Assistant Dean of Communications Brooks School of Public Policy, Communication

This position is based in Ithaca, NY, within the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy on the Cornell University campus.The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy harnesses the University's broad disciplinary excellence in public policy, along with its innovative teaching, research, and engagement programs, to solve pressing global challenges. The school's prestigious faculty apply an interdisciplinary and problem-oriented focus to wide-ranging public policy issues as they explore how government choices intersect with people's lives. The school's initial areas of focus are in data science and technology policy; environmental and sustainability policy; health policy; global security; inequality and social policy; the politics and economics of development; and race, racism, and public policy. The OpportunityThe Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy is seeking a strategic, creative, and collaborative Assistant Dean of Communications to lead the school's communications and marketing efforts and raise its visibility locally, nationally, and globally. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications leader who can set a clear vision, build strong partnerships across many stakeholder groups, and tell compelling stories about the research, people, and programs that make the Brooks School distinctive. Reporting to the Dean, with a shared reporting line to the Vice President for University Relations, the Assistant Dean of Communications is the school's lead communications resource and a strategic partner to the Dean and senior leadership, including faculty, center and institute directors, and staff. The Assistant Dean sets communications and marketing priorities, executes an annual strategic communications plan, allocates resources, tracks outcomes, and leads a team of two communications professionals. Cornell communicators share a mission to protect and strengthen the university's reputation as a top research institution and a leader in higher education. Communications at Cornell work through a matrixed model in which University Relations houses News (Cornell Chronicle), Media Relations, Brand, Strategic Communications, and Cornellians. The Assistant Dean works closely with these central teams and meets regularly with the Vice President for University Relations and the Associate Vice President for Communications. Candidate ProfileA successful candidate in this role needs to have established the following: * Develop and execute the Brooks School's comprehensive communications and marketing strategy, ensuring clear, consistent messaging that advances the school's mission, priorities, reputation, and visibility across internal and external audiences. * Direct the school's communications portfolio, including digital and print content, publications, websites, social media, and media outreach. Partner with University Relations to promote faculty expertise, research, and key initiatives while maintaining brand alignment and messaging consistency. * Serve as a strategic advisor to school leadership, supervise communications staff, manage departmental resources and budgets, and foster a collaborative, high-performing communications team that delivers measurable results. More information about the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy can be found at,https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/. We require these qualifications: * Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing. * Demonstrated skill in understanding of cultural differences. * Bachelor's degree with 7-10 years of experience, or equivalent education and experience, in communications, public affairs, marketing, public relations, media relations or journalism, with demonstrated experience as a communications leader serving multiple stakeholders. * Exceptional leadership and vision to provide strategy development to advance