Administrative Manager, Labor and Employment Law Program, ILR School – Hybrid

Cornell University•New York, NY

8d•$93,818 - $126,781•Hybrid

About The Position

The School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University has an immediate opening for an Administrative Manager in the Labor and Employment Law Program (LEL) in the NYC Extension/Outreach Division. ILR’s LEL program merges law and social science research to provide attorneys, legislators, social scientists, and policymakers with multifaceted perspectives through forums and conferences. The program analyzes current and emerging legal issues affecting the workplace to influence research, legislation, policy, and litigation, with an emphasis on emerging issues in law, social equity employment, and workplace drug testing under new state laws. The Administrative Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day administration of LEL’s programmatic activities, overseeing operational and financial needs to ensure that goals are met. This position also manages the administration of all projects under the LEL program, including the NYS Cannabis Workforce Initiative (CWI), Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI), NYC Government and Community Relations, High Road NYC, and Employee Relations Professional Programs. The Administrative Manager supervises and manages the administrative program support team responsible for LEL's programmatic activities. This is a full-time, non-academic staff, benefits-eligible opportunity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
Three to four years of experience in operations and finance management, program administration and development, budgeting, customer service, event planning, and marketing.
Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills.
Ability to direct and guide the work of others, engaging with team members to accomplish goals and objectives, set clear expectations, and provide feedback.
Demonstrated ability to develop, manage, and monitor projects from inception to completion; manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to multitask and shift priorities; aptitude for working under tight deadlines with competing priorities.
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, team-based, participatory environment, as well as work independently.
Significant experience in financial management, including developing and monitoring annual and grant budgets, monitoring and reporting on financial activities.
Discretion in maintaining and working with highly confidential and sensitive information.
Prior supervisory experience and demonstrated management skills.
Experience motivating others to achieve specific goals in a team-based organization.
Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); Outlook; Google Suite; Box, Zoom.
Demonstrated skill with database, event management, and/or student registration software such as Monday.com and Salesforce.
Experience drafting, editing and proofreading documents, with high level of attention to detail required.
Proven performance in dealing with diverse internal and external clients and outside vendors; managing complex and sensitive interactions.
Proven experience connecting inclusion, belonging and wellbeing practices to business goals.
Demonstrated skill in understanding cultural differences.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Human Resources or related field and five or more years of experience.
Experience with marketing strategies and development of marketing plans.
Knowledge of social network programs and use as marketing tools.
Familiarity with legal terminology and form and experience with legal research.
High level of proficiency with the technical applications involved in the execution of the job including: Adobe Pro, Qualtrics, SharePoint, Box, Salesforce.
Previous experience in high-level program or conference management.
Five to seven years’ administrative experience, including budgeting, program development, marketing and contract management.
Prior supervisory experience in a union environment.

Responsibilities

Managing the day-to-day administration of LEL’s programmatic activities.
Overseeing operational and financial needs to ensure that goals are met.
Managing administration of all projects under the LEL program (NYS Cannabis Workforce Initiative (CWI), Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI), NYC Government and Community Relations, High Road NYC, and Employee Relations Professional Programs).
Ensuring that systems and procedures are implemented to accomplish program milestones.
Developing annual and grant budgets.
Tracking and ensuring that financial activity meets programmatic needs and deadlines and is compliant with ILR and University policies and procedures.
Maintaining and utilizing highly confidential and sensitive information.
Providing legal research.
Overseeing public relations and marketing efforts, including website content development.
Overseeing non-academic staff working on scheduling and management of classes, workshops and special events.
Monitoring the delivery of effective customer service.
Managing recruitment of staff and student interns/fellows.
Supervising and managing the administrative program support team.