Senior Director Graduate Communications - Graduate School - UTK
About The Position
The Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives and Communications serves as the senior strategic communications and organizational initiatives leader for the Graduate School and provides executive-level leadership for institutional communications, graduate enrollment messaging, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning initiatives, and organizational visibility. This position provides executive oversight for strategic communications, executive messaging, public-facing initiatives, graduate enrollment communications, institutional partnerships, digital engagement strategy, and cross-campus communication alignment. The Executive Director collaborates extensively with university leadership, academic colleges, enrollment management, university communications, student success units, graduate students, and external stakeholders to ensure coordinated messaging and strategic advancement of Graduate School priorities. The position supervises communications and engagement personnel and provides strategic direction for organizational initiatives, communication planning, assessment metrics, and emerging opportunities that support the Graduate School’s mission and long-term strategic goals.
Requirements
- Reporting directly to the Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
- Serves as a member of the Graduate School Executive Leadership Team
Responsibilities
- Serves as the senior strategic communications and organizational initiatives leader for the Graduate School.
- Provides executive-level leadership for institutional communications, graduate enrollment messaging, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning initiatives, and organizational visibility.
- Leads the development and execution of integrated strategies that advance graduate education, graduate admissions, enrollment growth, institutional reputation, student engagement, research visibility, and university priorities.
- Provides executive oversight for strategic communications, executive messaging, public-facing initiatives, graduate enrollment communications, institutional partnerships, digital engagement strategy, and cross-campus communication alignment.
- Collaborates extensively with university leadership, academic colleges, enrollment management, university communications, student success units, graduate students, and external stakeholders to ensure coordinated messaging and strategic advancement of Graduate School priorities.
- Supervises communications and engagement personnel.
- Provides strategic direction for organizational initiatives, communication planning, assessment metrics, and emerging opportunities that support the Graduate School’s mission and long-term strategic goals.
Benefits
- career development and coaching
- continued education
- development and training possibilities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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