Associate Director, Center for Elder Justice LW7631

Salary: Depends on Qualifications

Location: Gulfport, FL

Job Type: Full-Time Staff

Division: College of Law | Dean

Department: Center for Elder Justice

Closing Date:
Continuous

FLSA:
Exempt

Bargaining Unit:
N/A -- Pay Grade: 08

Job Description

Primary Purpose: The Associate Director provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the Center for Elder Justice. This role supports the Director in advancing the Center's mission through program management, fundraising, student engagement, and community outreach. The Associate Director also supervises staff, fellows, and student workers while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Fund-raising
   • Partner with faculty, Development & Alumni Relations, and external stakeholders to identify fundraising priorities. Cultivate alumni, corporate, and grant opportunities to sustain and expand Center initiatives. Draft and support grant applications and donor engagement efforts.
   • Monitor various websites to identify new grant opportunities and create first drafts of grants for professors.
2. Marketing, Communications & External Relations
   • Collaborate with Communications to design and implement strategic marketing, advertising, and social media campaigns. Oversee content creation, branding, and metrics to evaluate outreach effectiveness.
   • Represent the Center at conferences, professional gatherings, and community events.
   • In conjunction with Communications develop social media messaging for director-approved social media apps and for the Center's digital messaging board.
   • Oversee social medica strategy and ensure timely, consistent content updates.
   • Respond to inquiries and schedule media interviews for professors.
     • With Communications, identify necessary marketing and advertising for the LL.M degree in Elder Law.
   • Work with Communication
3. Program and Project management:
   • Lead signature initiatives including the Elder Law Society, Journal of Aging Policy & Law, and pro bono projects.
4. LL.M Program Support
   • Along with the Director, manage the LL.M program:
   • Recruit applicants.
   • Assist in recruiting adjunct professors.
   • Foster student and programmatic success through proactive advising and frequent communications with LL.M students and adjunct professors
   • Liaise with Director and Media Services to Ensure program content and media delivery meet high academic and professional standards.
   • Attend events and conferences with a large number of potential LL.M applicants and market program to them.
   • With director, manage all student and adjunct faculty concerns.
   • With director, choose which courses will be offered each semester and oversee student registration for classes.
5. Annual Special Needs Trust Conference
   • Direct planning, budgeting and execution of the Annual Special Needs Trust Conference and other Center events:
     • With director, choose conference facilities, hotels, restaurants, special events, and other activities related to the conference.
     • With Communications create marketing and advertising materials for conferences.
     • With director, create conference schedule, choose speakers, and manage logistics.
     • Liaise with all speakers to ensure preparation and the creation of high value materials and Power Point slides to educate attendees.
     • Represent the Center at events and engage with stakeholders.
     • Manage budget and registration process, including hotel reservations.
     • Solicit and manage vendors and other parties seeking to advertise at conference.
     • With director, participate in all meetings with speakers.
     • Coordinate conference with Media Services, Information Technology, Conferences & Events, and the Business Office.
6. Develop and manage workflow:
   • Create a timeline and schedule for short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term tasks.
   • Create a description of the task and how it will be completed.
   • Make assignments of the various steps needed to complete a task.
   • Identify other COL departments needed to assist with tasks and give them their assignments.
     • This includes a description of the task.
     • Set and adhere to deadlines.
     • Specific tasks departments need to perform.
   • Supervise departments involvement in center projects:
     • Create a timeline.
     • Explain assignment.
     • Review and edit assignment.
   • Give final ok of assignment and determine when task is completed to her satisfaction.
7. Supervision & Student Engagement :
   • Supervise Center staff, fellows, student workers, and pro bono volunteers. Assign and oversee work for the support staff.
   • Foster student involvement in elder law initiatives and professional development. Provide mentorship, set expectations, and ensure accountability. Set schedules for students and approve any deviations.
   • Receive projects from director and assign tasks to the students.
8. Budgets
   • Run projections for the current year's budget and conduct year-to-date analysis of budget.
   • Compare current year budget to last year budget year-to-date to identify stress areas.
   • Administer budget weekly to ensure timely processing of expenditures and to project shortfalls or excesses for the Business Office.
   • Draft budget for the next budget year.
   • Examine budgets for various programs and projects and budget for the next year as well as year-to-date performance metrics.
9. Represent the Center at various events and activities on- and off-campus:
   • Identify which events the Center should have presence and identify who will represent the Center.

Qualifications/Education and Experience: This position requires:

BA/BS degree required. Juris Doctor or Master's degree preferred. Must be able to multi-task, have excellent computer and telephone skills, and should be self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. Proven ability to supervise and motivate staff and students. Experience with fundraising, grant writing, and stakeholder engagement preferred. Should possess strong written and verbal communication skills. Establish and maintain positive and collaborative working relationships, both internally and externally. Strong customer service skills and professionalism are a must. Commitment to inclusive excellence and ability to foster a welcoming environment. Ability to work flexible work schedule during busy office periods and some travel required.

Computer Skills: Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook, Publisher, as well as other brochure software and publishing tools, including Canva.

Working Conditions: This position is based at the Gulfport Campus in a professional office environment with frequent interaction with students, faculty, and external partners. Occasional evening and weekend hours, travel, and the ability to lift up to 20 lbs. may be required. Reasonable accommodation will be made for individuals with disabilities.

Work authorization sponsorship may be available for this position. However, sponsorship is contingent upon the non-applicability of the visa petition fees outlined in the relevant Executive Order signed September 19, 2025. Due to the recent federally-mandated increased financial expense, the university is not in a position to absorb this significantly increased cost of sponsorship for new H-1B petitions at this time. International candidates are encouraged to apply, but should be aware that eligibility for sponsorship will be evaluated in accordance with current U.S. immigration regulations and institutional policies.