Associate Director of Faculty Affairs - Stern at NYUAD

at  NYU Abu Dhabi

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• 5+years of responsible, relevant and recent experience in a complex, dynamic, fast-paced and high-volume environment (preferably an institution of higher education) that required judgement, flexibility, attention to detail, multi-tasking, and considerable autonomy

PREFERRED EDUCATION:

• Masters degree

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 3+years’ experience managing a high-functioning team that produced high-quality deliverables in a timely fashion
• Proven commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Direct experience interfacing with globally distinguished professionals
• Superior relationship management and organizational abilities, including the ability to coordinate multiple people and multiple activities, adjust workflows based on new information/changing priorities, and manage interpersonal conflict
• Demonstrated leadership, consultative, negotiation, analytical and diplomatic skills.
• Experience with strategic planning and interpreting and adapting global policies to a new organization’s requirements
• Ability to effectively manage, train, coach and delegate to a team under tight deadlines
• Ability to work both independently and within cross-functional teams
• Ability to develop and maintain productive and collegial relationships with counterparts across the institution
• Ability to facilitate decision making, lead and manage change
• Proven ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and work effectively in a culturally diverse workplace
• Ability to demonstrate and model principles of integrity and ethical behavior
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to adapt communication style to address needs of faculty and staff. Ability to engage productively with diverse populations
• Fluency with MS Office (Power Point, Excel, Word, Access, etc.). Demonstrated ability to learn new software/technologies
• Budgeting Experience

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with faculty recruitment, particularly of senior candidates
• Experience developing and managing long-term projects and/or experience in a start-up environment
• Experience in an institution with global connections
• Relevant experience in a research environment
  Additional Information:
  The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion

• Provide strategic direction on a range of complex HR issues to the Associate Dean of Faculty (and other relevant members of academic leadership), often of a confidential and highly sensitive nature
• Lead the administrative side of academic recruitment/appointments, reviews, and tracking of faculty from onboarding to separation.
• Serve as a station manager for academic affairs, managing the flow of operations, supervising staff, and troubleshooting problems
• Direct the administration of the end-to-end recruitment cycle for faculty in the new business program
• Collaborate with academic leadership to produce the annual academic staffing plan
• Support search committees, as necessary, including advertising and posting strategies, compliance with university procedures/policies, logistical support for interviews/flyouts etc. Track of offers and acceptances
• Supervise onboarding and orientation for incoming faculty
• Direct the administration of all academic review processes the Stern at NYUAD program, including performance reviews, appointment/reappointment, promotion, tenure, periodic evaluation of temporary probationary and tenured faculty, and faculty appeals
• Collaborate with academic leadership to develop and adhere to timelines associated with the paperwork flow associated with such activities in accordance with established University guidelines
• Support faculty life-cycle activities/events, as directed by academic leadership.
• Support the organization, planning and execution of faculty events organized by academic leadership
• Serve as a point of contact for faculty and, when appropriate, an approver for faculty activities, such as research spending and travel
• Manage, in conjunction with the Provost’s Office and academic leadership, academic-related record-keeping, including: faculty promotion, years at rank, attrition, gender, ethnicity, demographics, salary ranges, and other metrics in support of strategic initiatives or other management data needs
• Interface with Provost Office with respect to academic affairs & affairs
• Collaborate/liaise with the Vice-Chancellor and Provost’s Offices and other NYUAD/NYUNY units on issues related to academic appointments and faculty affairs.
• Develop and support equity and inclusion through the effective recruitment, selection and hiring of employees
• Establish clear performance expectations, provision of appropriate feedback, recognition, and rewards and provision of having opportunities to strengthen performance and promote advancement
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