Jobs at Wake Forest University

Provides leadership for campus crisis response, threat assessment, student risk mitigation, protest and demonstration support, and high-risk event planning. Oversees the Threat Assessment Team, coordinates with University Police and campus partners, manages campus climate reports, implements administrative actions, and supports student interventions. Serves as a senior advisor and deputy to the Dean of Students, handles special projects, participates in a 24-hour on-call rotation, and responds to emergencies.

Manages alumni volunteer networks, council project teams, reunion programming, recognition initiatives, and student-alumni connections for the School of Business. Coordinates regional alumni events, tracks engagement metrics, evaluates feedback, develops process improvements, and pilots initiatives to strengthen alumni participation and community affinity. The role requires relationship management, event coordination, stakeholder collaboration, data-informed program development, and periodic after-hours work and travel.

Supports financial aid systems operations, federal and institutional data exchanges, file processing, system monitoring, troubleshooting, testing, annual setup, documentation, and staff training. The role administers PowerFAIDS and Workday Student functionality, investigates processing errors and data discrepancies, maintains operational controls, collaborates with university technology and administrative teams, protects confidential information, and contributes to process improvements in a regulated environment.

Manages intake, confidential case records, communications, supportive measures, accommodations, referrals, hearings, and policy compliance for the Office of Institutional Equity. Coordinates outreach, training, reporting, vendor contracts, invoices, supplies, budgets, and annual reports. Collaborates with university offices and serves as a Maxient database operations team member. The role requires sensitive communication, accurate documentation, data analysis, independent work, and occasional evening or weekend availability.

Responsible for managing the operating budget and financial planning processes, ensuring compliance with GAAP and providing analytics and support to campus partners. Supervises a team of analysts and oversees budget reporting and training.

Administer and configure enterprise applications (primarily Workday Student/HCM), manage security and business processes, troubleshoot integrations and escalated issues, support updates and tenants, collaborate with functional teams and developers, mentor staff, and leverage AI tools to improve productivity and automation.

Provides individualized career coaching to undergraduate and graduate business students through one-on-one and group coaching, presentations, programs, and employer treks. Builds relationships with internal and external partners, develops tailored coaching plans, monitors student engagement, tracks caseload activity, reports outcomes, and supports alumni engagement and student satisfaction. The role requires strong communication, presentation, relationship-building, goal-setting, and data-informed coaching abilities.

Designs, develops, and maintains Workday integrations and enterprise application solutions; translates business requirements into technical designs; troubleshoots production issues; collaborates with stakeholders; ensures security and delivers solutions using Workday integration tools and web services.

Postdoctoral researcher will perform classical and quantum-computational simulations of quantum many-body systems, collaborate with the PI, mentor students, and publish results. Two-year appointment with possible third-year extension.

Oversee technical production for events in Brendle Recital Hall and Wait Chapel: coordinate crews, manage lighting/sound/AV/recording, troubleshoot, handle equipment movement and maintenance, and support event logistics and reporting.

Maintain and cultivate formal and greater garden areas, plant and prune, manage volunteers and student workers, support educational programs and events, operate grounds equipment and light vehicles, apply IPM and pesticide practices, and produce horticultural communications.

Coordinate WFDD's podcast incubator and produce three audio products (community, news-focused, youth). Manage production from concept to launch, handle editorial standards, schedules, training, equipment logistics, and audience growth strategies while collaborating with newsroom, marketing, and community partners.

The Budget & Financial Specialist manages budgeting, financial analysis, and policy communication for campus departments, ensuring compliance and providing financial management services.