Job Summary:

The Associate Dean for Administration reports to the Dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and serves as a senior leader on the Dean's Leadership Team. This position develops strategies, designs processes, and provides support for all matters related to finance and business administration. This role provides strategic advice to leaders across the Institute to proactively solve problems in a collaborative manner. This position oversees the following units: Business Services, Research Administration, Human Resources and represents the division to campus central business and HR offices.

Responsibilities:

Directs division business operations and is responsible for administrative, financial, and operations management.

• 10% Serves as the primary business advisor, liaison, and partner to divisional leadership and key stakeholder groups
• 20% Oversees the implementation of all operational and administrative activities
• 20% Develops the division's financial strategy including planning, forecasts, budgets, and cash management that focus on attaining and sustaining long-term financial equilibrium in collaboration with university leadership
• 10% Works with senior administrative and academic leadership to design, establish, and maintain an administrative organizational structure to effectively and efficiently accomplish goals and objectives while appropriately defining duties and mitigating risk
• 10% Assesses processes, staffing, and systems to identify opportunities for improvement and streamlining on a regular basis
• 20% Serves as a major point of contact and catalyst for problem resolution. Provides insightful and diplomatic communications
• 10% 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

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

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Education:

Required
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred
Master's Degree

Qualifications:

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $97,600 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

Additional Information:

Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, or a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

How to Apply:

To begin the application process, click the "apply now" button. Please submit a cover letter referring to your related work experience, particularly as it relates to the listed qualifications, and a resume detailing your educational and professional background.

Contact:

Lili Gagliano
lili.gagliano@wisc.edu
608-890-4747
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Business Affairs Director(FN027)

Department(s):

A40-GAYLORD NELSON INST ENV ST/ENV ST/ADMIN SERVICES

Employment Class:

Limited

Job Number:

275710-LI

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

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