Chief of Staff, Dean's Office - Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences

Georgetown University comprises two unique campuses in the nation’s capital. With the Hilltop Campus located in the heart of the historic Georgetown neighborhood, and the Capitol Campus, just minutes from the U.S. Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court, Georgetown University offers rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, and unparalleled opportunities to engage with Washington, D.C. Our community is a close-knit group of remarkable individuals driven by intellectual inquiry, a commitment to social justice, and a shared dedication to making a difference in the world.

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Job Overview

The College of Arts & Sciences is the largest academic unit at Georgetown University. It has over 500 full-time (380 tenure-line) faculty and hundreds of part-time faculty across 26 academic departments, 13 interdisciplinary programs, and multiple centers and initiatives. The College has over 150 staff that support its instructional and research mission. 

Reporting to the Dean, the Chief of Staff provides high-level strategic and operational support to the Dean, and, by extension, his leadership team. The Chief of Staff responds and acts on behalf of the Dean using tact and diplomacy in matters of a highly sensitive and confidential nature, including interactions with senior university officials, faculty members, staff, students, and alumni. The position serves as deputy to the Dean in the following functions: the design and execution of strategic planning and initiatives; master space-planning; communications, both internal and external; fundraising, alumni and other external relations; Dean’s Office operations.

The Chief of Staff handles a wide range of matters of institutional importance on behalf of the Dean. The position helps to formulate and manage strategic initiatives, directs progress towards meeting goals and achieving benchmarks, ensures follow-through on the part of key persons, and sustains momentum needed to drive initiatives to completion. The Chief of Staff ensures timely and effective implementation of the team's priorities and strategic initiatives. The Chief of Staff works in close collaboration with the Office of Advancement and its liaison(s) to the school on issues related to the College’s fundraising and other outreach efforts. The position also works closely with the College’s Director of Communications to establish and maintain a consistent messaging strategy that is aligned with the Dean’s vision and values.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Manages the Dean’s strategic initiatives, directs progress towards meeting goals and achieving benchmarks, ensures follow-through on the part of key persons, and sustains momentum needed to drive initiatives to completion. 

• Works with the Dean to address student, faculty and staff issues ranging from performance challenges to threat assessment. This person may represent the Dean in selected internal and external interactions with faculty, staff, students, alumni, senior University administrators as well as government and community leaders.

• Conducts research and assimilates data for presentations and projects; evaluates data and prepares reports; must possess outstanding technology and data analysis skills. 

• Acts as part of a highly collaborative leadership team that advises the Dean on all areas of the school’s operations. Reviews and recommends procedural, technological, and policy changes to ensure institutional compliance and continuous improvement of work processes.

• Engage in master planning for space managed by the College of Arts & Sciences.

• Ensures effective stakeholder management by maintaining strong and cooperative relationships with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and donors. Builds effective ties with the leadership teams of other Georgetown schools. 

• Acts as College liaison to the University President and Provost Offices, General Counsel, the Offices of Public Affairs, Strategic Communications, Protocol and Events, and other partner offices in various capacities.

Work Interactions

The position reports to the Dean and works closely with the Dean’s senior leadership team. The position also works in close collaboration with the Director of Communications and Office of Advancement’s liaison role(s) to the College. The Chief of Staff ensures effective stakeholder management by maintaining strong and cooperative relationships with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and donors, and must build effective ties with the leadership teams of o