Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration
About The Position
The Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration serves as a strategic partner to the Dean of the School of Engineering (SOE) and collaborates with colleagues on the SOE’s leadership team and in MIT central administration. This role oversees administrative operations, special projects, and priorities, including resource allocation/budgeting, administration and management, space planning, and monitoring the progress of plans and initiatives within the SOE. Responsibilities include providing comprehensive financial analyses, overseeing sponsored research funding administration, researching and analyzing policy and operational issues, developing recommendations, and coordinating and implementing policy decisions. The position also partners on complex employee relations issues, faculty salary review, faculty hiring/promotion/retention/renewal, and conflict of interest matters. Additionally, it oversees all space requests and change proposals, serves on Institute committees, oversees the implementation of strategic initiatives, and undertakes special projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Ten years of high-level administrative experience in a university
- Proven success overseeing financial management and planning
- Proven success overseeing human resources management
- Proven success overseeing facilities management
- Proven success overseeing information technology management
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent active listening skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Working knowledge of the operations of complex research universities/organizations
- Diplomacy
- Tact and discretion with sensitive/confidential matters
- Ability to prioritize, lead and manage a wide variety of responsibilities in multiple functional areas in a fast-paced, dynamic organization
- Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources and provide succinct and actionable briefing materials and action plans
- Ability to view larger policy concerns while paying attention to details
- Ability to make effective decisions while working independently or collaborating with others
- Ability to implement new and/or interpret existing policies and procedures
Nice To Haves
- MBA/M.S.
- MIT experience
- Knowledge of the operation and culture of academic departments
- Experience working with faculty
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic partner to the Dean and collaborate with colleagues on the SOE’s leadership team and in MIT central administration.
- Oversee administrative operations, special projects, and priorities, including resource allocation/budgeting, administration and management, space planning, and monitoring progress of the implementation of plans and initiatives within the SoE.
- Provide comprehensive financial analyses.
- Oversee sponsored research funding administration.
- Research and analyze policy and operational issues, develop recommendations, and coordinate and implement policy decisions.
- Partner on complex employee relations issues, faculty salary review process, faculty hiring/promotion/retention/renewal, and conflict of interest matters.
- Oversee all space requests and change proposals.
- Serve on Institute committees.
- Oversee the implementation of strategic initiatives.
- Undertake special projects.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
