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Senior Executive Assistant to the President

Salary

$50.00 - $60.00 Hourly

Location

Mount Laurel, NJ

Job Type

Part Time

Job Number

01302

Department

President's Office

Opening Date

12/15/2025

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Description

The Senior Executive Assistant to the President is a senior-level professional with extensive leadership experience in higher education and public administration. This role supports the President in carrying out institutional responsibilities by conducting research; preparing strategic analyses; drafting policy and planning documents; coordinating academic, administrative, and operational initiatives; managing executive-level communications; and ensuring effective follow-through on institutional priorities.

The position requires an individual with exceptional judgment, superior writing and analytical skills, broad institutional knowledge, and the ability to manage complex projects involving multiple divisions and stakeholders.

This is a part time position.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

+ Serve as senior advisor to the President on academic, administrative, financial, and strategic matters.

+ Prepare briefing materials, presentations, executive summaries, analytical reports, working papers, and policy drafts.

+ Review, evaluate, and synthesize institutional data for decision-making.

+ Conduct research and analysis on academic programs, enrollment management, budgeting, capital planning, and administrative operations.

+ Prepare strategic plan drafts, action plans, assessment reports, and accreditation materials.

+ Advise the President on trends, risks, opportunities, and policy implications.

+ Develop forecasting methodologies, enrollment analyses, and operational planning models.

+ Draft institutional policies related to academic standards, credit hours, transfer procedures, faculty matters, governance, and administrative operations.

+ Support the President’s Office in preparing materials for Board of Trustees.

+ Assist with compliance, accreditation, and regulatory processes.

+ Lead or support special studies, program evaluations, and organizational reviews.

+ Manage sensitive personnel, labor relations, and governance matters in collaboration with the President.

+ Monitor progress on executive goals, deadlines, and action items.

+ Assist in evaluating and improving institutional processes, policies, and structures.

OVERALL PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITY:

The primary and most important overall responsibility of all employees is to provide service in a pleasant, helpful, and effective manner to our students and other members of the College community.

Minimum Qualifications

Education Required:

+ Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) from an accredited institution, preferably in Political Science, Public Administration, Higher Education Administration, or a related discipline.

Experience Required:

+ Minimum of 10 years of senior-level administrative experience in executive leadership (President, Provost, Executive Director, Chancellor, or equivalent).

+ Experience overseeing or coordinating complex institutional functions such as academic programs, student services, budgeting, strategic planning, policy development, or government operations.

+ Demonstrated experience preparing analytical reports, policy documents, strategic plans, and operational assessments.

+ Experience coordinating interdepartmental initiatives, managing special projects, and supporting accreditation or institutional review processes.

+ Experience overseeing complex public-sector operations (e.g., statewide agencies, state-funded programs, or multimillion-dollar operational systems).

+ Demonstrated experience in institutional research, enrollment management, facility planning, financial administration, labor relations, and academic governance.

+ Extensive background in policy analysis, legislative relations, grant administration, accreditation processes, and organizational planning.

+ Professional experience in teaching, research, publication, and public presentation.

+ Demonstrated record of progressive administrative responsibility at senior levels within higher education, government, or large-scale public agencies.

Skills/Abilities /Knowledge /Other Requirements:

+ Exceptional writing, research, analytical, and organizational skills.

+ Demonstrated ability to manage confidential information with discretion and integrity.

+ Executive-Level Communication: Demonstrated ability to draft policy papers, strategic analyses, formal reports, research documents, speeches, presentations, and executive correspondence.

+ Strategic & Analytical Thinking: Ability to synthesize complex information, conduct institutional research, perform SWOTs, develop forecasting methodologies, and evaluate academic and administrative systems.

+ Leadership & Management: Ability to coordinate multi-unit teams, manage cross-divisional initiatives, support senior leadership, and oversee sensitive institutional processes.

+ Higher Education Expertise: Deep knowledge of accreditation, academic programs, faculty affairs, student services, budgeting, enrollment management, facility planning, capital projects, and institutional organization.

+ Government & Public Policy Acumen: Advanced knowledge of state government operations, legislative processes, public finance, grant administration, and interagency coordination.

+ Organizational Insight: Ability to navigate complex institutional environments, build relationships, manage confidential issues, and operate effectively with governing boards, trustees, and senior leadership.

+ Technical Proficiency: Strong competence with data analysis, planning tools, academic and administrative information systems, and Microsoft Office and related technologies.

Additional Information

INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS:

Collaborates with department members and/or the Compliance, Assessment and Research team to support planning, assessment, data collection and reporting for continuous improvement of the college.

Employee Classification:Part Time

Benefits- Part Time (https://rcbc.edu/sites/default/files/2025-02/RCBC\_Benefits\_at\_a\_Glance\_-\_Part\_Time\_0125.pdf)

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Do you have a Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) from an accredited institution, preferably in Political Science, Public Administration, Higher Education Administration, or a related discipline?

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Do you have a minimum of 10 years of senior-level administrative experience in executive leadership (President, Provost, Executive Director, Chancellor, or equivalent)?

+ Yes

+ No

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Employer

Rowan College at Burlington County

Address

900 College Circle Drive

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, 08054

Phone

856-222-9311 ext. 1584

Website

http://www.rcbc.edu