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Tempe, AZ | United States
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Job Description
The Department of English is seeking a Program Manager to assist with English Education programs. Under the supervision of the Director of English Education, the Program Manager will be responsible for or assist with scheduling/staffing, advising, recruiting/admissions, budgeting, and event planning within the program. In addition, the Program Manager will be responsible for working closely with and supporting English Education faculty who coordinate all English Education affiliated programs such as the Central Arizona Writing Project, youth writing camps, El Dia de los Ninos, Early Start Humanities, and externally funded projects. The Program Manager will independently ensure that the goals and objectives of the program and affiliated programs are accomplished in accordance with priorities, time limitations, scheduling, funding limitations, and/or other specifications. The Program Manager will be joining a team of staff and is expected to attend and participate in staff meetings as well as on-going training, and English Education area committee meetings.
Working Environment - Activities are performed in an environment-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse (75%)
- Frequently required to stand for varying lengths of time and travel moderate distances to perform work (25%).
- Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals
- Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds
- Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts
- Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.
- Depending on the unit/program needs, some evenings and occasional weekends may be required.
- This position receives regular review of objectives.
This position is eligible for flexible work arrangements after completing 90 days of employment with proper approval. Please note: every year for the month of June this position will be on-campus/in-person every workday for summer program needs.
Flexible Work Options: ASU is a diverse enterprise with a wide variety of work and learning modes, locations and a commitment to sustainability, innovation and employee work-life balance. We are determined to maintain our position as an employer of choice in a competitive labor market. In addition to 8am-5pm, in person format, following flexible work options.
Hybrid work is anarrangement where employees spend a minimum of 60% of their regular workweek at their primary ASU work location (i.e., maximum of 40% remote work). Dean or vice president-level approval is required.
Alternative work schedules can include four, 10-hour workdays in a workweek; a nine-day, 80-hour schedule over two workweeks for exempt employees only; and staggered start and stop times
Background Check Statement ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.
Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in a related field AND five years administrative/coordination experience; OR, Master's degree in field appropriate to area of assignment AND three years administrative/coordination experience; OR Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Department Statement The Department of English's motto - "Start here, go anywhere" - captures the unique value of our undergraduate and graduate English degrees, ones that can serve students in any art form, any discipline, and any profession. In fact, our degrees can take students anywhere they wish to travel. The Department of English faculty is internationally renowned for innovative research and teaching and explores the pan-world expression of the English language and its literature, which span the global yet connect directly to the local. The skills of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and analytic expression cultivated in the degrees are transferable into any endeavor. In particular, such skills provide the foundation for creative problem-solving and cultivate individual and collective expression. The department takes as its purview not just historical positioned work, whether linguistic or textual, but includes all forms of expression and all modes of new media, whether analogical or digital. We emphasize writing- academic, creative, personal, public, and workplace- that explores difference reflectively and functionally. Our goal is to educate citizens to meet new challenges.
Desired Qualifications - Experience working within Higher Education or K-12 schools
- Experience with course scheduling management in a higher education setting
- Experience compiling, analyzing and communicating data, especially budget information
- Experience in event planning
- Experience in recruiting students
- Experience with Adobe products, Google slides, and Google docs
- Experience in demonstrating sensitivity, establishing, maintaining effective working relationships with as well as problem solving with diverse populations.
- Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with peers, faculty, staff, students, administrators, and others.
- Experience managing and prioritizing multiple tasks and deadlines, and working collaboratively in a dynamic team environment
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Essential Duties - Works in collaboration with the Director of English Education on daily operations, activities, and special projects, and outreach
- Develops and monitors daily operations, communication and public relations, long-term planning, and activities for English Education affiliated programs, which entails being on-campus/in-person every weekday during the month of June.
- Maintains schedule of courses, including staffing, for English Education programs
- Assists with recruiting and hiring Faculty Associates and Student course graders by semester
- Assists with recruiting English Education students
- Assists with recruiting and planning for youth camps and professional development programs
- Assists in programing, attending, and facilitating in-person and virtual events to ensure all aspects of events/program are implemented and controlled according to plans, including public-facing events with the community.
- Works closely with the business office to monitor program and grant- related budgets.
- Works with Program Manager, Sr for Graduate Studies to maintain student records for English Education programs.
- Gathers data and drafts annual reports such as student retention, expenditures, enrollment, and affiliated program communication and reports such as National Writing Project site reporting and Early Start budgeting report for business office.
- Maintains direct contact with personnel of various outside organizations and university departments associated with scheduled function/program
- Attends monthly staff, program, departmental, and grant-related meetings
- Works closely with and supports English Education faculty who coordinate all English Education affiliated programs and activities.
- Other duties as assigned to support the goals of the English Education program and its affiliated programs and externally funded projects
- Communicates effectively, both in writing and verbally, with a variety of departmental, college, university, and public facing stakeholders.
Instructions to Apply Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.
Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.
Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.
ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.
Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.
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