Associate Director, Educational and Professional Initatives

The Associate Director of Educational and Professional Initiatives is a key leadership role at the Prindle Institute for Ethics, tasked with driving both the strategic direction and operational success of key programs. Collaborating closely with the Director, the Associate Director plays a critical role in shaping the Institute’s long-term vision while executing its day-to-day operations. This individual will contribute to high-level decision-making and strategy development, ensuring that the Prindle Institute's initiatives align with its mission to promote ethical thinking and understanding across diverse educational contexts. In addition to leading a variety of impactful programs, the Associate Director will serve as a key partner in driving innovation, assessing the Institute’s goals, and ensuring the successful execution of projects that foster ethical engagement at the K-12, higher education, and professional levels.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

Management Responsibilities

• Leads the Prindle Institute’s K-12 ethics engagement strategy and non-digital initiatives, with an emphasis at the high school level. Initiatives under the Associate Directors purview may include:

High School Ethics Bowl

Middle School Ethics Bowl

Educator Retreat

Workshops in classrooms

Professional development for teachers

Dual enrollment programs

Partnerships with educational collaboratives, educational organizations, and departments of education

High School Ethical Leadership Conference

Express CAMP

• Leads the Prindle Institute’s executive education program by building relationships with outside organizations and corporations.

• In both of the above areas, develops opportunities to involve DePauw students in engaged learning and leadership development.

• Serves on the Senior Leadership Team collaborating with the Director and the Associate Director of Content Strategy and Engagement to drive the Institute's strategic vision and decision-making.

• Identifies sources of funding for initiatives in the Associate Director’s purview and works with the Senior Leadership Team to apply for these funds.

Program Responsibilities

• Serves as a member of the Prindle Advisory Committee. This includes attending meetings of subcommittees and the Executive Committee, finalizing the monthly agenda and sending meeting notices.

• Acts as Prindle’s ambassador and represents Prindle at campus events including Prindle sponsored lectures, meals with campus guests, open admissions days, etc.

Fiscal Responsibilities

• Assists the Senior Leadership Team in developing the annual budget, ensuring financial sustainability and alignment with the Institute’s goals.

• Collaborates on capital spending projects, working with the Senior Leadership Team to prioritize and allocate resources for strategic initiatives.

Hiring Responsibilities

• Assists in annual hiring of Hillman Interns, Civic Dialogue Fellows, and other student positions associated with the Institute.

• Serves on the search committee for open staff and faculty positions at the Institute.

Facility Responsibilities

• Greets visitors to Prindle as needed and answers questions about Prindle initiatives, its history, or the building.

Other Responsibilities

• As the programs, staff, interns, Advisory Committee and faculty office holders are always changing, so too does the job and the Associate Director must remain flexible to accommodate the needs of those affiliated with Prindle.

Other Duties as assigned.

Key Qualities and Experience

The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in higher education leadership, program management, and strategic planning, with experience in working across various educational sectors. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, and external partners, are essential. The ability to balance high-level strategic thinking with operational execution is key to success in this role.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statement(s)

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.

• Adaptability – Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.

• Analytical Skills - The ability of the individual to gather raw data and to process that data into a meaningful form.

• Coaching and Development - Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.

• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.

• Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.

• Customer Oriented - A desire to serve both external and internal clients by focusing effort on meeting the clients’ needs, understanding their concerns, and seeking to build trust.

• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.

• Diversity Oriented - Commitment to valuing a variety of different experiences, encouraging input and collaboration from campus stakeholders, including being mindful of experiences related, but not limited to: age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic status, LGBTQ, and/or job type.

• Financial Aptitude - Ability to understand and explain economic and accounting information, prepare and manage budgets, and make sound long-term investment decisions.

• Interpersonal - Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.

• Initiative - Ability of the individual to act and take steps to solve or settle an issue.

• Leadership – Ability to motivate and guide others to ensure performance in accordance with clear expectations and goals. It involves attracting, supporting, developing, and retaining a talented and diverse workforce.

• Management Skills - ability of the individual to achieve desired outcomes by setting goals and priorities that deliver results.

• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.

• Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly.

• Relationship Building - Ability to establish and maintain a good rapport and cooperative relationship with customers and co-workers.

• Resource Management (People & Equipment)-Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, as well as personnel.

• Self-Motivated - Ability of the individual to reach a goal or perform a task with little supervision or direction.

• Team Builder - Ability to help ensure that team members are invested in team activities and decisions, and that the team works together to achieve a goal.

• Training - Ability to develop a particular skill in others to bring them up to a predetermined standard of work performance.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university required, however those with advanced degrees may be eligible to teach undergraduate courses.

Experience: Minimum of three years experience in education, administration, or stakeholder management  required.

Communication/Language: Ability to read and interpret documents. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Math Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Computer Skills: Experience with word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

Other Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience with budget planning and management.

• Experience with hiring and managing staff/students.

• Experience with community engagement and working with diverse stakeholders

• Excellent organizational skills.

• Ability to handle multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously with attention to detail.

• Ease in working with all constituents, including faculty members, administrative staff, students, alumni, visiting scholars and all service providers

• Available to work evenings and weekends as requested during Institute events.