Job Abstract

Reporting to the Faculty Director of Program for the Practice of Everyday Leadership (PPEL), the Associate Director, PPEL, is responsible for developing and articulating strategic goals for the program and for developing and executing program initiatives. The PPEL is part of the SOM Initiative on Leadership and Organization. Serves as facilitator and coach to students and executive participants. Nurtures a culture of learning for the facilitator and coach community as well as in the course offerings and program events. Represents the program before stakeholders.

1. Advise the Director on program strategy and execution to a) expand the everyday leadership curriculum; b) create and support facilitators, coaches, and learners; and c) nurture a culture of everyday leadership learning at SOM. Evaluate the resource implications of this plan and allocate resources to achieve objectives.
2. Collaborate with everyday leadership faculty to develop course material and coordinate class activities across the course curriculum. Independently design parts of the curriculum. Facilitate, supervise staff, and may have opportunities for teaching depending on the qualifications of the candidate.
3. Monitor and gather data on current events, research, and other developments related to everyday leadership, interpersonal and group dynamics, group facilitation, and experiential/here and now pedagogy.
4. Serve as primary supervisor for facilitators and coaches in the spectrum of course and programmatic offerings. Guide and assist course staff through counsel, instruction, and administrative support.
5. Communicate and coordinate with stakeholders including faculty, students, student-entrepreneurs, alumni, donors, and visiting entrepreneurs.
6. Create and organize events including speaker series, conferences, and collaborations.
7. In concert with SOM Communications, create and oversee a communications strategy including the Learning Through Experience podcast, as well as other web, video, social media, email, and print mediums to ensure a vibrant presence.
8. Responsible for providing external visibility to the program. External outreach includes meeting with alumni, maintaining relationships with donors, and studying related learning programs at other universities. Identify and create opportunities for students to connect with program alumni to increase interest in the everyday leadership curriculum and everyday leadership across various industries and career stages.
9. Build relationships with various SOM stakeholders including Development, Career Development, Communications, Executive Education, student clubs, and Student & Academic Services.
10. Build relationships and collaborations with various stakeholders at Yale and in New Haven including other schools and programs such as Tsai Leadership Program, CBEY, Divinity School Leadership Education, Public Health and Medical School Leadership Programs, Yale SOM Executive Education, and the Community Leadership Program.
11. With Development & Alumni Relations, assist in fundraising administration, including identifying and cultivating potential sources of gifts from alumni, foundations, and corporations. Travel to provide external visibility to the program, including meeting with alumni, maintaining relationships with donors, and studying relevant leadership learning at other universities.
12. With Business Operations & Director, create, monitor & manage the program budget.
13. Create systems to gather, track, and report measurements of the program’s impact. Supervise administrative support staff.

The Essential Duties are generic in nature; the information contained in this Position Focus is most relevant to this position. Proven commitment to diversity and inclusion, equity, and excellence. 1. Directs, monitors, and assesses needs and directs the application of resources of an administrative University office dealing with one or more major functional areas. 2. Directs and implements solutions to problems that are routine to complex in nature and that affect multiple functional areas of responsibility. 3. Plans and/or participates in planning University activities on a long-term basis to comply with University goals and objectives. 4. Establishes and implements consistent university-wide policies in multiple functional areas of responsibility. 5. Ensures that University office policies and procedures are in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. 6. Develops and monitors goals and objectives for managerial and professional staff in compliance with University strategies. 7. Directs a staff of exempt and non-exempt employees. 8. May perform other duties as assigned. Bachelor’s Degree in related field and six years of demonstrated experience or an equivalent combination of education and related and demonstrated experience.