Employment Type: Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Vacancy ID: NF0008762

Salary Range: Dependent on Experience and/or Qualifications

Position Summary/Description:

The Director of Business Administration has direct responsibility for implementing, assessing, and evaluating the management policies and practices necessary for successfully carrying out the Department of Dramatic Art’s mission in teaching, research, public, and university service. This leadership position has an independent and broad scope of responsibility within a complex unit.

The Director of Business Administration reports directly to the Department Chair and oversees all functions related to financial matters, staff and faculty personnel, business operations and functions, and policies and procedures. This position collaborates with the Chair on short and long-term strategic planning for the department’s continued growth. Management of the department’s financial resources includes the annual allocation of operational funding, program funding for the Kenan Theatre Company and Ground Floor Productions, evaluation of financial needs and establishing budgets, preparing reports and projections, and providing short and long-term financial planning for state, trust, contracts and grants, F&A, gift, revenue funds and the shared funding allocations for PlayMakers Repertory Company. The position also oversees all personnel activities related to recruitment, EHRA faculty (appointments, reappointments, promotion, and tenure), SHRA staff (permanent and temporary), student employees, and international hires.

While the Department of Dramatic Art is the Director of Business Administration’s primary focus, PlayMakers Repertory Company is embedded within the Department and this relationship creates a unique unit where academics and the professional theater come together. Many aspects of the unit are interconnected. The faculty in the Department of Dramatic Art is comprised of scholars, artists, teachers, and practitioners. As such, all faculty in Dramatic Art serve in some capacity as designers, artists, or technicians with PlayMakers or the Kenan Theatre Company and Dramatic Art graduate students train in a professional theater setting, which is an integral part of the Department’s teaching mission. The Director of Business Administration must foster a collaborative relationship and work towards the success of the entire Unit. In partnership with the Chair, this position establishes and executes priorities to ensure the Unit’s mission is achieved.

Education and Experience:

Mid-to-late career with Masters and 2-4 years experience; Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years experience.

Familiarity with university accounting and HR systems and an understanding of EHRA and SHRA policies and procedure preferred. Experience working in the theater administration or the fine arts preferred.

Essential Skills:

Experience in financial management, budget planning, human resource management, the supervision of staff, short- and long-term planning, and project management. Ability to lead a team and achieve results, work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced working environment, prioritize work and meet deadlines. Ability to work with a wide range of people including students, faculty, internal, and external stakeholders. Excellent written, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain collegial working relationships are required.

AA/EEO Statement:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.