Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration

Responsibilities

• Oversee administrative operations, special projects, and priorities, including resource allocation/budgeting, administration and management, space planning, and monitoring progress of the implementation of plans and initiatives within the SoE.
• Provide comprehensive financial analyses.
• Oversight of sponsored research funding administration.
• Research and analyze policy and operational issues, develop recommendations, and coordinate and implement policy decisions.
• Partner on complex employee relations issues, faculty salary review process, faculty hiring/promotion/retention/renewal, and conflict of interest matters.
• Oversee all space requests and change proposals.
• Serve on Institute committees.
• Oversee the implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Undertake special projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree;
• Ten years of high-level administrative experience in a university;
• Proven success overseeing financial management and planning and human resources, facilities, and information technology management;
• Excellent interpersonal, active listening, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and written and verbal communication skills;
• Working knowledge of the operations of complex research universities/organizations;
• Diplomacy; tact and discretion with sensitive/confidential matters;
• Ability to prioritize, lead and manage a wide variety of responsibilities in multiple functional areas in a fast-paced, dynamic organization;
• Synthesize information from multiple sources and provide succinct and actionable briefing materials and action plans;
• View larger policy concerns while paying attention to details;
• Make effective decisions while working independently or collaborating with others;
• Implement new and/or interpret existing policies and procedures.

Priorities

• MBA/M.S., MIT experience,
• Knowledge of the operation and culture of academic departments,
• Experience working with faculty.