni events and meetings.
• Highly skilled in being resourceful: finding interpreting and applying policies on various matters in an independent and proactive manner with excellent judgement and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills with experience drafting executive-level communications such as speeches presentations institutional reports and internal and external messaging with an emphasis on a data-oriented approach.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color natural or protective hairstyle religion sex age national origin physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information military service pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition or because of marital parental or veteran status.

We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. BU conducts a background check on all final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions. The background check includes contacting the final candidates current and previous employer(s) to ask whether in the last 7 years there has been a substantiated finding of misconduct violating that employers applicable sexual misconduct policies. To implement this process the University requires a final candidate to complete and sign an authorization to release information after execution of an offer letter.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color natural or protective hairstyle religion sex age national origin physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information military service pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition or because of marital parental or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.