School Administrative Officer

Job Summary

Perform a wide variety of duties in direct support of the Chair's strategic and administrative activities and responsibilities for the School. Coordinate and support existing and new programs and partnerships across Georgia Institute of Technology as well as external entities. Lead and coordinate Business Operations including financial, management, IT Services, HR Services, and Communications/Marketing for the School. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations.

This position will interact on a regular basis with Deans, Chairs, faculty, GT leadership. This position typically will advise and counsel Deans, Chairs, faculty, GT leadership. This position will supervise office administrative staff.

• Lead and coordinate Business Operations, IT Services, HR Services, and Communications/Marketing.
• Develop and manage a process for tracking and supporting the decisions that come before the Chair and the Chair's leadership team. This includes setting a timetable for making decisions, ensuring necessary data and analysis are prepared and reviewed by relevant stakeholders and all relevant parties have provided input.
• Partner with the School's leadership team to direct, organize, and monitor routine and strategic financial and administrative functions and performance. Verify major initiatives support the goals and mission as defined in the strategic plan.
• Serve as Project Manager for key initiatives and projects.
• Represent and/or accompany the Chair as requested. Serves as key staff member for all committees over which the Chair presides.
• Coordinate or compose the writing, editing and preparation of drafts and final versions of correspondence, reports, presentations, speeches, and articles needed to support the Chair.
• Provide overall management and supervision of calendar for Chair. This includes addressing issues in advance of meetings that require decisions and/or resource commitments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Educational Requirements Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Management, Finance or related area or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Other Required Qualifications Overnight travel required for project delivery; flexibility in on-site daily service delivery hours (due to client shift schedules, project requirements).

Required Experience Six to seven years of job related experience.

Preferred Educational Qualifications Master’s Degree.

SKILLS This job requires an advanced level of knowledge of administrative management practices within the executive management level of higher education. Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills as well as strong analytical and research skills are required.

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