Chief of Staff Office of the Vice Chancellor for People Culture and Belonging
Chief of Staff Office of the Vice Chancellor for People Culture and Belonging
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Job Description
This role will triage critical issues establish and refine operational structures drive strategic initiatives into action integrate efforts across leadership teams and serve as a trusted advisor and proxy for the Vice Chancellor when necessary. The ideal candidate thrives in complexity executes with precision and ensures accountability for divisional priorities while continuously evaluating effectiveness through measurable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
1. Goalkeeper: Issue Management & Prioritization
- Triage challenges and opportunities bringing only the most pertinent issues to the Vice Chancellor with succinct actionable insights.
- Anticipate and proactively address potential roadblocks ensuring the Vice Chancellors time is focused on the highestvalue priorities.
2. Operator: Structure Processes & Accountability
- Establish and refine structures and processes to streamline operations enhance efficiency and ensure alignment with timelines budgets and the divisions mission.
- Oversee business operations including budgeting staffing and financial management ensuring fiscal responsibility and compliance.
- Ensure adherence to legal regulatory and institutional reporting requirements optimizing transparency and strategic decisionmaking.
3. Implementer: Strategy & Impact
- Drive strategic initiatives from concept to holding teams accountable for delivery and ensuring measurable impact.
- Monitor key initiatives tracking success metrics and ensuring timely highquality .
- Champion a culture of innovation and continuous improvement encouraging creative problemsolving and bold action.
Lead largescale crossfunctional projects and ensure alignment with institutional goals.
4. Integrator: CrossFunctional Alignment & Collaboration
- Foster trust and engagement across PCB leadership and departments ensuring alignment of divisional initiatives with institutional priorities.
- Act as the critical bridge between leaders breaking down silos and enhancing communication across teams.
- Build and maintain relationships with trustees university leadership and external stakeholders reinforcing PCBs strategic influence.
5. Proxy: Confident DecisionMaking in the Vice Chancellors Absence
- Serve as a trusted extension of the Vice Chancellor making informed decisions and providing leadership in their absence.
- Represent the Vice Chancellor in highlevel meetings ensuring seamless continuity of leadership and decisionmaking.
- Maximize the Vice Chancellors effectiveness by anticipating needs prioritizing engagements and aligning initiatives with broader institutional goals.
6. Advisor: Strategic Thought Partner & Insight Provider
- Serve as a trusted confidant and thought partner offering candid feedback innovative solutions and strategic insights.
- Provide datadriven recommendations that enhance decisionmaking and advance divisional priorities.
- Lead the preparation of executive presentations briefings and reports for the Vice Chancellors engagements including Board of Trust meetings and institutional events.
7. Outstanding Project Management & Creative Development Leadership
- Lead the creative development process ensuring alignment with divisional and institutional messaging.
- Drive multiple teams and stakeholders across largescale complex projects to meet deadlines and quality standards.
- Ensure that creative teams are supported with clear direction resources and structured workflows.
- Balance operational efficiency with innovation storytelling and impactdriven .
Supervisory Relationships
This position has supervisory responsibilities over the Strategic Innovation and Operations team and reports directly to the Vice Chancellor for People Culture and Belonging.
Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelors degree from an accredited institution (required); Masters degree preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years in a strategic leadership role preferably within a complex organization.
- Proven ability to lead multiple teams on largescale highpriority projects while effectively managing competing priorities.
- Exceptional project management skills ensuring data driven outcomes and seamless in fastpaced environments.
- Strategic analytical and executiondriven mindset with a passion for driving results.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook) and experience with data visualization tools preferred.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
