Director, Financial Strategy and Administration Yale University School of Public Health | New Haven, Connecticut In February of 2022, President Peter Salovey announced that the Yale School of Public Health (“YSPH” or “the School”) would become the newest constituent school of Yale University. The University now seeks a Director of Financial Strategy & Administration for its newly independent school. YSPH traces its origins to 1915, when it provided the first graduate-level public health studies in the country, as part of Yale School of Medicine. It developed as an impressive research and teaching organization, regularly adding faculty and fields of research to become one of the first eight accredited schools of public health by the American Public Health Association in 1946. The School traditionally functioned as a department within the School of Medicine, while remaining an accredited school of public health, with a dean who reported to the School of Medicine and the Provost. At this exciting moment, the School is transitioning to operating as an autonomous, self-supporting school with financial and administrative independence. Developing in the culture of a strong, basic science-focused medical school gave YSPH an excellent biological science foundation, but the School has always stressed its roots in epidemiology, public health practice, and population health. In the modern era, this classic public health focus has emerged as a vivid social justice commitment that permeates all YSPH’s departments and helps to unify the School.Under Dean Megan Ranney, who arrived in July 2023 after a national search, the School has set an ambitious goal of transforming the future of public health. YSPH is already in the top 10 percent of schools of public health and was ranked 11th in the country by US News and World Report in 2023. It has one of the strongest research cultures within public health and collaborates integrally across all of Yale, in both its research and teaching programs. The faculty are remarkably successful in their grant applications: almost all faculty members receive 70 percent or more of their salary from grants. With 154 faculty, 75 of whom are tenure-track, the School produced nearly $70 million in sponsored research in 2023, with two-thirds of funding coming from the NIH (National Institutes of Health). Their work drives the School’s impressive academic profile. In addition to its reputation and research acumen, the School has considerable tangible and intangible assets and boasts a $220 million endowment. With careful stewardship and regular investment, YSPH holds the third-largest endowment of any public health school. The School is second only to Harvard on a per capita basis, with an additional $50 million promised if the School can raise endowment funds to match that gift. In addition, the University is providing much-needed aid, both immediate and long-term, to YSPH facilities. Reporting to Dean Megan Ranney, the Director will serve as a key strategic leader and have ownership and responsibility for the business operations of the School during an important moment of transition and independence. The Director will play a critical role in developing and meeting financial, operational, and administrative support service goals across the School, and will ensure that missions are developed, measured, and monitored. The ideal candidate will be an effective leader, natural collaborator, deft manager, analytical thinker, and skilled communicator with a strategic mindset and keen financial acumen. The Director will be a hands-on problem solver who has demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and improving financial and administrative processes in a complex system. The Director will serve as an ambassador and champion in creating a collegial, collaborative, and effective culture and climate throughout the School. In addition to overseeing the administrative and fiscal operations of YSPH, the Director will also serve as a strategic partner to the dean, and as such represent the dean at critical university and external forums. With new leadership and Yale University’s commitment to the School, YSPH will continue to make positive and significant impacts on public health around the world and a measurable difference in the quality of people’s lives and well-being through its commitment to public health education, research, practice, and service to local and global communities. Yale firmly believes that the times require an investment in public health.Please direct all inquiries, nominations, and applications (CVs and letters of interest) electronically and in confidence below. Rebecca Kennedy and Randi Herrick are leading this search with Lauren Wilkes and Cortnee Bollard.Yale University considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects people from sex discrimination in educational programs and activities at institutions that receive federal financial assistance. Questions regarding Title IX may be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator, at TitleIX@yale.edu, or to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 8th Floor, Five Post Office Square, Boston MA 02109-3921. Telephone: 617.289.0111, Fax: 617.289.0150, TDD: 800.877.8339, or Email: ocr.boston@ed.gov. APPLY NOMINATE contact Lauren Wilkes Full Description