Fairfield University
Strategic Manager, Office of the Dean for Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies
Fairfield, CT · Contract
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About the role
- SCHOOL: Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Strategic Manager serves as principal strategic deputy to the Dean, managing the flow of executive priorities, decisions, and follow-through across the Egan School.
Responsibilities
- Own the strategic report and the dashboard, tracking action items and reporting progress against Egan's strategic priorities.
- Maintain the decision queue for the Office of the Dean, ensuring commitments are recorded, assigned, and tracked to completion.
- Support advisory board and stakeholder communication for the Kanarek Center for Palliative Care
- Prepare briefing materials and background analysis to support the Dean's decision-making and external representation.
- Collaborate with the Dean, Associate and Assistant Deans, Chairs, and Program Directors to support school-wide accreditation visits and related logistics (e.g., CCNE, COA).
- Provide project-management for school-wide accreditation, including self-study timeline management, coordination of evidence and artifact collection, digital folder management, mock-visit logistics, and tracking of deliverables against standards, in support of the Dean, Associate and Assistant Deans, Chairs, and Program Directors.
- Maintain accurate, organized, and confidential records related to school-level operations, leadership decisions, and personnel matters.
Requirements
- The position requires a high degree of independent judgment and discretion in handling confidential matters.
Nice to have
- master's degree preferred.
Skills
- Have a bachelor's degree in business, higher education administration, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrate skill in executive writing and editing, data management, governance and meeting management, and project tracking.
- Have proficiency with integrated enterprise systems (Workday or equivalent) and data-reporting tools Tableau or equivalent).
Compensation
- Draft the Egan annual report and related briefing materials for budget cycle presentations and executive meetings.
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