Professional School Senior Associate Dean Administration

Professional School Senior Associate Dean for Administration Position Details

The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (SPH) is committed to teaching, research and service to create a healthier New York City and to promoting equitable, efficient, and evidence-based solutions to pressing health problems facing cities around the world. CUNY SPH offers a range of innovative master's and doctoral degree programs and conducts applied research and community programming with a focus on improving urban, national, and global population health and equity.

With an annual tax‑levy budget of $30M and $30M in grants, SPH enrolls approximately 1000 masters, doctoral and certificate students each year. Since its inception as an independent graduate school in 2016, CUNY SPH has risen to become the top‑ranked public school of public health in New York City, New York State, and the tri‑state region, and is now among the top 10% of schools of public health nationally.

CUNY SPH is planning to move from its current location in Central Harlem to the new state‑of‑the‑art Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) in Kips Bay in 2030. SPARC will serve as an educational, life sciences, health care and public health hub for Kips Bay, New York City, and the metropolitan region. It will expand opportunities for population health, clinical, and laboratory‑based biomedical research, as well as for educational, training, practice, and service partnerships for SPH faculty, students, and staff.

CUNY SPH is seeking an experienced, dynamic, and innovative leader to serve as the Senior Associate Dean/Chief Operating Officer (COO). Reporting to the Dean and in partnership with school leaders, the COO will develop and enhance structures, strategic plans, and practices to support SPH’s mission, vision, goals, and priorities that will enable it to continue to thrive within a complex and ever‑changing fiscal and policy environment.

The COO is responsible for assuring effective administrative and resource management and fiscal stability through strategic leadership and oversight of the School’s finances, human resources, information technology, facilities operations and planning, public safety, marketing and other administrative services and functions. The ideal candidate will have extensive operational leadership experience, possess an understanding of the public health and graduate education landscapes, and be able to work effectively within a public sector environment, characterized by shared governance, evolving federal, state, local and university policies, and regulations, and both centralized and decentralized administrative structures and functions.

• Designing and implementing administrative and operational structures and processes to support the School's strategic vision, mission, and goals.

• Planning and directing the school's administrative operations, including budget and finance, human resources, information technology, facilities operations and planning, public safety and marketing.

• Executing systems to assure effective coordination and integration of administrative services for the School.

• Overseeing the successful implementation of CUNYWork (Workday).

• Assessing the School's administrative operations and implementing improvements, as needed.

• Promoting a culture of organizational excellence and efficiency through continuous quality improvement, innovation, and effective change management.

• Providing leadership and oversight for key administrative functions, including

• Developing and implementing financial planning, budgeting, and analytical tools to optimize resource allocation and guide decision‑making; and ensuring the provision of financial management and business services, with appropriate controls over budget, bursar operations, purchasing, travel, accounting, asset management, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

• Assuring the delivery of high‑quality human resources services and functions, including faculty and staff recruitment, hiring and onboarding, professional development, employee relations, benefits administration, employee recognition, payroll,…