Department
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATIO (IN-EXTA-IUINA)
Department Information
The Office of Workforce and Community Engagement (OWCE) connects Indiana University (IU) Indianapolis with employers, community organizations, and other partners to strengthen talent pathways, expand opportunities for students, and contribute to the economic and civic vitality of Indianapolis and Indiana.
OWCE is building a coordinated approach to workforce and community engagement across IU Indianapolis. The Office works across schools and administrative units to make it easier for external partners to navigate the university, connect partner needs with university talent, expertise, programs, and resources, expand experiential learning and workforce opportunities for students, and strengthen the visibility and impact of engagement already occurring across campus.
Job Summary
The Assistant Vice Chancellor for Workforce and Community Engagement provides senior leadership for the execution, integration, and organizational effectiveness of the Office of Workforce and Community Engagement.
Department Specific Responsibilities
- Reports to and works in close partnership with the Vice Chancellor, the Assistant Vice Chancellor serves as the Offices primary integrator, translating strategic direction into coordinated action and ensuring that people, priorities, systems, and resources are aligned to achieve measurable results.
- Plays a significant role in advancing OWCEs work across IU Indianapolis and externally.
- Leads complex initiatives requiring coordination across schools and administrative units, supports organizational change, manages selected employer and community relationships, and helps build the systems and infrastructure necessary for IU Indianapolis to engage partners more consistently and effectively over time.
- Provides leadership, management, and accountability for OWCE, ensuring that people, functions, and resources are aligned around shared priorities and outcomes.
- Supervises and supports leaders responsible for Operations, Marketing and Communications, and Research and Development while maintaining clear functional ownership and subject-matter leadership within each area.
- Translates strategic direction into organizational priorities, annual goals, clear ownership, work plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
- Coaches and develops leaders and staff, establishes clear expectations, provides feedback, and strengthens individual and team performance.
- Identifies and removes barriers affecting performance and helps leaders resolve issues requiring cross-functional, executive, or university-level coordination.
- Fosters shared accountability for Office-wide outcomes and a culture of trust, collaboration, initiative, continuous learning, and excellence.
- Partners with Finance and Human Resources leadership on resource planning, staffing, organizational capacity, talent development, and financial stewardship.
- Partners with the Vice Chancellor and Finance to drive revenue generation, specifically grant proposals that sustain workforce development initiatives and sector-based talent pipelines.
- Partners with the Vice Chancellor to translate OWCEs evolving vision and strategic priorities into an actionable and sustainable organizational strategy and operating model.
- Builds and continuously improves the organizational structures, systems, processes, governance, technology, and practices necessary for OWCE to operate effectively and expand its impact.
- Leads implementation of priority initiatives and ensures new programs and partnership models move from concept to implementation with clear ownership, resources, measures, and plans for sustainability.
- Leads organizational change associated with new strategies, systems, structures, technologies, shared definitions, data practices, and ways of working.
- Builds trusted relationships across IU Indianapolis and coordinates workforce and community engagement initiatives requiring participation from multiple schools, administrative units, and university leaders.
- Convenes cross-functional teams and taskforces, establishes shared objectives, clarifies roles and ownership, facilitates decisions, resolves barriers, and ensures effective follow-through.
- Strengthens pathways for external opportunities to move effectively into and across IU Indianapolis through clear intake, referral, handoff, ownership, escalation, and stewardship practices.
- Serves as a senior OWCE representative on university committees, taskforces, and strategic initiatives.
- Represents IU Indianapolis with employers, community organizations, workforce partners, civic leaders, and other external stakeholders.
- Manages a selected portfolio of employer and community relationships in coordination with the Vice Chancellor and OWCE team.
- Articulates and promotes the universitys capabilities and develops mutually beneficial opportunities involving talent, internships, co-ops, applied projects, workforce education and training, research, community engagement, and other university resources.
- Mobilizes internal stakeholders around significant partnership opportunities and ensures clear ownership, coordinated response, and follow-through.
- Serves as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Vice Chancellor on organizational strategy, implementation, partnerships, personnel, and emerging opportunities.
- Ensures meaningful measures of OWCE performance and impact are established and used to monitor progress and inform decisions.
- Partners with the Vice Chancellor, Finance, university development professionals, and other appropriate leaders to support grant development, fundraising, sponsorships, and resource-development opportunities.
General Responsibilities
- Participates on senior leadership teams to formulate strategic planning and the highest-level operational objectives for project management areas.
- Establishes long-term business plans and long-term strategic objectives.
- Manages projects to ensure on-time completion according to specifications and within budgeted costs.
- Directs leadership staff who provide supervision to project management teams.
- Responsible for escalated operational issues, including human resources and/or people management situations.
- Drives innovation and excellence within the area of project management, reviews and creates policies and procedures.
- Determines overall budget for project management teams; reviews and approves financial proposals from direct reporting leaders; has significant fiscal responsibilities that require frequent interaction with executive leaders.
- Provides expertise and identifies grant and/or funding opportunities; develops business relationships across the university and externally.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelors degree in relevant field.
Preferred
- Masters degree in business, public administration, higher education, organizational leadership, workforce or economic development or a related field.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- 5 years of relevant experience.
- 3 years of management experience.
Preferred
- Experience leading organizational change or implementing new operating models in a complex or decentralized organization.
- Experience in workforce development, employer engagement, experiential learning, community engagement, economic development, or related fields.
- Experience developing strategic partnerships with employers, community organizations, government, philanthropy, or higher education.
- Experience using data and performance management to drive organizational decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Experience supporting development or implementation of innovative programs, partnership models, or evidence-informed practices.
- Experience with grant development, fundraising, sponsorship, or external resource development.
SKILLS
Required
- Ability to lead/manage others.
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
- Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion.
- Demonstrates project management skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Instills commitment to organizational goals.
- Ability to work within tight time frames and meet strict deadlines.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Builds and manages effective teams.
- Maintains composure under pressure.
- Effective conflict management skills.
Preferred
- Knowledge of labor-market trends, talent development strategies, work-based learning, adult learning, or regional economic and workforce development.
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Work Location
IU Indianapolis Campus
Advertised Salary
$122,000 - $135,000 based on experience
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Strategic
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: General Administration
Job Family: Project Management
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