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Job Description Summary
The Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University seeks a highly collaborative, responsible, inclusive, and strategically minded Associate Director of the Program for Leadership and Character, an innovative, dynamic, and values-driven program that inspires, educates, and empowers leaders of character to serve humanity. The Associate Director will work closely with the Executive Director and Director of the Leadership and Character in the Professional Schools to develop and oversee the implementation of the Program’s strategic plan and steward the Program’s resources and opportunities to advance its core mission. Toward these ends, the Associate Director will hire, supervise, and mentor key staff; manage special projects; develop strategic initiatives and partnerships; sustain a culture of creative collaboration among the team; communicate the Program’s values, vision, and initiatives to a variety of internal and external audiences; and assist with all aspects of program development and management. The ideal candidate will have a passion for management practices that support staff persons’ dignity and development, foster healthy, diverse, and equitable teams, and encourage organizational improvement. The ideal candidate will be purposeful, caring, organized, reliable, diligent, and detail-oriented, with a capacity to exercise wise judgment and build meaningful relationships and inclusive cultures.
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational institution dedicated to academic excellence in liberal arts, graduate and professional education. Located in Winston-Salem, NC (“The City of Arts and Innovation”), the University is ranked among the top thirty national universities by U.S. News and World Report. The University has a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world, as indicated by the motto Pro Humanitate (for humanity), which encourages students to develop the qualities of human character needed to serve humanity. With the aim to educate the whole person, the University has established an innovative Program for Leadership and Character that plans creative, liberal arts-based programming to help students develop the virtues of character needed to lead in an increasingly complex world. The Program is based on cutting-edge academic research on leadership and character, including research conducted by Wake Forest faculty who are leading experts on the study of character. The Program has established a partnership with the Oxford Character Project and has been profiled as a model for how universities can educate character. The Program has received major gifts from individual donors and grants from the John Templeton Foundation, Kern Family Foundation, and Lilly Endowment, among others, to develop leaders of character at Wake Forest and support other colleges and universities who seek to infuse leadership and character at their campuses.
Wake Forest University and the Program for Leadership and Character welcomes and encourages diversity and inclusivity and seeks applicants with demonstrated success in working with diverse populations. Wake Forest University is an AA/EO employer and values an inclusive and diverse learning community and campus climate. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Please submit 1) a cover letter explaining your interest in the position, your experience managing or advising staff and/or building organizational cultures, and your commitment to leadership and character development; 2) a resume or curriculum vitae; and 3) three professional references (at least one of whom must be a current or former supervisor). Applications will be processed from February 2022 until the position is filled. This position will be in person at Wake Forest’s Winston-Salem campus.
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Additional Job Description
In furtherance of the University’s commitment to resuming operations in a manner consistent with or similar to how those operations were conducted prior to the pandemic, and in an effort to protect the health and safety of the campus community, all faculty and staff are required to be fully vaccinated with an FDA approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccine and an influenza vaccine. Faculty and staff with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs that preclude vaccination should contact Human Resources to request a reasonable accommodation.
Time Type Requirement
Full time
Note to Applicant:
This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor.
In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final staff candidates being considered for employment.
Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce while promoting an inclusive work environment committed to excellence in the spirit of Pro Humanitate. In adherence with applicable laws and as provided by University policies, the University prohibits discrimination in its employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, disability and veteran status and encourages qualified candidates across all group demographics to apply.
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