Assistant Director of Corporate and Professional Learning

Assistant Director of Corporate and Professional Learning

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:
Founded in 1922, the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University offers a unique model of business education that purposely blends innovative classroom learning with real-world business application. At the undergraduate level, both the BS in Business Administration and the BS in International Business programs offer students the opportunity to develop into highly motivated business leaders. Graduate students and corporate learners can choose from several different certificate and full-time and part-time MBA and MS programs designed to enable motivated professionals to accelerate their success in business. The school is committed to embedding a global mindset into all of these programs, as well as in its research and outreach activities.

Responsibilities:
Program Support

The Assistant Director (AD) will work in partnership with the Senior Program Director (SPD) to sustain and grow programs. AD will collaborate with SPD in strategic planning and work with director to advise on program manager assignments. The AD will take a lead position on more complex program deliveries. The AD will provide training and support to program managers on less complex program.

Operation support

Help create budgets and participate in budget expenditure reconciliations with program managers for reporting to Senior Program Director. Budget Range is from $30K to our largest 1.3 million

Lead weekly program manager check-in meetings to keep all projects moving forward. Create program manager agendas with Director- lead discussions in weekly meetings program manager meetings.

External support

The Assistant Director will represent the Corporate Learning dept in public, key stakeholders and client partner meetings to support the organization's strategic alliances and partnerships. Travel may be required when face-to-face programs resume

Qualifications:

• 3 -5 years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree is required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  
  
• Ability to interact effectively with high level corporate constituencies
  
  
• Ability to interact effectively with faculty and senior level university administrators
  
  
• Able to form and operationalize short- and long-term program and project plans
  
  
• Fluency & comfort managing and working in a live virtual classroom setting
  
  
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment
  
  
• Ability to negotiate and execute agreements with vendors
  
  
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
  
  
• High level of proficiency with standard office software and an aptitude to quickly gain proficiency in new office software
  
  
• Ability to manage to deadlines and work well under pressure
  
  
• Willingness to work early mornings, evenings and weekends - at both on and off campus locations - as needed
  
  
• Understanding of basic financial acumen
  
  
• Previous experience in higher education a plus
  
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
  Salary Grade:
  11
  
  Additional Information:
  Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.
  
  All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
  
  To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.
  
  
  To apply, visit https://careers.pageuppeople.com/879/cw/en-us/job/507654
  
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