"Program Manager - Honors College"

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Program Manager position builds and manages the budget, supervises employees, provides academic advising to students, and maintains all the day-to-day operations of the College. They have decision-making authority in several areas, including co-curricular integration, website content, and alumni relations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provides specialized academic advising for Honors College students. Plans and implements focused recruitment programs for prospective students, some of which may be residential.

Manages and assists in the building of budgets. Serves as liaison with Office of Planning and Budget, office of the Controller, Human Resources, and Purchasing; processes student fellowship funding; ensures fiscal year is closed out properly.

Processes employment and payroll related documents; serves as contact person for Human Resources and Payroll; hires graduate assistants and student workers.

Creates/authorizes/manages co-curricular integration and programs for alumni, faculty, students, and families. Includes all aspects of event planning.

Cultivates effective public relations practices with various audiences: students, faculty, alumni, prospective students, and families. Trains and supervises employees in these practices, with emphasis on integrated marketing and communication: website, social media, internal campus communications (e.g. CampusLink), and email.

Completes other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises work of others, including planning, assigning and scheduling work, reviewing work and ensuring quality standards, training staff and overseeing their productivity. May offer recommendations for hiring, termination and pay adjustments, but does not have responsibility for making these decisions.

REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

1-3 years of work-related experience.

Budget management, customer service and event planning experience.

Data management, budget-building and maintenance, advanced oral and written communication skills, and collaboration.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience with office and/or program management, services to students with disabilities.

Academic advising, website maintenance, office management, employee supervision, problem-solving.

Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community.

Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University. The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

Duquesne University was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit. Motivated by its Catholic identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.