Program Manager

104863BR

Campus: Tempe

Program Manager

Job Description

The Department of English at Arizona State University invites applications for a Program Manager to assist with strategic planning of curricular requirements and class offerings for both graduate and undergraduate degree programs. Under the direction of the Associate Chair for Curriculum, the Program Manager will analyze current program data, track instructional expenses and course revenue, build semester schedules, coordinate room assignments and staffing, manage the hiring of Faculty Associates and Graders, provide data-driven reports to support curricular planning, help to propose and implement new courses, and maintain strong lines of communication with various stakeholders.

Job Family

Generic

Department Name

English

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

VP Code

EXEC VP/PROVOST

Scope of Search

Open

Grant Funded Position

This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

$60,000-$68,000 per year; DOE

Close Date

03-October-2024

Category

02

Essential Duties

• Under the direction of the Associate Chair of Curriculum, work collaboratively with stakeholders both on regular curriculum design, development, and implementation as well as on special projects that arise.
• Tracks instructional expenses and course revenue.
• Prepares reports on enrollment, staffing, budget, etc.
• Completes and submits course and program-related forms.
• Maintains library of course syllabi, incomplete contracts, individual study agreements, and other curricular documents.
• Builds, maintains and updates academic course schedules by semester and/or terms.
• Organizes course information and posts end-of-term course evaluations of faculty.
• Monitors real-time class enrollments, and evaluates and responds to changing needs.
• Supports Associate Chair of Curriculum in scheduling, projects, and related duties.
• Maintains the Associate Chair’s calendar.
• Manages and tracks the hiring of Faculty Associates and Graders.
• Tracks and approves weekly Grader hours.
• Prepares and analyzes data for strategic schedule- and curriculum-planning.
• Initiates, develops and sustains strong positive relations with program administrators and department chairs to ensure achievement of the mission and goals of the department and college.
• Communicates with English Department faculty, students, employees with other departments and university administrators.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, professional development seminars and other student support related meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience compiling, analyzing and communicating data, especially budget information.
• Experience with course scheduling management in a higher education setting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of general principles of enrollment management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of program management and administration principles, practices and procedures.
• Experience working with online university systems including: PeopleSoft, MyReports, ASTRA (or other scheduling software), and data dashboards.
• Experience in using Microsoft Office applications (i.e. Word, Excel, and Outlook) at an advanced level (exp. managing group calendars, advanced formatting, mail merge, pivot tables, etc.).
• Experience working effectively in an environment subject to quickly changing priorities.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with as well as problem solving with diverse populations.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with peers, faculty, students, administration and other interested parties.

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 verbally, read, write, see and hear to perform essential functions.
• This position receives regular review of objectives.

This position is eligible for flexible work arrangements after 90 days of employment with proper approval.

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 an arrangement 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.

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 who can think, read, write, and act in robust and significant ways to meet new challenges.

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Background Check Statement

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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.