The Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies (DAUS) within the School of Professional Studies (SPS) at NYU is seeking a Director, who will play a pivotal role in fostering strategic relationships with corporate partners, curate workplace case studies for student engagement, and manage contracted database infrastructure. This position will spearhead initiatives to cultivate partnerships with industry leaders and collect real-world case studies to enrich student learning experiences while leading a team responsible for supporting these processes. Lead and ensure the success of the Workplace learning portal and design the overall learning strategy related to ensuring students have access to real-world scenarios to support their in-class learning and career awareness and acquisition. Codify lessons learned for scaling programs internally and externally, support supervisor with special projects, and represent SPS in workforce development initiatives within NYU, locally and nationally.
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree
Required Experience:
7+ years Relevant experience or equivalent combination. Must include substantial professional experience in a related area and/or experience developing programs, building partnerships, and supervising instructional and support staff.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Ability to plan, design, develop, and launch programs and cultivate strategic partnerships internally and externally. Ability to identify opportunities for collaboration and utilize professional networks in and beyond NYU SPS to achieve goals as needed. Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing, collect data, and present information to a variety of audiences in a cross-section of modalities. Ability to develop and manage budgets, develop evaluation strategies, and manage continuous improvement cycles. Ability to lead teams internally and influence decision-making externally. Ability to manage grant deliverables and speak to them in formal reports to funders. Evaluate programs and instructional staff. Ability to develop strategies to market programs and recruit new students. Familiarity with emerging technologies, including distance learning. Ability to strategize programming in launch, scaled, and in-between phases (ability to grow programs, manage budgets, manage internal and external stakeholders)
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Leadership and collaboration experience with public and private sectors, leading and designing inclusive workforce-development solutions for scale. Strong grounding in the history of workforce development and its relationship to historical economic inequities and social injustices. Experience with the workforce-development ecosystem. Knowledge and experience of successful public-private partnership models for workforce solutions both within and beyond the U.S. Should have an understanding of city, state, national and global approaches to and systems and policies for workforce development and career-connected learning. Ability to communicate with multiple audiences via written and verbal communication with strong interpersonal skills. Must have the ability to take initiative and collaborate with others. Must have the ability to assess needs, gaps, and data being collected. The Director is considered to have the experience to develop and manage internal and external engagement strategies to enhance the Division’s and School’s success. Ability to travel as needed. Ability to create a framework by which work-based scenarios will be cultivated by faculty, industry partners, and other partners to ensure uniformity and optimized learning. Must also create a framework for student mentorship through the completion of case studies and the required accountability structures for mentors and students. Must assess the efficacy and impact of the program in an ongoing, sustained, way.
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $90,000.00 to USD $130,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
Since 1934, the NYU School of Professional Studies (NYU SPS) has been a deeply respected institution of higher education that is grounded in applied learning. From its early years, training returning World War II veterans to fulfill the nation’s urgent need for skilled technical workers, it has evolved into a professional education powerhouse that offers 20 graduate degrees, 14 bachelor’s degrees for undergraduate students, four associate’s degrees, and a plethora of continuing education courses and credentials.
NYU SPS is a thought leader, and serves as an incubator for new ideas in industries that are constantly changing. We prepare students for in-demand jobs in fields including real estate, hospitality and tourism; global affairs; global sports management; publishing; marketing and public relations; project management; executive coaching and organizational consulting, human capital management; information technology, management and systems; translation; publishing and professional writing. NYU SPS is focused on building skills that open doors to opportunities in emerging fields and global markets. NYU SPS faculty members are leading experts in their areas of discipline, with a hands-on approach that encourages students to push beyond their limits and to break new ground.
NYU SPS is committed to inclusion, diversity, belonging, equity, and access throughout the School.
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