Deputy Dean of Students

We are seeking a student-focused, high-energy, outcomes and detail-orientedDeputy Dean of Students (DOS)who willreport directly to the Associate Vice Provost for Student Engagement and Dean of Students (AVPDOS), who is responsible for many essential student services that complement the academic infrastructure, including student activities, campus programming and traditions, student belonging and community, new student orientation, events and scheduling, civic and democratic engagement, and response and support of student expression activities and student crises. At the direction of the AVPDOS, the Deputy serves as a key member of the AVPDOS' leadership team, leads the organization, implementation, and oversight of key strategic initiatives and projects, and serves as a liaison for the AVPDOS to various stakeholders across the institution.

This position will work closely with all relevant institutional departments and university-wide constituents, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, and families. The Deputy DOS will be responsible for several key initiatives, including primary support and management of the Student Expression Support Team, coordination and management of student engagement event planning and promotion across the AVPDOS portfolio, providing primary support to The Newsletter student newspaper, and ensuring the coordination management, and execution of assessment efforts across the portfolio. The Deputy will also play a key role in coordinating and managing engagement between university leaders and student stakeholders, budget management, coordination of hiring and onboarding members to the AVPDOS portfolio and managing ad-hoc special projects. The Deputy DOS serves as the initial point of contact for the Dean in their absence and coordinates with the appropriate members of the Vice Provost's Cabinet, Student Affairs Directors, and others to respond to critical and time-sensitive issues.

This senior staff role requires strong organizational and collaboration skills, keen attention to detail, strategic planning abilities, high emotional intelligence, and the ability to navigate nuanced and dynamic political environments. The incumbent must have previous experience in higher education. Evening and weekend work will be required.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects

• Lead and/or co-lead key initiatives and special projects.

• Lead coordination with the Office of the President and Office of the Provost to facilitate engagement with student stakeholders, including, but not limited to, student governance groups, student organizations, and other student-led initiative groups.

• Lead and coordinate the development of event and engagement briefings for University Leadership.

• Track and manage engagement and activities between AVPDOS and student stakeholders on special projects and significant student initiatives.

• Provide day-to-day support to the student newspaper, The Newsletter, which includes, but is not limited to, logistic support, coordination with USS facilities to manage the Gatehouse, and regular meetings with the Editors in Chief.

• Lead coordination with university partners and across the AVPDOS portfolio to develop and promote the Student Engagement Calendar, which includes New Student Orientation, Welcome Weeks, University Traditions Events, and other key student engagement efforts.

• Lead coordination, management, and execution of assessment efforts across the portfolio, including logistical planning, information collection, report writing, presentation development, and data visualization.

• Provide direct support to the AVPDOS in the management and timely resolution of significant matters and high-level requests and issues that come to the AVPDOS with confidentiality, discretion, and professionalism.

• Facilitates coordination and procurement of technology, training, and other student engagement tools across the AVPDOS portfolio.

Operations Management

• Provide direct support to the AVPDOS, their senior leadership team, and other departmental leaders to develop, implement, and support programs that promote the functions of the Office of the AVPDOS.
• Coordinates and manages the hiring of key roles and vacancies in the AVPDOS portfolio.
• Coordinates with the budget and finance team to monitor, track, and administer budgets and financial timelines.
• Coordinates with the budget and finance teams to stay abreast of financial performance and projections in the AVPDOS portfolio.
• Serve as the initial point of contact for the Dean's office in their absence to coordinate with the appropriate members of the Vice Provost's Cabinet and others to respond to critical and time-sensitive issues.
• Prepares letters, emails, reports, and other correspondence on behalf of the AVPDOS.
• Keep the AVPDOS abreast of any student issues, higher education news and trends that may be of interest to the VPSA and other University leadership.

Student Expression Support

• Coordinates day-to-day management for student expression, support, and response needs across the university.
• Responsible for developing and delivering student free expression response training (i.e. demonstration and protest) to volunteers and staff; to include all schools and divisions, including but not limited to University Student Services, Student Affairs, Admission, Development and Alumni Relation (DAR).
• Coordinate with student affairs partners in each division to develop, train, and manage a response team at each JHU campus and within each division (Homewood, East Baltimore, Peabody, Carey School of Business, and Hopkins Bloomberg Center).
• Lead the support of planned or unplanned events that demonstrate potential for student expression activities.

• Build and maintain relationships to work collaboratively with Public Safety, OGC, OIE, Risk Management, Student Conduct (University-wide functions), Student Affairs, and Scheduling and Events teams across the university (respective units in each division and on each campus).
• Responsible for coordinating consultation with student organizations and affiliates on best practices related to expression-related activities (on each campus).
• Provide a summary following each demonstration to share with leadership and key partners.
• Document and report all information related to student free expression activities and participate in all planning and generating reports for after-action meetings.
• Coordinates the completion and submission of after-action reports after each demonstration.

Other Duties

• Represent the AVPDOS in engaging with students, families, administration, faculty, staff, and the public as requested by the AVPDOS.
• Represent the AVPDOS on internal and external committees as requested by the AVPDOS.

