Senior Director, Nonprofit and Civic Engagement Programs - JR27980-3800
CHICAGO, IL • Full-time
Posted on October 14, 2024
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Department
Booth Rustandy Center: Strategic Growth and Partnerships
About the Department
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest
business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to
influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the
school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business.
Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education
transforms students into confident, effective, respected business
leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.
Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in
the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and
one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs
while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.
Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of
lifelong career opportunities.
As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth
shares the University\'s core values that shape the distinctive
intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas,
and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business
leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty
members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business
school to achieve this accomplishment.
For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of
Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.
Job Summary
The Senior Director, Nonprofit and Civic Engagement Programs, is a
senior member of the Rustandy staff, working to ensure that a long-term
strategy and diverse set of programs and initiatives are designed and
executed to successfully reach the center\'s mission. As the contours of
the social sector expand, so too have the Center\'s programs. To forge
strategic synergies among the suite of programs that engage with
external nonprofits and government organizations, we seek a strategic
leader who can look across and identify opportunities to deliver meaning
and richness to the Center\'s stakeholders, including but not limited to
the Office of Civic Engagement, Harris, Crown, Urban Labs, and more.
This role will encompass leadership of nonprofit, civic engagement, and
career programming for Booth students and alumni, coupled with oversight
of externally facing, global NGO/nonprofit programs in strategic
geographies where Booth has campuses, including Chicago\'s Golub Capital
Social Impact Lab and Hong Kong\'s, Hong Kong Jockey Club Programme on
Social Innovation.
Responsibilities
Provides strategic direction and oversight that balances nonprofit
capacity-building and student and alumni development opportunities.
Develops and leads strategic outreach to nonprofit organizations to grow
the pipeline of students from these sectors, increase the number of
nonprofits aware of and engaged with the Rustandy Center\'s
capacity-building resources both to provide those resources and enhance
student learning. Capacity-building programs include and are not
limited, to Board Fellows, Alumni Board Connect, Golub Capital Social
Impact Lab - IGNITE and annual lecture, public programs and events the
Hong Kong Jockey Club Programme on Social Innovation
Partners with Marketing and program leads on strategy that reflects a
comprehensive view of program offerings across the Center.
Enables students to explore many possibilities for engaging in the
social sector, including via experiential learning, skills-based
volunteer opportunities, and effor s to pursue social sector careers.
Oversees growth of Board Fellows, Civic Engagement programs,
career-related programs in philanthropy, government, nonprofit
leadership, and beyond.
Leads strategy for and relationships with executives in residence in
these areas by recruiting and leading these relationships, including
identifying new areas in which expertise is required.
Equips alumni with opportunities to contribute to the nonprofit sector
via nonprofit board service and through careers.
Continues to broaden reach using virtual and hybrid programming.
Identifies new opportunities to help those working in the sector - both
paid and unpaid - to continue to advance their efforts using Booth
resources and network.
Advances efforts to attract social sector leaders to Chicago Booth\'s
degree programs through leadership of Civic Scholars.
Leads strategy for scholarship support for social sector leaders at
Booth.
Leads programming for Civic Scholars, and serves as point of contact for
Civic Scholars across the school, including to students and colleagues
in Admissions, Student Life, and Financial Aid.
Builds and maintains alumni network.
Delivers leadership opportunities to students via oversight of Booth\'s
role in UChicago Obama Foundation Scholar
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