Senior Manager

Texas A&M University; Prairie View (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas A&M University in Prairie View seeks a Senior Manager and strategic advisor to the Director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center. You will align operations, drive priorities, and coordinate research, training, evaluation, outreach, and compliance across the center.

The role leads high-impact initiatives, oversees executive communications and staff, and builds partnerships with TJJD, school districts, law enforcement, and state agencies to advance youth justice and workforce

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice, Social Sciences, Education, or related field.
• Seven years of related experience.
• Experience in organizational leadership and executive operations.
• Understanding of youth justice systems and trauma-informed practice.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the Director's senior advisor on strategy, operations and organizational performance; translates priorities into actionable plans.
• Oversees internal workflows, meeting structures, and alignment of division leaders with the Director's expectations.
• Manages the Director's workflow, executive communications, reports, and dashboards.
• Oversees center-wide initiatives, tracks grant deliverables, and coordinates relationships with state agencies and partners.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership experience

Project management

Executive operations

Youth justice knowledge

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Juvenile Justice

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manager Agency Prairie View A&M University Department Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center Proposed Minimum Salary Commensurate Job Location Prairie View, Texas Job Type Staff

Important Immigration information: A Presidential proclamation issued on September 19, 2025, imposes a $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions filed after September 21, 2025. Please be advised that Texas A&M University will NOT pay this fee. Therefore, if you need immigration sponsorship for your employment, we recommend that you consult with your private immigration counsel at your own expense to ascertain whether your current immigration status would make a potential offer of employment from Texas A&M University subject to this fee. In addition, on January 27, 2026, Texas Governor Abbot issued a moratorium on the filing of any new H-1B unless approved by the Texas Workforce Commission. Accordingly, if you will now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status this moratorium may affect our ability to employ you should you be selected as the final candidate.

The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center seeks a high energy, self-starter to serve as the principal strategic advisor and senior administrative partner to the Director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC). This role ensures organizational alignment, drives execution of the Center’s priorities, and manages high-level internal and external coordination across research, training, evaluation, outreach, and compliance functions. The Senior Manager enhances the effectiveness of the Director by overseeing strategic initiatives, optimizing internal operations, and ensuring that the Center fulfills its statewide mandate in juvenile delinquency prevention, trauma-informed practice, and youth-serving workforce development.

The salary is determined in accordance with the University’s compensation structure and will be commensurate with the candidates’ education and experience, within the assigned salary range for this position.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the Director's senior advisor on strategy, operations, and organizational performance; translates the Director's priorities into actionable plans; coordinates cross-division communication; leads strategic initiatives and high-priority projects.
• Oversees internal workflows, meeting structures, decision-making processes, communication systems, organizational culture initiatives, personnel matters, policy development, and alignment of division leaders with the Director's expectations.
• Manages the Director's workflow, priorities, executive communications, prepares executive briefings, reports, presentations, talking points, supervises administrative staff, and ensures timely completion of travel, invoices, reports, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Oversees center-wide initiatives, tracks grant deliverables, and monitors organizational performance. Supports the Director in managing relationships with TJJD, OJJDP, county juvenile probation departments, school districts, law enforcement, state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, community partners, and other stakeholders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice, Social Sciences, Education, or related field. Seven years of related experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated experience in organizational leadership, project manager, and executive operations.
• Strong understanding of youth justice systems, trauma-informed practice, and youth-serving agencies.
• Exceptional communication, strategic thinking, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with office and project management software application and implementation.
• Ability to manage confidential information and navigate complex organizational environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Eight years of progressively responsible leadership experience in higher education, juvenile justice, public administration, military or nonprofit management.
• Experience working with Texas state agencies or university-based research centers.
• Familiarity with Title II Formula Grants, OJJDP requirements, or federal compliance frameworks.
• Experience supervising large teams, in multiple locations with cross-functional initiatives.
• Grant management.
• Policy experience.

Job Posting Close Date: 08/27/2026

Background Check Requirements: All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.

The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a statewide network of twelve universities, eight state agencies, a comprehensive health science center, Texas A&M‑Fort Worth and Texas A&M-RELLIS. The A&M System is committed to providing an educational and work environment that is conducive to the personal and professional development of each employee. Each member institution provides equal opportunity and access to all students, employees and prospective employees.

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