Associate Dean for Administration and Finance- Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

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Who we are:

The Brooks School of Public Policy, launched in September 2021, harnesses the university’s wide-ranging expertise in public policy teaching, research, and engagement into a shared academic home. Various established policy-focused institutes and programs from across the university are part of the school, boosting its scholarship and outreach activities. The Brooks School is introducing new and expanded undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional public policy courses, and degrees. The School’s faculty, with expertise in every region of the world, apply a global, interdisciplinary, and problem-oriented focus to a broad set of public policy issues. Building upon existing and developing academic strengths at Cornell, the school’s core areas of focus include data science and technology policy; environmental and sustainability policy; health policy; human security; inequality and social policy; the politics and economics of development; and race, racism, and public policy.

Position Summary:

The Associate Dean for Administration and Finance serves as the chief business and operating officer of the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, overseeing a budget of over $30 million with aggressive goals for growth in the coming years, serving a combined staff and faculty of over 100 and 700 undergraduate, professional masters, and Ph.D. students, and managing additional complexities associated with the School’s interdisciplinary reach across campus and collaborations with multiple colleges.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serves as the primary advisor to the Dean in all areas of administration with oversight of administrative operations.
• Responsible for the direction and leadership of the following areas: Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Compliance, and Faculty Support. Brooks has a shared services model in partnership with the College of Human Ecology for IT, Facilities, Business Service Center, and HR.
• Sits as a member of the Dean’s executive leadership team for the college and participates in strategic planning and executive decision-making.
• High visibility position with a high level of responsibility, discretion, and confidentiality; leadership role within the broader Cornell community in influencing university policy.

This role requires the following:

• MS or MBA degree with a minimum of 5-7 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in senior-level management positions.
• Proven success in financial management and planning, strategic planning, and organizational development.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion within teams and across constituent groups.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams and manage varied responsibilities across multiple functions.
• Demonstrated success in problem-solving, analytical approaches to decision-making, data management reporting, and planning.
• Demonstrated integrity, sound judgment, advocacy, and ability to represent units professionally and ethically with tact and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated success in meeting organizational objectives through negotiation and consensus and community building with a wide, varied, and diverse constituency.

What we offer:

Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, well-being, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.

• Our benefits program includes comprehensive healthcare options, access to wellness programs, employee discounts with local and national retail brands, and generous retirement contributions.  We invite you to follow this link to get more information on contract college benefits: https://hr.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/documents/benefits_overview_cc.pdf
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• Our leave provisions include three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: e.g., an end-of-year winter break from December 25 through January 1.
• Cornell’s impressive educational benefits include a tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children’s Tuition Assistance Program.
• Flexible work options.
• Competitive wages.

To Apply:

External (non-Cornell) candidates, please submit a cover letter and resume.

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University Job Title:

Administrator VII

Job Family:

Administration

Level:

I

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Pay Range:

$155,438.00 – $189,980.00

Company:

Contract College

Contact Name:

Salina Hoque

Number of Openings:

1

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• Prior relevant work or industry experience.

• Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.

• Unique applicable skills.

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