Position Overview

We are seeking a GAIT Director who will lead operations for the GAIT initiative, in support of Faculty leadership. This position will advance policy and outcomes through stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and program development. The candidate will oversee multi-year, multi-million-dollar initiatives, supporting interdisciplinary research teams and managing operations staff, contributing to grant and gift acquisition and program design to implementation and dissemination of findings.

The person filling this position will be working in a start-up environment - creating processes and procedures, navigating unexpected obstacles, and adapting to change frequently. An agile mindset and flexible approach to daily responsibilities is needed as we define new ways of working within a well-established university. We are seeking a solution-focused person with a demonstrated ability to create new paths to achieve results.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Program Leadership and Management

• Support faculty strategic leadership of GAIT by executing large-scale projects in alignment with the School's strategic goals.
• Ensure initiatives meet sponsor deliverables, compliance requirements, budgets, and deadlines.

Policy

• Work across teams to support translation of complex policy issues into clear, actionable strategies.
• Monitor legislative developments.
• Foster relationships with stakeholders and align advocacy efforts.

Program Implementation

• Support faculty strategic leadership in executing data-driven initiatives to implement programs and deliver outcomes in partnership with and to external stakeholder organizations.

Team Management

• Supervise multidisciplinary teams of engineers, analysts, and support staff. Provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain partnerships with federal, state, and local government agencies; community-based organizations; and policymakers, to translate complex program outcomes into actionable policy.

Grant Management

• Identify grant funding opportunities, write grant proposals, and manage budgets to ensure project sustainability.
• Manage relationships with funding agencies.

Fundraising

• Identify potential donors, build healthy donor relationships, and generate revenue from donor gifts in partnership with the School's development officer.

Policy Translation

• Support GAIT faculty in realizing program outcomes through policy recommendations to academic, governmental, and public forums.

Reporting and Dissemination

• Support faculty dissemination of research through a communications strategy encompassing reports and policy briefs, and dissemination of findings through media, and other platforms.

Technical Assistance

• May provide expert guidance and technical support to government agencies and community-based organizations to improve practices and policies.
• Develop and implement evaluation frameworks to assess the effectiveness of the provided technical-assistance.

Minimum Qualifications

• A master's degree in a related discipline.

• Ten years of experience in project/program management or organization leadership, in a related field.

• Record of securing and managing large, complex federal and foundation grants.

• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage diverse teams and multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Analytical, writing, and presentation skills.
• Understanding of program-development and evaluation methods.
• Ability to work alongside and support world-class researchers

Classified Title: SGP Program Director
Job Posting Title (Working Title): GAIT Director (School of Government and Policy)
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PH
Starting Salary Range: $119,515 - $210,00 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 8:30am-5pm M-F
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: District of Columbia
Department name: Staff
Personnel area: School of Government & Policy