Vice President Of Operations Jobs in Riverside, CA

Strategic Leadership and Cabinet Support: 

• Serves as a key member of the President's Cabinet and provides strategic counsel to the President on university priorities, policies, and organizational matters. 

• Collaborates with Cabinet members and senior administrators toidentify, advance, and implement institutional initiatives and presidential priorities. 

• Acts independently within broad policy and organizational guidelines, exercising sound judgment on complex and sensitive matters. 

• Identifiesemerging campus and systemwide issues,researchesimplications, and developsrecommendations for presidential consideration. 

• Provides leadership and input on key university initiatives as directed by the President. 

Presidential Liaison and Advisory Support: 

• Serves as the primary liaison for the President's Office with campus constituents, community stakeholders, and external partners. 

• Representsthe President at campus and external meetings and events, asappropriate. 

• Advises the President on campus, CSU, legal, contractual, and community matters, including sensitive and high-impact issues. 

• Reviews and provides input on contracts, agreements, and other matters presented on behalf of the President. 

• Interacts with University Counsel and other partners on legal and policy issues and provides recommendations to the President as needed. 

• Identifiesand elevates potential problems, risks, or concerns affecting policies, procedures, personnel, and institutional operations. 

Communications and Executive Operations: 

• Develops high-level briefing materials, reports, presentations, correspondence, and other executive communications on behalf of the President. 

• Reviews, edits, and tracks critical strategic communications and documents prepared for the President's signature or review. 

• Coordinates research, analysis, and evaluation to support presidential decision-making and executive action. 

• Ensures the President is fully apprised of key issues, timelines, and implementation progress related to institutional priorities. 

• Supports management of the varied requests, obligations, and administrative needs of the President's Office. 

• Coordinates the completion of required reports and time-sensitive deliverables to internal and external entities. 

• Leads executive communications in close partnership with the director of executive communications to ensure speeches, remarks, and correspondence reflect the President's voice. 

Supervision and Administration: 

• Provides leadership, direction, and oversight to staff and functional areas assigned to the President's Office. 

• Serves as the President's Designee for NAGPRA/CalNAGPRAcompliance working closely with the Director of Tribal Relations and NAGPRA coordinator. 

• Supervises the campus Civil Rights program working closely with the AVP for Equity and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator and in collaboration with the CSU Office of Civil Rights. 

• Supervises designated personnel and evaluates the work of administrative and support staff assigned to the office. 

• Supports staffing, budget administration, office operations, and coordination of executive workflows within the President's Office. 

• Coordinatesspecial eventswith University Events staff, coordinates CSU Trustee visits, and other executive-level activities requiring cross-campus collaboration. 

Other Duties as Assigned: 

• Leads or supports sensitive investigations, dispute resolution efforts, and other special assignments as directed. 

• Performs other job-related duties and special projects in support of the President and the university. 

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

• Driver License, Valid and in State-Required upon hire 

• Minimum of four (4) years of progressively responsible professional experience in executive leadership, administration, strategic planning, policy development, or operations in a complex organization. 

• Executive Support and Coordination: Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives, coordinating complex organizational priorities across multiple stakeholders and ability to maintain collaborative working relationships with internal and external constituents. 

• Project and Priority Management: Demonstrated ability to lead projects, manage competing priorities, and drive follow-through in a fast-paced environment. 

• Judgment, Discretion and Diplomacy: Demonstrated sound judgment, discretion, and diplomacy in handling confidential, sensitive, and politically nuanced matters.  

• Executive Communications Skills: Demonstrated strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including preparation of executive correspondence, presentations, and briefing materials.  

• Knowledge of Executive Operations and Higher Education Administration: Demonstrated knowledge of executive operations, higher education governance and policy, and administrative processes within a complex organizational environment. 

• Problem Solving and Initiative: Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including the ability to assess risk and recommend appropriate action.