The Opportunity Reporting to the Provost, the Director of Academic Affairs Administration provides leadership for the administrative operations of the Provost’s Office and supports the effective execution of Academic Affairs priorities. The Director oversees office operations, supervises administrative staff, manages academic systems and workflows, coordinates committees and institutional initiatives, and develops processes that enhance operational effectiveness and decision-making across Academic Affairs. The Director partners with academic leaders and campus stakeholders to coordinate projects, communications, budgets, events, reporting, and administrative processes that support faculty affairs, accreditation, assessment, enrollment, and strategic priorities. This role serves as a key operational partner in building efficient systems, improving workflows, and ensuring responsive support for the academic mission. Qualifications & Capabilities The successful candidate will have: Bachelor’s degree required. Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in higher education administration, academic affairs, operations, or related fields, with demonstrated experience managing complex administrative functions and supervising staff. Experience supporting academic governance, faculty affairs, institutional initiatives, or university-level operations. Strong organizational, analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities. Experience with enterprise systems, data management, workflow technologies, and tools that improve operational effectiveness, including AI-enabled solutions. Excellent communication skills with strong attention to detail, professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment. Why Lesley Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance. In addition, we offer significant paid time off, a generous retirement plan, and tuition programs that enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills. Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference. Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution. Expressing Interest A letter of interest, CV/resume, and a statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, professional activity, and/or service must be included for full consideration. At Lesley University we strive for a supportive and equitable environment where people -- regardless of race, ethnicity, color, sex, physical ability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, veteran or military status, membership in uniformed services, and all other categories protected by applicable state and federal laws -- can participate equally and fully as their true selves in all aspects of university life. Accordingly, the University prohibits discrimination based on these protected categories in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admission and in employment. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the fabric of our institution. Individuals may submit concerns or questions related to discrimination to the University's Director of Equal Opportunity. Please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity's webpage for the University's entire notice of nondiscrimination and for additional information. Base Pay Range: $91,454 - $103,925 annually At our core, we are a caring and compassionate community bound together by our passion for improving the lives of others through education, mental health, and the arts. At Lesley, we believe actively advancing our own and all other’s potential leads to a just and humane world. Lesley is the only university in the country focused on advancing human potential through the life-time cultivation of professionals in education, mental health and the arts. We share an eagerness to build just and humane communities in a stressful and rapidly changing world.

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