Graduate Program Operations Manager

Colorado State University; Fort Collins (CO); Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Colorado State University in Fort Collins seeks a CMB Program Manager to oversee admissions, recruitment, records, student support and budget management for the CMB program, serving as the primary administrative support for the Director and about 50 graduate students dispersed across campus.

The role involves budgeting, grant administration, data tracking, assessment, and collaboration with campus partners; requires a bachelor's degree with several years in educational management and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years’ experience in educational management.
• Experience with budget and/or program administration including day-to-day project decisions, business administration, marketing, recruitment, and on-going program development.
• Demonstrate organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrate written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to and experience in supporting diverse student populations.

Responsibilities

• Make budget recommendations, decisions, and administer grants both individually and collaboratively depending on the respective grant.
• Facilitate recruitment and retention of students from all backgrounds through work with student groups and associations, collaboration on symposiums, monthly meetings, and outreach.
• Create and oversee systems for tracking student progress and data management for the program.
• Determine, design, customize, and utilize appropriate assessment tools to allow effective evaluation of various educational and programmatic components.
• Utilize findings to implement formative changes to the program and provide summative evaluations.
• Work with assessment entities to create reports for NIH funded training grants.
• Train and manage student employees.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Written communication

Verbal communication

Diversity support

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MS in business / higher education / STEM / accountancy (preferred)

Job description

Colorado State University in Fort Collins seeks a CMB Program Manager to oversee admissions, recruitment, records, student support and budget management for the CMB program, serving as the primary administrative support for the Director and about 50 graduate students dispersed across campus.

The role involves budgeting, grant administration, data tracking, assessment, and collaboration with campus partners; requires a bachelor's degree with several years in educational management and a