Manager Growth
- Employer
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Location
- New York, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- May 11, 2023
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- Position Type
- Executive, Other Executive
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
Manager Growth & Strategic Partnerships (NEV)
Job Description
The Vice President of New Educational Ventures (NEV) at Sarah Lawrence College is looking for a Manager to report directly to her. The Vice President, a member of the senior leadership team, reporting directly to the president, has been tasked with creating distinctive educational offerings that build on Sarah Lawrence College's strengths to meet emerging market needs.
The Manager will have an exciting opportunity to help create and implement innovative ventures to assist a renowned educational institution lead within a changing higher education landscape.The Manager will work with teams within the College to identify and implement potential solutions for a specific growth opportunity or challenge. Together with the team, the Manager will help identify new revenue opportunities and design and deliver end-to-end solutions that the Programs need to become high-performance.
Over the course of each project, the Manager will gather and analyze information, formulate, and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations, help develop and assist with implementation plans, as well as monitor performance against designated KPIs in collaboration with team members. The Manager will also present results to the leadership team.
The role is hybrid. Alternate work arrangements would be considered.
Essential Duties Summary
- Structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them
- Synthesize clear takeaways and recommendations from complex information using both qualitative and quantitative methods
- Liaise with offices across the College, including Finance, Marketing, IT, HR, and various senior leaders
- Work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solution that move people and organizations to act
- Establish trust-based relationships with clients to better serve their organizations
- Communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner
- Develop your leadership style, leveraging your own passions, strengths, and personal values
Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree (BA) required with a consistent track record of strong academic performance and high learning agility in an analytical area of study
- Strong analytical, problem solving, critical thinking skills and attention to detail
- Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
- Exceptional written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to establish trust-based relationships with faculty and staff to better serve their organizations
- Capability to work collaboratively in a team and create and an inclusive environment with people at all levels of the organization
- Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project
- Ability to manage multiple priorities at one time
- Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
- Flexible, able to work autonomously as well as take direction as needed
- Mastery of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and a high degree of cultural competency
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with project management tools
MBA
Requirements for Employment
Effective October 15, 2021, all employees of Sarah Lawrence College must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Exceptions to this requirement will only be considered for documented medical reasons or sincerely held religious beliefs. Any offers of employment will be contingent on successful completion of a background check and submission of proof of vaccination.
Posting Number: S00333P
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Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants
To apply, visit https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2055
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Sarah Lawrence is a prestigious, residential, coeducational liberal arts college. Founded in 1926 and consistently ranked among the leading liberal arts colleges in the country, Sarah Lawrence is known for its pioneering approach to education, rich history of impassioned intellectual and civic engagement, and vibrant, successful alumni. In close proximity to the unparalleled offerings of New York City, our historic campus is home to an inclusive, intellectually curious, and diverse community.
Talented, creative students choose Sarah Lawrence for the opportunity to take charge of their education. In close collaboration with our dedicated, distinguished faculty, students create a rigorous, personalized course of study and connect their passions across a wide array of disciplines. They graduate knowing how to apply the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking necessary for life after college.
At Sarah Lawrence, students spend more time one-on-one with award-winning faculty than do students at any other college in the country
Sarah Lawrence College occupies 44 wooded acres in Yonkers, NY, near the Village of Bronxville—just north of New York City. A 30-minute train ride from the Bronxville station takes students into Midtown Manhattan. Learn more about the area
The iconic college campus, located just north of New York City, is not the only reason to work at Sarah Lawrence College.
As a Sarah Lawrence employee, you will join a warm, challenging, and diverse community that offers both quality of life advantages and tangible, valuable employee benefits.
When you work at Sarah Lawrence, you:
- Receive outstanding benefits, such as medical, dental, and vision plans that exceed the standard plans offered by many companies and institutions, and an exceptional retirement plan through TIAA-CREF.
- Have unparalleled educational opportunities, such as tuition benefits on campus for employees, their spouses, and their children; discounted tuition to the College’s renowned nursery school; and tuition benefit programs for dependent children who attend other colleges.
- Have continuous opportunities for advancement, as it is College policy to fill vacancies by promotion or transfer whenever possible.
- Enjoy boundless cultural experiences, including readings, lectures, music, theater, film screenings, dance performances, art exhibitions, and a state-of-the-art library, free to employees.
- Have free access to the 48,000-square-foot Campbell Sports Center, with a six-lane pool, modern weight/fitness training center, squash courts, gymnasium, indoor track, outdoor tennis courts, and fitness classes, open to employees seven days per week.
- Have several on-campus options for meals, plus off-campus discounts at local restaurants and stores.
- Work in a convenient location close to all major highways, easily accessed from the Metro-North Harlem line, and 35 minutes from mid-town Manhattan.
- Enjoy free parking on campus, a 10% discount at the college bookstore, and a 35-hour office workweek, with flexible summer hours for office staff on Fridays.
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