Project Manager

Ohio State University; North Carolina; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio State University in Columbus is seeking a Project Manager for the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society. The role supports growth and execution of the Center's activities within its academic mission and governance framework.

The Project Manager will help develop programs, manage timelines, coordinate events, and maintain records to comply with federal and university requirements. This is a university-centered role focused on teaching, research, and public programming.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project workplans, timelines, task lists, calendars, and other project management tools; track deliverables, deadlines, dependencies, and follow-up items.
• Schedule and support project team meetings, prepare agendas and materials, document decisions and action items, and follow up with responsible team members.
• Identify routine implementation challenges, recommend practical solutions, and escalate significant programmatic, financial, compliance, or scheduling concerns to project leadership.
• Maintain organized project files and records necessary to document compliance with federal award requirements and university policies, including participant, financial, contractual, and programmatic records.
• Support participant recruitment, application, selection, registration, and communications processes; maintain accurate participant records and respond to routine participant questions.
• Serve as a primary administrative point of contact for participating educators, project partners, vendors, and other stakeholders regarding schedules, logistics, required documentation, and project activities.
• Facilitate communication and coordination among faculty, Center staff, university offices, school and district partners, cultural and historical institutions, consultants, and other project collaborators.

Job description

Job Title:

Project Manager

Department:

Academic Affairs Administration | Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society is conducting a search for a Project Manager. The Project Manager will enable the Center's continued growth as the flourishing academic community envisioned in ORC § 3335.39. The Project Manager, as with all members of the Center, should embrace the Center's mission.

The Center is a multidisciplinary university center that conducts teaching, research, and public programming concerning the core texts and great debates of Western civilization; the principles, ideals, and institutions of the American and Ohio political order; and the foundations of responsible leadership and informed citizenship. It is an independent academic unit of the University. The Center is a leader of the growing cadre of similar schools of civic thought in Ohio and throughout the country.

In just its second year of operation, the Chase Center has quickly established itself as a dynamic academic community with world-class faculty. Building on this strong momentum, in the upcoming year the Center will launch its first major (to accompany its minor), develop three new degree programs, and further expand its extensive course offerings. It will also deepen its outreach by continuing to deliver a robust suite of public events, professional development for K-12 educators, and study abroad opportunities for both students and faculty. Backed by a growing Chase Society student community and generous public and private funding, the Center is on pace for full maturity over the next three years.

Project Management

• Develop and maintain project workplans, timelines, task lists, calendars, and other project management tools; track deliverables, deadlines, dependencies, and follow-up items. Track project performance measures, participation targets, milestones, and deliverables and identify scheduling, logistical, or administrative issues requiring attention from project leadership.


• Schedule and support project team meetings, prepare agendas and materials, document decisions and action items, and follow up with responsible team members.


• Identify routine implementation challenges, recommend practical solutions, and escalat e significant programmatic, financial, compliance, or scheduling concerns to project leadership.


• Maintain organized project files and records necessary to document compliance with federal award requirements and university policies, including participant, financial, contractual, and programmatic records.

Event Management

• Support participant recruitment, application, selection, registration, and communications processes; maintain accurate participant records and respond to routine participant questions.


• Serve as a primary administrative point of contact for participating educators, project partners, vendors, and other stakeholders regarding schedules, logistics, required documentation, and project activities.


• Facilitate communication and coordination among faculty, Center staff, university offices, school and district partners, cultural and historical institutions, consultants, and other project collaborators.