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Position Summary:
The primary responsibilities of this position involve the ongoing development and implementation of academic and administrative plans and processes for the Ph.D. in Business - Concentration in Executive Business Research ( BXBR ) Program at the Northern Virginia Center ( NVC ), Pamplin College of Business.
The program is formally rostered in the Northern Virginia Center with the Academic Director providing academic and administrative leadership. The Associate Director position supports the Academic Director in managing program delivery, managing the admissions cycle and implementing strategic decisions.
The BXBR program admits approximately ten students in each academic cohort, and eventually will host a total of approximately thirty students (in steady state). The instructional plan features significant ongoing alignment between BXBR (located at NVC ) and the six full-time departmental Ph.D. programs on Pamplin College of Business's Blacksburg campus ( ACIS , BIT , Finance, HTM , Management and Marketing). This requires significant planning and implementation of technology-enabled doctoral instruction in which the BXBR students participate synchronously with traditional Ph.D. students in doctoral seminars covering disciplinary and methodological content.
The BXBR curriculum also requires management of a significant complement of visiting speakers and multiple tutors who supplement the regular disciplinary and methodological courses delivered by the academic faculty from NVC and Blacksburg locations. In addition, serving the non-traditional part-time senior executive student base in BXBR requires thoughtful academic advising skills across a range of disciplinary doctoral programs. The proposed position will report to the Academic Director of the BXBR program.

Required Qualifications:
• Master's degree
• Work experience in higher education or scholarly settings;
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills;
• An ability to communicate effectively and interact professionally with people with diverse backgrounds from constituent groups, such as potential and current students, human resource representatives, and corporate partners, etc.;
• Knowledge of student admissions models and technology systems, media advertising, and social media;
• Ability to set and simultaneously manage multiple priorities, tasks, and deadlines;
• Ability to travel and work on an adjusted schedule involving evenings and weekends (Saturdays and an occasional Sunday);
•Excellent organizational skills;
•Work cooperatively and collaboratively as a team member with faculty, staff, and administrators.

Preferred Qualifications:
• MBA or MS degree in a business field;
• Experience working in urban and international settings;
• Counseling and mentoring experience;
• Experience with distance learning technologies;
• Experience in recruitment, admissions, program promotion and marketing;
• Experience in identifying corporate contacts and cultivating prospective Ph.D. students;
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office; specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.



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