Assistant Dean Plaster School of Business

General Statement of Job

The Assistant Dean is a 12-month staff role that supports the Plaster School of Business and Dean of the College of Business, Communication, and Technology as requested. This role facilitates the efficient operation of the Plaster School of Business (PSB). This position requires a proactive, organized, and detail-oriented professional who can independently manage complex tasks, assist with strategic initiatives, and ensure seamless communication across academic areas within the PSB. This role does not supervise full-time faculty.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Tracking and execution of strategic initiatives and various operational projects.
• Coordinate administrative functions across multiple academic and operational units in the PSB and across the institution.
• Manage projects, including data analysis, and reporting to support institutional goals.
• Assist with ensuring PSB’s compliance with university policies and accreditation standards by creating and maintaining accurate records and documentation.
• Manage responses to university-level requests for information (crossroads, board meeting highlights, etc.)
• Complete staff hiring, onboarding, and serve as the staff mentor.
• Supervise staff as assigned and facilitate collaboration among staff to enhance operational efficiency and faculty support.
• Manage student concerns and issues.
• In collaboration with content area faculty, manage adjunct faculty.
• Assist with facilitating faculty and staff development efforts.
• Process graduation applications.
• Assist with the development and implementation of initiatives to improve student enrollment, engagement and success.
• Facilitate the PSB student advisory board.
• Manage facilities requests/maintenance updates.
• Manage broad application IT requests/maintenance.
• Manage grant deadlines and reporting
• Facilitate ADC/PLA requests.
• Coordinate various meetings, including agenda preparation, document distribution, and follow-up actions.
• Represent the PSB at meetings, events, and committees as needed.
• Represent the PSB in the community as requested.
• Other duties as assigned

Education, Experience, and Licenses

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree required in business administration or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of experience in a School or College of Business.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal/collaboration skills.
• Strong time management, project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Knowledge of general higher education operations.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with Banner.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AACSB accreditation and grants preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and by written means at a very high level.
• Ability to make ethical decisions in doing what is best for both students and the University.
• Ability to effectively present information to administrators, faculty, staff, regulators, students, public groups, and/or Board of Governors.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or use a computer keyboard and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to __ pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTICE: The above job profile does not include all essential and nonessential duties of this job. All employees with disabilities are encouraged to contact Human Resources to review and discuss the essential and nonessential functions of the job. An employee with a disability can evaluate the job in greater detail to determine if she/he can safely perform the essential function of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.