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DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, DCA
Job Title: DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, DCA
Job Code: 2332
FLSA: E
Job Level: 17
Revised Date: 12/10/2025
Job Family: JF 28
Occupational Summary
The Deputy Administrator serves as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the Vice President for Community Affairs, advancing the office's mission. This position plays a central role in supporting compliance and risk management for community--engaged activities, facilitating trainings, implementing agreements, and supporting special projects. The role requires exceptional judgment and a deep understanding of the policies and regulations that shape purposeful partnerships.
Work Performed
Collaborate with leaders across the institution to ensure compliance and risk management related to laws, institutional policies, and administrative requirements affecting community affairs.
Review, draft, and coordinate with VP for Community Affairs, university counsel, and other colleagues on memoranda of understanding, community partnership agreements, grant agreements, and other collaboration frameworks with community organizations and local authorities.
Understand and liaise with the office of community affairs and university colleagues on legal, policy, and personnel matters and provide advisement on issues related to community engagement.
Ability to understand government and organizational policy development.
Collaborate with offices at Duke and other entities to conduct training and informational sessions for staff on principles of engagement, compliance with regulations, and ethical standards related to community affairs.
In partnership with unit leaders, develop and implement a structured process of assessing sponsorships and deploying funding for these activities.
Monitor and interpret local legislative developments affecting community engagement and provide timely updates to the VP for Community Affairs and other leaders.
Support conflict resolution related to community issues.
Represent the office in internal meetings as well as public events including university and community committees, events, and activities.
Facilitate the ability of the VP for Community Affairs to manage functions by advising on key constituencies, providing context and background information on issues and coordinating research as assigned.
Staff key leadership meetings, manage workflows and project timelines to ensure initiatives, deliverables, and resources are progressing according to plan objectives and in alignment with university goals.
With direction from the VP for Community Affairs, prepare executive reports, briefings, and presentations as well as correspondences.
Manage special projects and support unit leaders in guiding strategic initiatives.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education/Training
Work requires a terminial degree; Juris Doctorate (JD) strongly preferred.
Experience
Work requires eight years of relevant experience.
OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Skills
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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