Brandeis University Benefits Overview

Oversee undergraduate academic and faculty-related operations for assigned departments and programs. Manage curriculum planning, course assignments, registration processes, academic records, calendars, awards, thesis defenses, faculty searches, and tenure and promotion cases. Provide guidance to students and faculty, prepare reports and data requests, coordinate meetings and academic events, and recommend process improvements. Support department chairs, advising heads, faculty, students, and cross-functional university groups.

Develops and manages communications for university schools and institutes, including website content, press releases, newsletters, social media, videos, reports, and event promotion. Oversees the Social Policy Impact report’s design and distribution, collaborates with university centers, maintains stakeholder relationships, and manages the communications budget.

Supports post-award administration and financial oversight of federal and non-federal grants, contracts, sub-awards, and fellowships. Responsibilities include budget development, expense forecasting, account reconciliation in Workday, burn-rate monitoring, payroll costing adjustments, compliance reviews, financial reporting, invoice documentation, cross-functional issue resolution, and grant closeout activities.