Chief of Staff to the EVP for Finance and Administration

Chief of Staff to the EVP for Finance and Administration

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Requisition ID

req37979

Working Title

Chief of Staff to the EVP for Finance and Administration

Position Grade

17

Position Summary

The University of New Mexico seeks a collaborative, strategic, and accomplished administrator to serve as Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration (EVPFA). As a senior deputy to the EVPFA, the Chief of Staff plays a central role in advancing institutional priorities, strengthening executive leadership, and ensuring coordinated execution across one of the University’s largest and most complex portfolios.

UNM’s Finance and Administration organization supports the University’s administrative, financial, and infrastructure functions, encompassing a broad portfolio that includes financial services, budgeting, human resources, information technology, public safety, environmental health and safety, capital and space, institutional policy, and campus support services. The Chief of Staff plays a key role in ensuring that resources, systems, and operations are aligned with institutional priorities.

Reporting directly to the EVPFA, the Chief of Staff helps advance strategic priorities, coordinating complex cross functional initiatives, facilitating executive decision making, and ensuring organizational priorities remain aligned across the division. The Chief of Staff works closely with university leadership, the President’s Office, the Board of Regents, faculty and staff leaders, and external partners on matters of strategic importance.

What Makes This Role Different

This is not only an advisory or coordinating role. The Chief of Staff carries delegated authority to decide, commit, and direct on behalf of the EVPFA within defined limits, and has supervisory responsibility for critical enterprise functions, including the University Policy Office, Crisi