Director, Business and Society Programs

Department

Booth Rustandy Center

About the Department

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:

• an unmatched faculty.
• degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
• a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
• strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

Job Summary

The Director, Business and Society Programs is responsible for the strategic oversight and management of a vertical that includes the established and expanding Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program, impact finance, sustainability, and programming around broader questions of business in society. As the contours of the social sector expand, so too have the Center’s programs. Students are more interested than ever in social entrepreneurship, impact investing, ESG, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and more.

The Director manages several team members who lead specific programs and also has personal responsibility for developing and executing a portfolio of programs in this vertical. The director cultivates and maintains strong relationships with key constituents including faculty, students, UChicago staff, practitioners in CSR sustainability, and impact finance, social entrepreneurs, impact investors, and ecosystem contributors.

Responsibilities

• Spearheads strategic direction for programming in expanded business in society vertical, including social entrepreneurship, impact finance, sustainability, and CSR with expansion of programming in this domain for alumni.
• Supervises the program team, currently 3 staff members, delivering student, alumni, and public facing programs and events related to social entrepreneurship, impact finance, sustainability, CSR, and emerging topics related to business and society.
• Ensures oversight and coordinated execution across the many different programs and resources under the Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program, including the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge.
• Provides strategic leadership and oversight across all impact finance programs, including the suite of impact investing programs led by an associate director.
• Oversees the development and execution of a portfolio of programs which may evolve over time but could include ESG, faculty commercialization, wrap-around support for entrepreneurs, democracy and business, and more.
• Leverages leadership and industry experts to help develop and facilitate programming as needed.
• Experiments with programming in emerging areas (i.e. democracy and business).
• Works with Rustandy Center leadership, marketing, advancement, and other key partners to ensure appropriate stewardship for donors to this vertical and cultivation opportunities for prospective donors.
• Leads alumni-and public programs in these domains, including the public thought leadership series including Innovating for Social Equity and Unpacking ESG, partnering across the Center and with other units as needed.
• Cultivates and develops a network of practitioners in these domains, with a special focus on those from the UChicago network and in the Chicago ecosystem.
• In partnership with the Center’s operations and strategic initiatives team, develops and tracks metrics to assess the success of these initiatives.
• Manages the development of programming that creates student community, including summer activities, student leadership training, and other staff organized events.
• Provides staff management, resources, and training to organizations that create meaningful co-curricular and/or community service experiences for students.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Master’s degree.

Experience:

• A minimum seven years of experience managing projects, developing programs and/or executing events.
• Proficient in impact investing, social entrepreneurship, commercialization, design driven innovation.
• Demonstrated experience managing people and teams, and managing up and across a complex, matrixed organization.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Preferred Competencies

• Demonstrated passion and interest in the social enterprise and nonprofit sector.
• Familiarity with impact investing/venture funding ecosystem.
• Demonstrated experience navigating political complexities.
• Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills, as well as organizational skills.
• Work independently with little supervision, be self-motivated, identify opportunities for improvement and recommend effective changes, all while achieving key objectives resulting in desired outcomes.
• Excellent strategic planning, critical thinking, analytical, and persuasion skills.

Working Conditions

• This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

Job Family

Student Affairs & Services

Role Impact

People Manager

FLSA Status

Exempt

Pay Frequency

Monthly

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Drug Test Required

No

Health Screen Required

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required

No

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