Tornado Update

Monday's severe weather did not hit Oklahoma Christian, but please be weather aware and stay safe. Graduate classes have been canceled for tonight. 

We will continue to assess how the campus community can help those who have been impacted by the storm. Please keep those families in your prayers.

Executive Director, Academy of Leadership & Liberty

Opening Date for Hire: January 9, 2012

NOTE: This job listing has closed. As of March 7, 2012, we are no longer seeking applicants.

Direct Supervisor

  • President, Oklahoma Christian University (OC)

Job Summary

  • Primary responsibility for program development and coordination of Academy events including but not limited to: Four Star Leadership with General Tommy Franks, Constitution Day, Chick-Fil-A LeaderCast, and Libertas.
  • Assist the OC President in various civic, community, and governmental relations.
  • Manage general operations of the Academy, including the preparation of budgets and supervising of Academy staff.
  • As appropriate, work with current and prospective donors, senior managers, the professional legal, tax, and accounting communities, judicial and governmental officials, and the OC academic community.
  • Primary responsibility for raising funds for the Academy through the cultivation and management of grants and private donations.
  • Maintain healthy relationships and communication with the Academy's Board of Directors, OC's senior leadership team, and the OC campus community.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Education and Certification

  • Required: Masters Degree or equivalent experience
  • Preferred: Doctors Degree or equivalent experience

Experience

  • Five years of management/leadership experience (Required)
  • Involvement and commitment to promoting and preserving liberty and free enterprise, and to developing leaders.

Skills/Abilities

  • Ability to make friends in the business, civic, and governmental communities.
  • Long-standing and deep commitment to the foundational intellectual principles and practical applications of liberty, free enterprise, and servant leadership.
  • Ability to set priorities, solve problems, and supervise program development and advancement strategies from conception through cultivation to completion.
  • Ability to supervise and motivate colleagues in the implementation of Academy programs.
  • Excellent oral and written communication, organizational and time management skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with many different personality types and competing agendas.
  • Intellectual creativity, independent judgment, impeccable integrity, and a highly developed ethical sense to avoid impropriety and minimize conflict of interest.
  • A strong identification with and support of the University's goals and mission, and the ability and instinctive response to put the University's interests ahead of personal interest.
  • Calm and assured under pressure.
  • Genuine love for all people without discrimination.
  • Circumspect with sensitive information.
  • Desire to make a difference, not just to earn a living.
  • Good team player.
  • Faithful, active member of the Churches of Christ.

Salary and Benefits

  • Commensurate with experience and qualifications.
  • Standard University benefits:
    • Health insurance
    • 403(b) matching contributions
    • Tuition discount and other staff benefits

Resume, references, and letter expressing philosophy and commitment to liberty, free enterprise, and leadership should be sent to Dr. Mike E. O'Neal, President.

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