Job Description
1. Manages and leads research on various federal rules and regulations as well as University policies and procedures to resolve problems and determine the best course of action for the functional area. 2. Recommends course of action to higher authority for the handling and disposition of problems related to the functional area. 3. Counsels faculty, students and staff on issues related to administrative operations of the University function and areas of concern for the function. 4. Manages statistical and analytical information regarding office activities and areas of operational and administrative concern for the function. 5. Leads in long-range planning for the office activities of a specific functional area. 6. Interprets and administers various University and federal policies and regulations. 7. Disseminates accurate and up-to-date information regarding areas of concern. 8. Formulates and establishes policies regarding area's function. 9. Manages a staff of exempt and non-exempt employees. 10. May perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skill/ability 1: Outstanding written and oral communication skills. Demonstrated ability to work closely with senior administrators, donors, board members, and colleagues in SOM's DAR team, University's Office of Development, SOM faculty and students, and development colleagues in Yale's schools and units.
Required Skill/ability 2: Demonstrated ability working with deadlines in a fast-moving, deadline-driven environment. Ability to work independently and inventively on complex projects, manage multiple projects simultaneously, drive results, and maintain the highest standards of output, business practices, good judgment, and discretion.
Required Skill/ability 3: Detail-oriented, with exceptionally strong analytic, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with ability to establish strategies and respond to challenges.
Required Skill/ability 4: Customer service focus, ability to listen carefully and understand customers' needs and proactively respond to those needs in a consistent and timely manner.
Required Skill/ability 5: Ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality on sensitive issues and on all matters related to relationships with the DAR office and other key constituencies. Proven commitment to diversity and inclusion, equity, and excellence.
Preferred Education: Advanced Degree. Track record of strategic planning & creative communications work. Experience in an academic institution of higher education. Proven experience working with designers, web masters, event vendors & videographers. Proven experience with board relations and/or donor stewardship. Knowledge of: Cvent.com, Customer Relations Management (Blackbaud), Workday, Excel, Adobe.
Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)
Posting Position Title: Assistant Director 2
University Job Title: Associate Director of Board Relations
Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Advanced Degree. Track record of strategic planning & creative communications work. Experience in an academic institution of higher education. Proven experience working with designers, web masters, event vendors & videographers. Proven experience with board relations and/or donor stewardship. Knowledge of: Cvent.com, Customer Relations Management (Blackbaud), Workday, Excel, Adobe.
Minimum requirement of Bachelor's Degree in related field and three years of demonstrated experience or an equivalent combination of education and related demonstrated experience.
About Yale University
Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
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