Assistant to VP of Division Mission and Ignatian Imagination

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* Job Summary:

** The Assistant to the VP will join the new Division for Mission and Ignatian Imagination within the University, and the Mission Team, which includes the Vice President, the Director of University Ministry (UMin), the University Chaplain, the Director of the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition (the Lane Center), the Director of the Office of Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI).

The Division is charged with helping to shape how the University lives its Jesuit Catholic mission in service of forming students who will “change the world from here.” The work of the Division helps to ensure that USF remains a place where faith and reason flourish, where justice is pursued with rigor and love, where diverse religious and secular perspectives are welcomed, and where the whole community is invited into the transformative work of Jesuit education.
The Assistant to the VP both supports the work of the Vice President and the other members of the Mission Team, while serving as the hospitable face and primary point of contact within the University for all those seeking to participate in the University’s Mission. The Coordinator provides executive support for the Vice President of Mission and Ignatian Imagination and oversees administrative and operational functions for the Office of the Vice President, the Lane Center, ADEI, and cooperates with the work of UMin and the University Chaplain.

Because the Vice President chairs the University Mission Council, the Division Coordinator will sit on the Council and provide administrative and operational support to it. As the Vice President and the Mission Team will staff the Mission Committee of the Board of Trustees, the Coordinator will assist with organizational and administrative support for that Committee’s meetings.
The Assistant to the VP serves as a trusted administrative and strategic partner to highly visible offices of the University, providing high-level executive support to advance the institution’s Catholic, Jesuit mission, academic excellence, and operational effectiveness. This position is responsible for managing executive communications, coordinating priorities and activities, supporting governance and stakeholder relations, and ensuring the efficient operation of the various offices within the Division for Mission and Ignatian Imagination.

The Assistant exercises professionalism, discretion, friendliness, and sound judgment while fostering collaboration and reflecting the university’s values.
This position is full time and will support the VP of Mission and Ignatian Imagination 50% of the time; the Lane Center 25%; and ADEI the other 25% of the time. This position is on-site/in-person.
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Job Description:

**  * + Serves as liaison for the Division of Mission and Ignatian Imagination, ensuring that all internal and external constituents feel valued, supported, and celebrated through affirming and respectful communications, and coordination of meetings and events.  + Coordinates and prioritizes the schedule and communications of the Vice President of Mission and Ignatian Imagination, ensuring the most strategic and efficient use of the VP’s time, and briefing/preparing the VP for meetings and events, including meetings with major donors, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Jesuit West Province, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA), and other external partners and stakeholders.  

+ Performs a range of administrative and technical support duties as the primary and confidential administrative support to the VP, relieving the VP of administrative details.  + Manages budget related items,…