Position Summary
NYU is committed to providing a campus community that reflects and enacts the values of inclusion, diversity, belonging, and equity that inform academic excellence. NYU Madrid is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from all interested persons, including without limitation under-represented individuals in the profession, across religions, color, creed, race, ethnic and national origin, physical ability, and gender and sexual identity. NYU Madrid affirms the value of differing perspectives on the world as we strive to build the strongest possible university with the widest reach.
Position Overview
The Director of NYU Madrid is a full-time senior leadership position based in Madrid, Spain, reporting to and working closely with the Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Global Programs on strategic planning, as well as with the Vice President for Global Programs on the day-to-day management of NYU Madrid. This role is best suited to someone with a strong academic background. A key focus of the position is ensuring excellence in our academic programs in a manner consistent with NYU's leadership in international higher education. The site hosts a first-year study away program, short-term and graduate programs, a provostial research center, and undergraduate courses across the curriculum, including the Arts, Humanities, Spanish Language, Social Sciences, Business, and experiential learning. It is anticipated that the Director will remain appropriately academically active throughout their appointment in this role.
Responsibilities Strategic Leadership: The Director is responsible for providing strategic leadership for NYU Madrid, which includes leading strategic planning for the site to ensure that the objectives (academic, student life, and administrative) are aligned with the university's mission and objectives; and ensuring conformity with University goals and objectives and U.S. higher education best practices.The Director will advance a plan for NYU Madrid that includes space planning, staff/lecturers, and students.The Director will coordinate with all site operations for a successful implementation of established strategies including new academic program development and implementation, staff and faculty management, planning, fiscal management, space management, local relationship building, and developing approaches to enhance the quality of programs, service, and communication.In addition, the Director will work with the NYU Office of Global Programs and other central offices to ensure compliance protocols and expectations.
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