Executive Director – Information Society Project, Yale Law

Description:

The ISP is now accepting applications for an Executive Director.

The Executive Director oversees all aspects of the ISP, and works closely with the ISP Director, Professor Jack Balkin.

The Executive Director will receive an appointment as a Research Scholar at Yale Law School, and is expected to pursue a scholarly agenda of research and writing during the term of the appointment. In this respect, the position resembles post-doctoral fellowships and visiting assistant professorships that combine administrative responsibilities with professional development and preparation for a permanent academic position.

As the day-to-day head of the ISP, the Executive Director will also:

• Administer ISP initiatives and research programs
• Work with J.D. students and postdoctoral fellows
• Build and maintain the ISP’s community of resident, visiting, affiliated, and student fellows
• Oversee the ISP’s scholarly publication strategy
• Manage operations: supervise and evaluate full-time staff, recruit and hire fellows
• Act as the public face of the ISP: build relations with alumni; publish a weekly newsletter; manage social media, listserv, and website content
• Oversee institutional growth and finances: develop budgets, review monthly financials
• Fundraise for the ISP and maintain relationships with funders
• Organize and supervise events: manage the calendar of nearly 100 events per academic year, including two weekly speaker series, workshops, and conferences

Qualifications:

The Executive Director must reside in the New Haven area and begin the appointment on or before July 1, 2019. The Executive Director will receive a competitive salary plus Yale University benefits. Candidates must be a graduate of a law school or a Ph.D. program with a distinguished academic record, administrative and organizational expertise, and a record of scholarship, policy briefs, or other publications in areas related to the ISP’s work.

Application Info:

Application materials should include the following:

• A cover letter describing qualifications, with an emphasis on past managerial and/or administrative experience, and including a statement of the applicant’s scholarly or policy research agenda
• A curriculum vitae
• A law school or doctoral transcript
• At least one sample of recent scholarly writing in English
• Three letters of recommendation: two letters of recommendation speaking to scholarship, and at least one letter of recommendation speaking to managerial and/or administrative experience

Application:

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, and must be received no later than Feb 1, 2019. For additional information, please contact Rebecca Crootof (rebecca.crootof@yale.edu). Please submit applications in electronic form to Ann-Marie Cooper (ann-marie.cooper@yale.edu), and indicate clearly that the application is for the Executive Director position. The job posting can be viewed here.