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Health and Wellbeing, comprised of University Health Services (UHS) and Recreation and Wellbeing (RecWell) is conducting a recruitment for a Chief of Staff to the Associate Vice Chancellor over Health and Wellbeing within Student Affairs.

The Chief of Staff will serve as a senior advisor to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs over Health and Wellbeing.

Duties include:
Provides oversight and guidance to projects of high importance
Manages daily operations in a unit, department, or functional area of executive leadership
Develops major goals to support broad functional objectives
Propose, develop and manage policies developed within various sub-functions, departments, and work groups
Collaborate with campus and community partners

This position requires collaboration with RecWell, UHS, other Student Affairs Departments, and campus leadership. Health and Wellbeing is looking for someone with experience in higher education, health and wellbeing, student affairs, or related field.

40%-Serves a chief advisor and main point of contact between university leadership and other stakeholders
25%-Provides oversight and guidance to projects of high importance
15%-Develops major goals to support broad functional objectives
10%-May manage executive support staff
10%-Manages reporting requirements and requests

• 40% Serves a chief advisor and main point of contact between university leadership and other stakeholders
• 25% Provides oversight and guidance to projects of high importance
• 15% Develops major goals to support broad functional objectives
• 10% May manage executive support staff
• 10% Manages reporting requirements and requests

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Preferred
Master's Degree

1. At least six years of professional and progressively more responsible experience in the field of
higher education, health and wellbeing, student affairs or related field with responsibilities requiring discretion, sound judgement, management, and policy-making.
2. Experience supervising professional staff

Desired Qualities:

1. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
2. Understanding of higher education policies and procedures.
3. A collaborator who regularly reaches out to others and forms productive partnerships.
4. Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
5. Exceptional ability to coalesce groups of people around progressive missions, visions and
initiatives.
6. Demonstrated achievements/outcomes working in college health and wellbeing settings with strong shared governance traditions.
7. Demonstrated communication skills.
8. Demonstrated organization and project management skills.
9. A positive attitude and ability to achieve goals with compassion and even-handedness.

Full Time: 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Negotiable
ANNUAL (12 months)
Salary will be based on candidate experience/qualifications.

Health and Wellbeing is a theme area within Student Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led by the vice chancellor for student affairs. Our staff is dedicated to serving students and to helping them succeed in and out of the classroom in areas including health and well-being, identity and inclusion, leadership and engagement, and student advocacy. Student Affairs includes departments led by the dean of students; departments that provide identity-based spaces and leadership resources; the Wisconsin Union; University Health Services; and University Recreation and Wellbeing.

Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

A criminal background check will be conducted prior to hiring.

Click the Apply Online link above or below to apply. You will be required to create an account or login to an existing account. Please upload a cover letter and resume or CV to apply. You will be required to provide three references, additional references may be requested later.

The deadline for assured consideration is September 28, 2023. However, this position will remain open and applications may be considered until this position is filled.

Liz Valentine
liz.valentine@wisc.edu
608-890-0281
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

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