Description:
The Director of the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs provides strategic leadership, overseeing personnel, programming, and research that address key issues in media, public affairs, and public policy, with a focus on Louisiana. The Director is responsible for securing external funding from grants, foundations, and donors, and developing partnerships with stakeholders, including alumni and external organizations. Working with the Manship School Dean and Development Director, the Director leads capital campaigns and manages fundraising efforts to ensure the Center's growth.
The role involves developing distinguished speaker series, expanding research initiatives, and fostering civic engagement. The Director promotes the Center’s work, strengthens its public identity, and facilitates collaboration with faculty, community partners, and national institutions. Additionally, the Director manages Center staff, including the Program Coordinator and graduate assistants, oversees the Public Policy Research Lab, and collaborates on research contracts, ensuring strategic goals are met and budgets are managed effectively.
Job Responsibilities
30%
- Plan, along with the development director and dean, a capital campaign to support Reilly Center growth
- Pursue external funding to bolster the Reilly Center’s resources from federal grants, private foundations, individual donors
- Manage the identification and cultivation of a portfolio of prospects among alumni, parents, friends, corporations, foundations, and government entities capable of making major gifts
- Manage relationships with external partners on external funding opportunities
30%
- Oversee the creation of programs with a recognizable impact on Louisiana in the areas of media, public affairs, and public policy
- Create and acquire the necessary resources for a distinguished speaker series that draws national media and political figures
- Grow the research portfolio through the development of granting capacity to encourage interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research
- Establish a fellows and professionals-in-residence program to bring expert scholars and practitioners to our community for extended periods
- Create and expand good government and civic engagement initiatives
- Identify and pursue areas of scholarship in which the Reilly Center may make a significant contribution in research and training
25%
- Develop and maintain a strong public identity for the Reilly Center
- Promote the work of the Center and its expertise through creative means with its various stakeholders
- Design, in consultation with the communication director, an annual promotional plan and budget to reach pertinent target audiences
- Communicate with partners, public officials, and media
- Identify and recruit Manship School, LSU, and external faculty to partner on research projects, grant writing, and programming
- Develop and strengthen Center-community partnerships
- Identify a network of Manship School, LSU, and external faculty and community members interested in becoming Reilly Center Fellows and Affiliates
- Facilitate scholarly and professional collaboration among Manship School and LSU scholars with regional, national, and international partners and institutions
15%
- Oversee all personnel working in the Center and affiliated labs including the Program Coordinator, responsible for planning and executing public forums and seminars; and multiple graduate assistants
- Oversee activities of the Public Policy Research Lab and work collaboratively with the assistant director of the PPRL and maintaining existing and developing new research contracts
- Comply with all university and state directives
- Establish goals, objectives, and metrics to ensure the advancement of the Reilly Center strategic initiatives
- Form an advisory board to assist with connections, provide professional guidance, and contribute to advancement efforts
- Develop and manage the annual Reilly Center budget in collaboration with the Manship School Dean
- Other duties as assigned.