Director of Center City Campus & Partnerships

Temple University Center City is an academic and community-facing campus located in the heart of Center City Philadelphia. At its current and future locations, the campus is surrounded by major corporate headquarters, arts and cultural institutions, nonprofit organizations, and civic partners. The campus supports undergraduate and graduate programs, continuing education, corporate training, public events, and community engagement initiatives, with programming and activities occurring throughout the day, in the evening, and on weekends.

About the role

The Director provides strategic and operational leadership for Temple University Center City, serving as the senior campus administrator responsible for advancing the campus as a vibrant hub for teaching, learning, professional development, community engagement, and civic partnership. The Director oversees campus operations, facilities coordination, space utilization, scheduling, administrative functions, and services that enable outstanding academic programs, public events, and external partnerships.

As the campus leader, the Director provides hands-on leadership, creative problem-solving, and coordination to ensure the campus functions as a high-quality, welcoming, accessible, and secure environment where innovative programs, partnerships, and community engagement can thrive. The Director will lead the planning and execution of the relocation of Temple University Center City from 1515 Market Street to 211 S. Broad Street, ensuring a successful transition and anticipated opening in Fall 2027.

This role will help shape the future of a highly visible university presence in Center City Philadelphia by supporting innovative programming, strengthening partnerships, and advancing the campus as a hub for teaching, learning, research, professional development, creative activity, and civic engagement. Working collaboratively with university leadership, deans, faculty, staff, and external partners, the Director plays a central role in developing and strengthening the relationships, partnerships, and programming that position Temple University Center City as a vibrant hub.

The Director facilitates collaboration with arts, cultural, civic, nonprofit, governmental, and business organizations; supports the implementation of university priorities and partnerships; coordinates public-facing programs and events; and ensures the effective management and utilization of campus facilities, resources, and services.

As a member of the University College senior leadership team, the Director collaborates with campus and unit leaders to support University College initiatives across all campuses and advance the mission and strategic priorities of both University College and Temple University.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Temple University Center City.
• Oversee campus operations, facilities coordination, space utilization, scheduling, administrative functions, and services.
• Lead the planning and execution of the campus relocation from 1515 Market Street to 211 S. Broad Street for a Fall 2027 opening.
• Develop and strengthen relationships, partnerships, and programming with arts, cultural, civic, nonprofit, governmental, and business organizations.
• Coordinate public-facing programs and events.
• Manage the operation, administration, and utilization of campus facilities and resources.
• Supervise and develop professional and administrative staff.
• Lead projects involving multiple stakeholders, including facility transitions, relocations, renovations, or expansions.
• Manage budgets, resources, contracts, and revenue-generating activities.
• Ensure a high-quality, welcoming, accessible, and secure environment for academic programs and community engagement.
• Collaborate with University College leadership to support initiatives across all campuses.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in public administration, business administration, arts administration, higher education administration, nonprofit management, or a related field.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience managing operations, facilities, programs, partnerships, or administrative functions within a higher education, nonprofit, cultural, corporate, civic, or similarly multifaceted environment.
• Experience leading major projects, transitions, or organizational change initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, collaboration, and relationship-building in a complex organizational environment.
• Experience developing, coordinating, and implementing innovative programs, events, partnerships, or engagement initiatives.
• Experience managing the operation, administration, or management of a physical facility, program site, campus, or other multi-use environment.
• Experience overseeing day-to-day operations, including space utilization, scheduling, campus services, vendor coordination, access management, and operational logistics.
• Experience managing budgets, resources, contracts, revenue-generating activities, and/or strategies supporting organizational sustainability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent an organization effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and early mornings.
• This position requires criminal history review, child abuse clearance, FBI fingerprinting, cash handling, and personally identifiable information background checks.
• This position is 100% on-site.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in a relevant field.
• Experience working in higher education and/or arts, cultural, civic, or nonprofit institutions.
• Established relationships across arts, civic, nonprofit, corporate, government, and philanthropic sectors.
• Experience managing a university campus, academic center, cultural facility, conference center, or other public-facing environment.
• Experience with place-based initiatives, downtown development, community engagement, or urban partnerships.
• Experience supporting fundraising, sponsorship, grant development, or resource development efforts.

Skills

• Leadership through influence, collaboration, and relationship-building.
• Creative problem-solving and customer-service orientation.
• Project management involving multiple stakeholders.
• Budget and resource management.
• Supervision and development of professional and administrative staff.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to balance competing priorities while delivering high-quality service.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Tuition remission for eligible employees and their dependents.
• Generous retirement plan.

Pay

Salary Range: $85,100 - $110,000. A variety of important factors are reviewed by HR when considering salary, including job duties, the applicant's education and experience, all relevant internal equity considerations, department budget, and funding source.