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POSITION TITLE: Executive Director, Duke Technology Scholars Program (DTech) DTech is a comprehensive Duke University program supporting the next generation of leaders who will bring increased innovation to the tech industry. The program centers around the idea that relationships, mentorship, and hands-on experience make the difference in recruiting and retaining such individuals in technology fields. DTech supports over 500 undergraduate students at Duke and 600 alumni in the early stages of their careers. Since the program was started in 2016, the percentage of Duke graduates with technical degrees who identify as women has increased significantly.We are looking for an Executive Director to build on this progress and lead DTech into the future.DTech is a partnership between Duke’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, and Pratt School of Engineering. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Advance DTech’s mission by driving a compelling vision and strategy in conjunction with OIT, Trinity College of Arts & Science and Pratt School of Engineering leadership
- Manage operations for all DTech programs, including:
- The Member Program which provides undergraduates members year-round community, career guidance, help gaining finding internships and early career positions, mentorship, leadership opportunities, and academic support
- The DTech Scholars Program which supports students doing technical summer internships by providing professional development events and training, mentorship, community activities, and coaching for students doing technical internships
- The Alumni Program which provides professional and personal support to help DTech Alumni achieve their goals in the early stages of their careers
- Provide leadership to DTech staff, defining roles, coordinating team activities, investing in the development of team members, and hiring as needed
- Oversee program finances
- Build and sustain the network of individuals and companies who support DTech through activities such as offering internships, serving as mentors, leading workshops, and hosting events
- Work collaboratively with Duke University partners including faculty and staff, the Alumni Association, the Career Center, and Duke Development teams
- Provide direct coaching and support to students and alumni
- Identify, evaluate and pursue new opportunities to further increase DTech’s impact, which may include expanding support for students in engineering, math and statistics; enhancing the Alumni Program; investigating new opportunities for philanthropic support
POSITION REQUIREMENTSExperience & EducationRequired:
Preferred
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Ability to think strategically, cast a compelling vision, and implement tactically
- Execution skills for creating detailed plans and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Leadership skills that cultivate a robust team culture, empowering team members to flourish and achieve program goals
- Capacity to build effective relationships with students, alumni and a wide range of DTech supporters both within and outside of Duke
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of companies, industry trends and careers in the technology ecosystem
BENEFITSDuke’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time-off (vacation, holidays, sick leave), health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, educational assistance, and support for professional development and training. Employees of Duke University also enjoy numerous discounted services such as health club memberships, movie tickets, and cell phone services.ENVIRONMENTThe Office of Information Technology manages Duke’s central technology infrastructure and provides services and applications to support the educational and research missions of the institution, as well as the university's business functions.OIT is a member of Educause, IVY Plus, Commons Solutions Group (CSG) and has representation at many of the leading technology consortiums that are driving the future growth and use of technology.Duke has been named as a best place to work by several publications and organizations, including Carolina Parent, Computerworld, The Scientist, and the American Association of Retired Persons, among others. The organizations recognizing Duke represent a diverse range of interests, from family-friendly and preventive health to the needs of IT professionals and academic researchers.https://hr.duke.edu/careers/about-duke-durham/duke-recognized-best-employerInclusion and Diversity are at the very heart of innovation. We believe workplace success depends heavily on a vibrantly diverse and inclusive culture. Transformational thinking and creativity are fundamental traits needed to create and deploy world-changing technology that stems from a rich culture acquiescent to all differences. OIT fully embraces and promotes Duke’s commitment to the principles of Diversity and Inclusion.
Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
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History
Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durham family that built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco products and developed electricity production in the Carolinas, long had been interested in Trinity College. Trinity traced its roots to 1838 in nearby Randolph County when local Methodist and Quaker communities opened Union Institute. The school, then named Trinity College, moved to Durham in 1892, where Benjamin Newton Duke served as a primary benefactor and link with the Duke family until his death in 1929. In December 1924, the provisions of indenture by Benjamin’s brother, James B. Duke, created the family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment, which provided for the expansion of Trinity College into Duke University.
As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity underwent both physical and academic expansion. The original Durham campus became known as East Campus when it was rebuilt in stately Georgian architecture. West Campus, Gothic in style and dominated by the soaring 210-foot tower of Duke Chapel, opened in 1930. East Campus served as home of the Woman's College of Duke University until 1972, when the men's and women's undergraduate colleges merged. Both men and women undergraduates now enroll in either the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering. In 1995, East Campus became the home for all first-year students.
Duke maintains a historic affiliation with the United Methodist Church.
Home of the Blue Devils, Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
Mission Statement
"James B. Duke's founding Indenture of Duke University directed the members of the University to 'provide real leadership in the educational world' by choosing individuals of 'outstanding character, ability, and vision' to serve as its officers, trustees and faculty; by carefully selecting students of 'character, determination and application;' and by pursuing those areas of teaching and scholarship that would 'most help to develop our resources, increase our wisdom, and promote human happiness.'
“To these ends, the mission of Duke University is to provide a superior liberal education to undergraduate students, attending not only to their intellectual growth but also to their development as adults committed to high ethical standards and full participation as leaders in their communities; to prepare future members of the learned professions for lives of skilled and ethical service by providing excellent graduate and professional education; to advance the frontiers of knowledge and contribute boldly to the international community of scholarship; to promote an intellectual environment built on a commitment to free and open inquiry; to help those who suffer, cure disease, and promote health, through sophisticated medical research and thoughtful patient care; to provide wide ranging educational opportunities, on and beyond our campuses, for traditional students, active professionals and life-long learners using the power of information technologies; and to promote a deep appreciation for the range of human difference and potential, a sense of the obligations and rewards of citizenship, and a commitment to learning, freedom and truth.
“By pursuing these objectives with vision and integrity, Duke University seeks to engage the mind, elevate the spirit, and stimulate the best effort of all who are associated with the University; to contribute in diverse ways to the local community, the state, the nation and the world; and to attain and maintain a place of real leadership in all that we do.”