Special Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities

• Successful candidates will bring the following experiences and demonstrate these competencies.
• Experience working with diverse student populations.
• Strategic planning.
• Organizational savvy.
• Problem-solving.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Decision-making and critical thinking.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large and complex initiatives to successful completion.
• Project management.
• Relationship management.
• Program development and implementation.
• Flexible, highly skilled, and independently able to handle appropriate matters as assigned by the Dean.

• Knowledge of university policy and experience writing and implementing policy.
• Knowledge of office management principles and procedures.
• Demonstrated decision-making skills in high-profile, stressful situations.
• Demonstrated curiosity and ability to innovate.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large and complex initiatives to successful completion.
• Ability to thrive and bring order and direction to ambiguous situations.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise discretion and mature judgment, and manage multiple priorities at once.
• Ability to work well with a variety of people in assessing system strengths and weaknesses.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• Partner cross-functionally with other departments.

About JHU

The Johns Hopkins University was America's first research university, founded for the express purpose of expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity. Today, Johns Hopkins has approximately 6,500 faculty, 6,200 undergraduate students, and 17,600 graduate students across 230 degree programs at the baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels. JHU has multiple campuses in Baltimore and campuses serving graduate students in DC, Italy, and China. Johns Hopkins stands alone among top research universities in its extraordinary commitment of attention and resources to ensuring student success, particularly those from first-generation or limited-income (FLI) backgrounds, making bold, sustained, and dramatic investments in the student experience over the last 15 years.

Student Affairs at JHU

Student Affairs on the Homewood campus is made up of 23 departments ranging from On-Campus Living, Dining, Athletics, and Campus Recreation, to Student Engagement, Student Conduct, Student Transitions and Family Engagement, Center for Student Success, Center for Social Concern, and University Student Services administrative units like Human Resources, IT, and Communications.

Student Affairs at Johns Hopkins educates beyond the classrooms, helping students to deepen their self-awareness, develop relationships, nurture inclusion, and find fulfillment in the collegiate experience to ensure lifelong success and meaningful contributions to our global community. Our culture is defined by our commitment to the "Aspirations for Student Learning," which play a critical role in helping us fulfill our mission. We challenge, encourage, and support students to:

• Live with curiosity
• Deepen self-awareness
• Engage in meaningful collaboration
• Grow in confidence
• Practice responsible leadership

Student Affairs enjoys a close relationship with Academic Affairs at JHU and with shared responsibility for delivering on one of the University's highest priorities: ensuring that highly talented students from a wide range of backgrounds, regardless of their ability to pay, thrive during and after their time at JHU. We work closely with our colleagues in Student Health and Well-Being, Academic Affairs, Integrated Learning and Life Design, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to ensure students can take full advantage of all that JHU has to offer.

Our team is seeking student-centered, success-oriented professionals who want to make a difference in students' lives. Ideal candidates in Student Affairs are curious, solution-seeking, have a can-do attitude, and are committed to the dignity and equity of all persons. If you enjoy student-centered work, work focused on building relationships and fostering community, that is rarely the same day-to-day, engaging with both college students and colleagues in-person as well as virtually, and have an entrepreneurial spirit, we want you to join us!

Hopkins Student Affairs Statement on Inclusion, Community, and Excellence

At Johns Hopkins, we strive to be a model of a pluralistic society in which we acknowledge, embrace, and engage diverse identities, perspectives, and experiences. We seek to build and buttress an inclusive intellectual and physical environment to ensure that all members of our community know with certainty that they belong at Johns Hopkins, and we aspire to equitably share the benefits and burdens of dismantling persistent systemic barriers to individual and communal success.

Hopkins Student Affairs is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community for students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds:

• We believe that diversity is inherent to excellence and that the broad diversity of talents, cultures, identities, and experiences of our community members are core to our ability to deliver exceptional student development and learning experiences.
• We strive to support a student experience where academic, leadership, and community engagement opportunities spur discovery and learning; encourage respect for and valuing of the perspectives of others; and foster a sense of belonging and connection across our students, broader university, and Baltimore community.
• We strive to create a learning environment where our students feel invited to learn from and contribute to the learning of others through the sharing and honoring of each other's perspectives, identities, cultures, talents, and experiences.

Hopkins Student Affairs seeks to hire, and support the professional development of, colleagues who: are equity-minded; demonstrate a commitment to inclusion; share a keen understanding of the importance of our identity as a diverse community of learners; are poised to contribute to our efforts to support student learning and offer robust leadership development and community engagement opportunities; and can contribute to our efforts to foster student connection and a sense of belonging across our university.

• Master's Degree in higher education or related field.
• Seven years of progressive experience in student affairs or related higher education administration.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond HS Diploma/Graduation Equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Eight or more years in higher education is preferred.
• Experience working in an institution of higher education, especially in a student affairs role.

• Experience working in a fast-paced, diverse environment.

Classified Title: Deputy AVP
Job Posting Title (Working Title):Deputy Dean of Students
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MH
Starting Salary Range: $101,500 - $177,800 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon - Fri / 08:00am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status:Exempt
Location:Hybrid/Homewood Campus
Department name: Student Life
Personnel area: University Student Services