Senior Program Director of Administration

Department
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Music
Salary
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Commensurate with Experience/Education

Responsible for the operations of a complex center or multiple departments at the university. Oversees staff and budgets, and projects.

• 1. Administers a complex center or multiple departments.
• 2. Manages budget and engages in strategic planning to ensure all goals are met.
• 3. Hires and directs the activities of staff.
• 4. Resolves personnel issues as they arise.
• 5. Engages in budget-planning, grant oversight, and policy development.
• 6. Implements new programs and projects and monitors ongoing activities of department or center.
• 7. Reviews department policies and processes and implements improvements as needed.
• 8. Represents department or center to internal and external constituents.
• 9. Performs other job-related duties as required.

The Senior Program Director of Administration is a senior administrative leader and key member of the Moores School of Music leadership team. Reporting to the School Director, this position coordinates administrative planning, budgeting, program and production support, academic administration, and implementation of school priorities. This hands-on leadership role combines financial planning and oversight with primary responsibility for the School’s vendor relationships, contract administration, purchasing, travel, workflow management, and related administrative processes.

The Executive Director works closely with faculty and staff leaders, College Business Operations, Advancement, and University offices to ensure resources are used effectively, requirements are met, and complex initiatives move forward successfully.

• -Advise the School Director on administrative priorities, resource allocation, personnel needs, operational concerns, and implementation of school initiatives.
• -Translate school priorities into coordinated plans, responsibilities, timelines, and follow-up while assessing staffing capacity, workload, vacancies, resource constraints, and continuity risks.
• -Coordinate development and monitoring of the School’s annual budget and provide financial analysis, projections, and reports to support leadership decisions.
• -Support the development and monitoring of budgets for major programs, productions, and summer activities, including the Moores Opera Center and Texas Music Festival.
• -Collaborate with program directors and production personnel to develop financially viable seasons and track expenses, ticket revenue, restricted funds, and other financial activity.
• -Serve as the School’s primary point of contact for vendors and manage the full contract lifecycle for productions, programs, guest artists, independent contractors, rights, rentals, and other services, including preparation, collection, routing, tracking, and completion of required documentation and approvals.
• -Coordinate and process purchases, requisitions, invoices, vouchers, travel, expense reports, human resources actions, and related administrative transactions.
• -Manage the School’s  administrative and financial boards, ensuring requests and contracts are assigned, documented, updated, and advanced through the appropriate workflows.
• -Coordinate academic administrative processes, including class scheduling, accreditation reporting, academic deadlines, and implementation of program and curriculum changes.
• -Build effective relationships with faculty, staff, guest artists, donors, community partners, and University offices while improving procedures, resolving workflow issues, and ensuring compliance with applicable policies and financial controls

• -Bachelor's degree.
• -Experience in financial management.
• -Strong leadership skills.
• -Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the…