Job Details
Department: Dual Credit Programs
General Statement of Job
The Project Manager is responsible for the overall quality of direction, coordination, implementation, and timely completion of projects and ad hoc assignments within the Division of Dual Credit Programs in accordance with its mission and goals.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Creates and executes full-scale project work plans and schedules as appropriate for the projects being initiated or managed by the Division of Dual Credit Programs.
- Plans, schedules, manages and evaluates the day-to-day operation and execution of project tasks with a focus on meeting project commitment and target completion date.
- Monitors and regulates the use of resources and assignment of personnel for the projects.
- Tracks project deliverables and assures their quality.
- Provides direction and support to Dual Credit Programs project teams and office staff ensuring high levels of motivation, collaboration, and performance.
- Prepares and coordinates the preparation of periodic and special reports, including monthly and weekly activity reports, financial reports, Institutional Effectiveness (IE) plans and reports, division proposals and other reports as assigned.
- Facilitates workflow and communication between offices and departments in the division and outside division, including disseminating information, tracking projects and assigned tasks, managing communications, evaluating feedback and coordinating projects.
- Leads and works in cross-functional project teams and task forces in addressing concerns, formulating solutions, implementing changes, and improving overall quality and service in the division and the college.
- Schedules and facilitates project team meetings.
- Continually identifies, prioritizes, and mitigates project risks.
- Prepares and develops reports on on-going initiatives.
- Prepares flowcharts, process maps, timelines, trend analysis, and graphs to depict processes, historical data, and projects.
- Identifies opportunities for process improvements within project scope.
- Creates and updates marketing materials for different media, including brochures, flyers, newsletters, event materials, and other marketing materials for the promotion of courses and programs.
- Travels throughout the college district, as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree required.
- At least three (3) years of experience related to the specified duties and responsibilities required.
- Experience working in higher education, preferred.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge in handling multiple projects, large budgets, making difficult decisions and implementing action plans in a cooperative yet responsive team environment to achieve desired goals.
- Proven excellence in planning, decision-making and organization.
- Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines.
- Ability to work independently as well as a team player within department and with others.
- Ability to adapt to constant change and periods of fast-paced, high-intensity work situations.
- Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries from executive management, faculty, staff, public groups, regulatory agencies, and/or Board of Trustees.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations
- Security Sensitive position: All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
- In addition, subject to federal background check.
- Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.
Physical Requirements
- Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.
- Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
- Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
- Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
- Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
- Standing particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
- Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Organization
Founded in 1993, South Texas College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and offers more than 120 degree & certificate options, including associate degrees in a variety of liberal art, social science, business, math, science, technology, advanced manufacturing and allied health fields of study. Additionally, South Texas College is the only community college in the State of Texas to offer four baccalaureate degrees. South Texas College has a faculty and staff of more than 2,700 to serve the college’s five campuses, two higher education centers, and one virtual campus.
Since 2000, the Dual Credit Programs has served over 100,000 high school students at 70 high school sites, saving families over 200 million dollars in tuition.
South Texas College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the Baccalaureate and Associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of South Texas College.
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