ISchool Associate Director

Job Summary

We are seeking an Associate Director to work closely with the Director and Department Administrator. This is an exceptional opportunity for a motivated and accomplished administrator to contribute to the success of one of the nation's leading Information Schools. The successful candidate will bring outstanding collaborative, management, communication, and supervisory skills, along with the ability to navigate a complex and dynamic academic environment.

This individual will play a vital role in supporting the department's strategic priorities while fostering a culture of service, professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Management of iSchool programs, assessment/reporting, stewardship/outreach, and institutional collaboration activities. This position involves expertise in supervision of staff, education administration, data‑driven planning, budget management, and building and maintaining relationships with students, alumni, community members, and campus partners.
• iSchool Management: the Associate Director coordinates overall student recruiting, admissions, and well‑being across four degree‑granting programs (BA/BS, MA, MS, and PhD) and one non‑degree‑granting continuing/professional education office. Typical responsibilities include production of a combined course timetable each semester, supervision of individual program managers, and coordination with faculty curricular leads.
• Assessment/reporting: the Associate Director directs on‑going assessment and continuous improvement of academic programs and services by guiding the establishment of annual goals, ensuring progress towards goals is met, articulating challenges, and reporting on annual outcomes and achievements for programs/services.
• Stewardship/outreach: the Associate Director supports communication with program alumni and partners in public service and private industry, including donors, employers and board liaisons.
• Institutional collaboration: the Associate Director coordinates interaction with other units and members of the campus community, handling special projects as needed.
• The Associate Director is supervised by the iSchool Director (department chair) and includes direct and indirect supervision of staff members. In addition to working closely with the Director and Department Administrator, the role involves working with the faculty Executive Committee, curriculum committee leads, and other iSchool faculty and staff committee chairs.

• Serves as the principal liaison between the program, University leadership, and outside entities
• Evaluates operations and outcomes to ensure alignment with organizational goals
• Formulates program strategies and goals, directs long‑term planning, develops policies and procedures, and establishes and maintains new and emerging program materials
• Collaborates with faculty members to develop student academic programs and agendas, directs implementation, and creates curricular structure including operational and logistical arrangements
• Manages student academic program(s)
• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full‑time equivalent (FTE) employees
• Develops the unit budget and approves unit expenditures
• May provide guidance to faculty regarding funding, staffing, and space implications

The expected salary range for this position is  110,000 up to  140,000 for highly experienced candidates. Actual pay within this range will depend on experience and qualifications. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Please review the summary of benefits for more information.

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in organizational administration (budgeting, curriculum development, course scheduling, management, strategic planning, project planning, and evaluation)
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively
• Demonstrated…