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Application Deadline: 11:59 pm on August 7, 2026
The Information School at University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking an Associate Director to work closely with the Director and Department Administrator. This is an exceptional opportunity for a motivated and accomplished administrator to contribute to the success of one of the nation's leading Information Schools. The successful candidate will bring outstanding collaborative, management, communication, and supervisory skills, along with the ability to navigate a complex and dynamic academic environment. This individual will play a vital role in supporting the department's strategic priorities while fostering a culture of service, professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Serves as the principal liaison between the program, University leadership, and outside entities
- Evaluates operations and outcomes to ensure alignment with organizational goals
- Formulates program strategies and goals, directs long-term planning, develops policies and procedures, and establishes and maintains new and emerging program materials
- Collaborates with faculty members to develop student academic programs and agendas, directs implementation, and creates curricular structure including operational and logistical arrangements
- Manages student academic program(s)
- Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
- Develops the unit budget and approves unit expenditures
- May provide guidance to faculty regarding funding, staffing, and space implications
- A minimum of 4 years of experience in organizational administration (some examples include: budgeting, curriculum development, course scheduling, management, strategic planning, project planning, and evaluation. These examples are not all-inclusive)
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively
- Demonstrated supervisory experience
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