Director of Strategic Planning
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Location
- District of Columbia, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Aug 1, 2022
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We are seeking a Director of Strategic Planning (Sr. Program Manager) who will report to the Associate Dean for Graduate & Professional Programs and will lead, coordinate, and manage multiple strategic initiatives as defined by the Dean and as part of Advanced Academic Programs (AAP) and the Office of Summer and Intersession programs strategic planning. The Director of Strategic Initiatives will be a member of the Associate Dean's Senior Leadership Team and will work closely with the AAP Associate Dean to develop new KSAS revenue streams.
Some initiatives include expanding international and domestic activities and programs, leading faculty in developing new initiatives, and a significant amount of proposal writing. The Director of Strategic Initiatives will work with AAP leadership, faculty, and other key stakeholders to identify opportunities (e.g., JHU General Council, the Provost's office, Communications, and Institutional Research).
The position requires excellent writing, research, data analytics, and copyediting skills. Experience developing reports in various systems that support higher education initiatives and using public data services such as IPEDS, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, EMSI, etc., and private services such as EAB and UPCEA.
The position is based either at the JHU campus in Washington, D.C., or Baltimore, with frequent travel to either location. The position will also be responsible for working strategically with university partners to provide direction to and represent the interests of KSAS in the physical move to 555 Pennsylvania Avenue. The Director has one direct report: the AAP Operations Administrator.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
- Identify new credit and non-credit opportunities for AAP and OSIP in the domestic and international markets
- Establish relationships with businesses, government agencies, and non-profits domestically and internationally that increase B2B opportunities
- Work with research vendors to develop a research plan to identify new program opportunities
- Creating research-based feasibility studies for decision-making purposes from a variety of data sources
- Select and analyze data from various public and private entities to inform decision-making
- Write research-based proposals ant and writing
- Collaborate with faculty for new ideas and to meet revenue goals
- Lead faculty in the ideation and implementation stages for new proposals and programs
- Collaborate with Sr. Leadership team members in the ideation and new program launch stages
Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):
-
Master's Degree in a related
field
At least five years of related experience
in a university or business development setting, with at least
three years managing staff
Preferred Qualifications:
-
Doctorate, Juris Doctor, or MBA
Degree
Work experience demonstrating increasing
responsibility—experience in higher education, financial and data
analysis, and new program initiatives both internationally and
domestically
Special Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities:
- The successful candidate will demonstrate outstanding leadership and project management skills, excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills, and strong written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrated organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects/assignments simultaneously in a fast-paced work environment
- Strong attention to detail, highly organized, and strong planning/logistics management skills
- Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of others, facilitate meetings, and develop relationships across the organization and externally
- Proven ability to effectively work across diverse constituencies and stakeholders in moving projects along
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate, influence and persuade
- Ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm, and diplomacy individually and as part of a complex team effort
- Ability to manage diverse tasks with frequent interruptions, meet deadlines with competing demands
- Ability to build and manage productive relationships with external partners
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and self-confidence
Level of Independent Decision Making:
- High
Technical Qualifications or Specialized Certifications:
- Expert in Microsoft Office Suite, especially M.S. Excel, and strong fluency with Tableau and Qualtrics and/or other data reporting systems
Supervisory Responsibility:
- 1 – AAP Operations Administrator
Classified Title: Sr.
Program Manager
Working Title: Director of Strategic Planning
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PG
Starting Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 8:30am-5pm M-F
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: JHU - Washington, DC
Department name: AAP Administration
Personnel area: School of Arts & Sciences
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
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The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
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The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.
EEO is the Law
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