Vice President, Presidential Initiatives & Chief of Staff to the President at UT San Antonio

UT Health San Antonio•San Antonio, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position serves a dual role as the Vice President for Presidential Initiatives and the Chief of Staff to the President at UT San Antonio. It is a Cabinet-level position located at the executive offices on the Academic Campus. The Vice President for Presidential Initiatives role focuses on developing and executing strategic presidential initiatives aligned with the President's annual work plan, including special projects, strategic relationship support, institutional advocacy, and executive communication strategies. This role will manage initiatives of varying scales and complexities, formulating analysis, strategy, and communication to shape the institution's trajectory and acting as a thought leader in higher education, research, academics, and public/private partnerships. The Chief of Staff to the President role involves representing the President's interests by coordinating and advancing Presidential initiatives, enterprise risk management, KPI tracking, special projects, and priorities. This role includes managing the Office of the President and its components: Special Events and Protocol, Administrative Operations, Presidential Initiatives, and Presidential Communications. It also entails supporting the President in time management, providing strategic and analytical support, and overseeing special projects to ensure alignment with strategic initiatives and annual plans.

Requirements

Cabinet-level position experience.
Experience in developing and executing strategic initiatives.
Experience in managing complex projects.
Experience in strategic relationship support.
Experience in institutional advocacy.
Experience in executive communication strategies.
Experience in formulating analysis and strategy.
Experience in serving as a thought leader in higher education, research, academics, and public/private partnerships.
Experience in representing executive interests and priorities.
Experience in enterprise risk management.
Experience in KPI tracking.
Experience in managing and leading an office and its components.
Experience in providing strategic and analytical support.
Experience in managing special projects end to end.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute strategic presidential initiatives derived from the President’s annual work plan.
Oversee special projects, strategic relationships support, institutional advocacy, and executive communication strategies.
Manage initiatives of varying scales, time frames, and complexity.
Formulate analysis, strategy, and communication development around presidential initiatives.
Serve as a thought leader within higher education, research, academics, and public/private partnerships.
Represent the interests and priorities of the President and the Office of the President.
Coordinate and advance Presidential initiatives, enterprise risk management, KPI tracking, special projects, and priorities.
Manage and lead the Office of the President and its four components: Special Events and Protocol, Administrative Operations, Presidential Initiatives, and Presidential Communications.
Support the President in prioritizing and optimizing their time.
Provide strategic and analytical support to the President.
Manage certain special projects end to end to ensure achievement towards strategic initiatives and annual plans.

Benefits

Medical insurance (UT SELECT Medical) offered free for employees.
Family members can be added to the medical plan through payroll deduction.
Discounted copays and coinsurance when using UT Health Physicians.
$50,000 of group term life insurance and $50,000 of basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance for free.
Options to purchase additional employee and dependent coverage for life and AD&D insurance at group rates.
Three dental insurance plan options (two PPOs and one HMO) through Delta Dental Insurance Company.
Vision Care benefits offered by Superior Vision Services with two plan options.
Disability Insurance providing income if a non-work related illness or injury prevents working.
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for qualifying dependent day care expenses or out-of-pocket health care expenses.
Retirement plan options: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or Optional Retirement Plan (ORP).
TRS is a defined benefit retirement plan with UT Health matching employee contributions.
Voluntary retirement programs available with five quality retirement plan providers.
Generous leave program: 128 to 208 hours (16 to 26 days) of front-loaded Paid Time Off based on years of service.
Extended Illness Bank: 8 hours (1 day) accrued per month.
Paid Family Leave: Up to 240 hours (6 weeks) to care for a spouse, child, or parent after 6 months of consecutive employment.
12 set paid holidays each year.
Range of discounts on services, tickets, and gym membership.