Graduate Programs Manager—Admissions & Budget

csusystem; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 58,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Colorado State University invites applications for a CMB Program Manager to oversee admissions, recruitment, record keeping, student support, and budget management for the CMB program across departments.

The role supports the Director of CMB, supervises 1-5 student employees and requires collaboration with campus partners. A Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in educational management are required; NIH grant reporting experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 3 years' experience in educational management.
• Experience with budget and/or program administration including demonstrated ability to make day-to-day project decisions, business administration, marketing, recruitment, and ongoing 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. Including but not limited to budget design, tracking participation, training, mentoring & development plans, overseeing logistics, managing deliverables, and collecting data for annual renewal applications.
• 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

Budget management

Recruitment

Data management

Program administration

Written and verbal communication

Diversity support

Education

Bachelor's degree

MS in business or higher education (preferred)

Job description

Colorado State University invites applications for a CMB Program Manager to oversee admissions, recruitment, record keeping, student support, and budget management for the CMB program across departments.

The role supports the Director of CMB, supervises 1-5 student employees and requires collaboration with campus partners. A Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in educational management are required; NIH grant reporting experience preferred.