Associate Director Design

At the Johns Hopkins University Center for Staff Life Design, we're not just building careers; we help staff design purposeful professional and personal journeys. As a cornerstone of Johns Hopkins' commitment to staff development and benefits, we're redefining what it means to grow within a world-class institution. Our vision is that every employee at Johns Hopkins University regardless of seniority, job level, or job family will live their life purpose through, with, or because of the Johns Hopkins community.

The Center for Staff Life Design supports Johns Hopkins University's investment in staff development and retention, positioning Johns Hopkins as a national and global leader in higher education and university human resources. By leveraging a scalable life design thinking approach, we foster enduring relationships and design staff learning experiences that result in greater upward and internal professional mobility for Johns Hopkins University staff.

We are seeking an Associate Director Staff Life Design who will serve as the chief facilitator and curriculum officer of the Center for Staff Life Design. Responsible for the ideation, implementation, and overall management of Staff Life Design training and experiential learning opportunities, this individual will collaborate with the Center for Staff Life Design leadership and program teams to design and lead training programs and experiential learning initiatives that provide staff members with the resources needed to explore, to prepare, to experience, to network and ultimately to be inspired to pursue their life purpose.

The Associate Director will expertly integrate aspects of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into their programming, training, delivery, and practices in ways that are appropriate to the mission and values of Johns Hopkins University, and aligned to the President's Roadmap on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The Associate Director serves as a conduit, connecting staff members to people, organizations and opportunities, while also designing and teaching innovative curriculum aligned to key staff populations' focus areas and developmental needs. As part of their duties, the Associate Director will be responsible for recruiting, training, and managing the team of Staff Life Design Consultants in the Center for Staff Life Design and deploying them in ways that are strategically aligned to staff populations' physical locations, lifecycle and developmental needs, and job families.

As a thought leader in Life Design and Adult Learning and Professional Development, the Associate Director will also collaborate with curriculum teams aligned to Johns Hopkins Integrative Learning and Life Design. It is expected that the Associate Director will actively travel between Johns Hopkins campuses and among departments to assure quality and engaging delivery of Staff Life Design programming both in person and virtually.

By fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth, the individual will play a pivotal role in strengthening Johns Hopkins' position as a global leader in higher education and staff development.

• Assist the Director of the Center for Staff Life Design in goal setting, vision, communication, and evaluation and assessment strategies.
• Collaborate with the Director and Center for Staff Life Design team to define and strategize objectives, to enhance communication strategies internal and external to JHU, and to develop and implement effective assessment and evaluation tools for Staff Life Design programming.
• Recruit, hire, train, and motivate the team of Staff Life Design Consultants and inspire a culture of engaged, innovative, and energetic delivery of programming across social media, in-person, and virtual modalities.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the staff programming, overseeing programming, marketing, content, and logistics for staff participants.
• Develop Life-Design-focused experiential learning opportunities for staff.
• Infuse career education and skills-development curricula with modules centered on professional ethics, sustainability, DEI, and social responsibility values.
• Organize and co-lead career and identity-based events and conferences, creating platforms for networking, learning, and professional growth on all JHU campuses, including international campuses.
• Drive digital engagement strategies, leveraging online platforms to engage and inspire the JHU community.
• Represent JHU in thought leadership capacities across professional associations, academic journals, and higher education forums.
• Craft and share the university's story, emphasizing our commitment to pioneering career and learning solutions.
• Construct robust and comprehensive assessment frameworks tailored for life design and deliver content based on data-driven and evidence-based outcomes.
• Champion a culture of data collection and analysis and leverage collaborations with key stakeholders across the university to assess and develop staff…