Description

Minerva University is a private non-profit, U.S.-accredited university, currently serving 600 undergraduate and 50 graduate students along with over 500 alumni. Ranked in 2022 as the most innovative university in the world, our undergraduate program combines a pathbreaking cross-contextual interdisciplinary curriculum, the highest academic standards, an accomplished faculty versed in the science of learning, and a global residential experience in seven cities around the world. Our students and alumni come from 100 nations. Our mission is to develop problem-solvers, entrepreneurs, and wise leaders from every corner of the globe and to weave them together as one community to address the greatest challenges facing humanity. We are embarking on an ambitious plan to grow both our undergraduate and graduate populations and programs.

The Role

The Chief of Staff is a high-visibility strategic leader who supports the President with effective decision-making, project management, and execution of strategic initiatives across all university workstreams. The Chief of Staff provides the organizational framework under which senior leadership collaborates to implement the university's mission and strategic plan; and leads the development of systems by which the university measures progress toward key goals and overall success on a consistent basis.

**Applications will be accepted through March 15, 2022. Only candidates who submit both a cv/resume along with a letter of interest explaining interest in Minerva University and this position will be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a member of the President's cabinet, reporting to the President
• Build and lead the daily operations of the executive office
• Build and run cadence for leadership meetings, board meetings, and staff retreats
• Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives, facilitate special projects, and ensure action items are executed on behalf of the President
• Operate at a tactical, strategic, and operational level, handling the oversight of highest priority projects and initiatives
• Act as an extension of the President and information funnel, filter, and facilitator with internal and external stakeholders
• Proactively follow up with cabinet members to support goal achievement. Provide resources, recommendations, and guidance to the leadership team in order for the University to achieve its goals
• Promote team integration as well as cross-functional communication and collaboration
• Manage key relationships and build a process to track and nurture key stakeholders
• Track high-priority initiatives for the President to identify potential obstacles
• Serve as a thought partner and strategic advisor to President, standing in on meetings, pressure-testing ideas, and following up on action items with the team accordingly
• Provide analysis, recommendations, and options to the President regarding high-impact decisions

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in wide-ranging or cross-functional areas, such as operations, IT, communications
• An eagerness to learn new skills and take on challenges, intensely curious
• Strategic thinker, data-driven and analytical in approach to solving problems
• Strong written and verbal communication; listens well and can easily learn to communicate in someone else's “written voice”
• Excels at building relationships and networks; influences others to achieve outcomes
• Systems and process-thinker; loves creating order out of chaos
• Places a high value on confidentiality and loyalty
• A “roll up your sleeves” attitude toward challenging work
• Experience leading in an academic institution preferred
• Graduate degree from an excellent institution of higher education is strongly preferred
• Multilingual communications skills are strongly preferred

The University is seeking candidates who contribute to our diversity, as an institution deeply committed to global diversity and diversity in all its forms.

Benefits

Minerva University offers medical and dental insurance, a 403(b) plan without employer contribution, and support for professional development