MANAGING DIRECTOR, EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS
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- Duke University
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- PAS Adm - Duke Entrepreneurship
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- Academic Affairs, International Programs, Institutional & Business Affairs, Program Administration
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- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Duke University:
Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.
SummaryThe Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative (I&E) at Duke is designed to enable the entire Duke community – students, staff, faculty, alumni, and parents – to translate ideas into actions in a way that impact the lives of real people. Additional details can be found at the Duke I&E website (entrepreneurship.duke.edu). The Managing Director, Experiential Programs will be responsible for the management and execution of a University-wide experiential learning program where multidisciplinary teams formed from undergraduate, graduate and professional students explore potential markets for an innovation, evaluate the viability of a business model, and develop strategies for bringing it to market and launching a new commercial or social venture. S/he is regularly required to resolve diverse and advanced problems independently, to manage complex logistics for a variety of stakeholders, and to collaborate with existing internal and external partnership programs. The Managing director, Experiential Programs, reports to the I&E Director of Graduate Studies and works closely with the entire I&E team. Work PerformedDevelop, implement, and administer a University-wide experiential entrepreneurship learning program for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Provide program administration including day-to-day oversight over all aspects of this multi-faceted program. (30%) Collaborate and cultivate relationships with campus and community partners to develop or highlight opportunities for involvement in experiential programming within I&E. Act as a liaison and resource to stakeholders across campus, including the Fuqua School of Business, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, the Graduate School, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke Law School, Pratt School of Engineering and the Divinity School. (15%) Supervise and coordinate the work of designated employees, including full-time staff, paid and volunteer student assistants and interns. Manage personnel activities to meet university and departmental objectives; direct various personnel functions including, but not limited to, hiring, training and development, performance appraisals, promotions, transfers, vacation schedules, and disciplinary actions. Ensure compliance with university policies and procedures, particularly as they relate to educational programs, FERPA compliance and human resource management. (15%) Provide oversight and management to the I&E Student Programs team to plan, coordinate, and implement supportive programs, activities, and workshops for students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship. (10%) Assess and evaluate the programs implemented, and prepare reports and analyses setting forth progress in meeting goals and objectives, noting positive impacts, adverse trends, and appropriate recommendations and conclusions. (5%) In collaboration with I&E’s Development Program Director and other I&E leadership, assist in the development of giving opportunities, the preparation of written proposals and grant applications, and in stewardship for individual and corporate philanthropic giving to student programs in innovation and entrepreneurship. (10%) Prepare, edit, distribute, and manage content (e.g., print, internet, social media) for marketing and communications program activities, in coordination with the I&E Communications team. (5%) Determine fiscal requirements and prepare budgetary recommendations for I&E innovation and entrepreneurship programs; monitor, verify, and reconcile expenditure of budgeted funds. (5%) Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. (5%)
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Work requires knowledge of science methods and educational principles, curriculum development, and instructional design, as well as analytical, organizational, and communications skills generally acquired through completion of a masters degree program. Ph.D. preferred.
Experience
Work requires a minimum of five years experience within a OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE university, preferably to include direct experience teaching with undergraduate and/or graduate students, conducting and/or supervising research, and working with faculty to develop and improve curricular requirements within a department or school.
Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
Organization
History
Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durham family that built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco products and developed electricity production in the Carolinas, long had been interested in Trinity College. Trinity traced its roots to 1838 in nearby Randolph County when local Methodist and Quaker communities opened Union Institute. The school, then named Trinity College, moved to Durham in 1892, where Benjamin Newton Duke served as a primary benefactor and link with the Duke family until his death in 1929. In December 1924, the provisions of indenture by Benjamin’s brother, James B. Duke, created the family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment, which provided for the expansion of Trinity College into Duke University.
As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity underwent both physical and academic expansion. The original Durham campus became known as East Campus when it was rebuilt in stately Georgian architecture. West Campus, Gothic in style and dominated by the soaring 210-foot tower of Duke Chapel, opened in 1930. East Campus served as home of the Woman's College of Duke University until 1972, when the men's and women's undergraduate colleges merged. Both men and women undergraduates now enroll in either the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering. In 1995, East Campus became the home for all first-year students.
Duke maintains a historic affiliation with the United Methodist Church.
Home of the Blue Devils, Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
Mission Statement
"James B. Duke's founding Indenture of Duke University directed the members of the University to 'provide real leadership in the educational world' by choosing individuals of 'outstanding character, ability, and vision' to serve as its officers, trustees and faculty; by carefully selecting students of 'character, determination and application;' and by pursuing those areas of teaching and scholarship that would 'most help to develop our resources, increase our wisdom, and promote human happiness.'
“To these ends, the mission of Duke University is to provide a superior liberal education to undergraduate students, attending not only to their intellectual growth but also to their development as adults committed to high ethical standards and full participation as leaders in their communities; to prepare future members of the learned professions for lives of skilled and ethical service by providing excellent graduate and professional education; to advance the frontiers of knowledge and contribute boldly to the international community of scholarship; to promote an intellectual environment built on a commitment to free and open inquiry; to help those who suffer, cure disease, and promote health, through sophisticated medical research and thoughtful patient care; to provide wide ranging educational opportunities, on and beyond our campuses, for traditional students, active professionals and life-long learners using the power of information technologies; and to promote a deep appreciation for the range of human difference and potential, a sense of the obligations and rewards of citizenship, and a commitment to learning, freedom and truth.
“By pursuing these objectives with vision and integrity, Duke University seeks to engage the mind, elevate the spirit, and stimulate the best effort of all who are associated with the University; to contribute in diverse ways to the local community, the state, the nation and the world; and to attain and maintain a place of real leadership in all that we do.”
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