This position serves as Chief of Staff to the Executive Dean of the College of Medicines and CEO of the University of Illinois Hospitals and Clinics and is as a member of the senior management team, with authority over a wide range of management and technical assignments. This position provides UI COM with executive leadership, liaises with other senior officials, and manages external relationships and partnerships. S/he assures communication and integration across the enterprise enabling effective decision making. S/he will also be assigned special projects that may be either recurring or non-recurring in nature.

Job Duties:

Represents, advises, and provides day-to-day support to the Executive Dean and UIH CEO and facilitates communication and coordination of his leadership team. Prepares agendas for senior staff meetings and summarizes discussions and action items resulting from each meeting to attendees, with appropriate follow-up.

Synthesizes input and feedback from the executive leadership team (associate deans, regional deans, department heads, and center directors) to help the Executive Dean make decisions. Develop data analysis and write reports for use in executive decision-making.

Liaison with the Hospital's executive leadership team to support the Dean is her/his dual capacity as CEO of the UI Hospital and clinics.

Manages the bi-directional flow of communication in and out of the Dean's office to ensure consistent and responsive message delivery to key stakeholders, including faculty, staff, students, alumni and others. Works to remove barriers that hamper inter- and intra-organizational communication.

Supports the Executive Dean/CEO in internal and external engagements that involve strategic relationship-building and critical opportunities. This includes visits to international partners and visits by international partners.

Identifies and monitors internal and external developments that could have material impact on UI COM's success and alerts the Executive Dean and members of the senior management team to those developments.

Executes comprehensive projects and assignments that require coordination of several different offices and/or areas of the College and Hospital when necessary. Coordinates and monitors assignments which must be accomplished in conjunction with other senior executives.

Handles data, communication, and projects that are highly privileged and confidential.

Helps the Dean/CEO conduct annual performance reviews of all his/her direct reports (associate deans, regional deans, department heads, and center directors; and CFO, CMO, CNO , COO and other c-suite leaders in the Hospital). Sets goals for these employees and monitors progress against those goals throughout the year.

Work with the College's HR staff in the recruitment and retention of senior College leaders, including department heads, center directors, regional deans, and college-wide decanal positions, and with the Hospital's HR staff in the recruitment and retention of senior Hospital leaders.

Supervise the administrative staff within the Dean's Office including hiring, conducting annual performance reviews, and salary setting.

Serves as the liaison between stakeholders inside the college, and with external agencies (i.e. community, governing bodies, accreditors, sponsors, donors, etc.). Also serves as the Dean's/CEO's liaison to various college-wide, and University committees.

Supports the academic and business growth of the University of Illinois College of Medicine by bolstering communications and executing innovative strategies.

Prepare detailed briefing materials, presentations, and written remarks for the Dean/CEO in preparation for events, and speaking engagements; provide relevant facts, data, background information for meetings, reports, inquires, agendas, and presentations.

Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Master's degree in business administration, management, public administration, or related field.

Minimum of 10 years of experience in managerial role, preferably in an academic setting.

Demonstrated broad understanding of higher education structure, norms, roles, and missions.

Experience in managing within a highly matrixed organization.

Strong project management skills with a results orientation

Exercises emotional intelligence, judgment, discretion, diplomacy, and political acumen with confidence and poise.

Possess strong integrity, a high level of energy and proven achievement, excellent oral and written communication skills, and exceptional interpersonal relationship and team-building skills.