Academic Program Manager

The Wisconsin School of Business, Department of Accounting and Information Systems is seeking an Academic Program Manager to assist the department chair in the ongoing operations, development, and implementation of academic programs to ensure effectiveness in meeting strategic, departmental, and student development goals. This position is primarily responsible for managing day-to-day administrative activities to support departmental faculty, staff, students, and stakeholders (ex: enrollment management, class scheduling, event planning, course wait list management, policy adherence, etc.). May manage/monitor the program budget, outreach activities, and may supervise program staff. Strives to create a welcoming, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

• 10% Leads the development and implementation of academic program initiatives
• 5% May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees
• 15% Serves as the liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups to identify and maintain academic program-related partnerships
• 20% Identifies, proposes, and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and academic program objectives
• 5% Evaluates existing academic program strategy and makes recommendations to unit leadership for program enhancement
• 5% May manage the unit budget and approve unit expenditures
• 15% Assists stakeholders with preparing and/or maintaining documentation, financial management, and/or reporting requirements related to sponsored grants, contracts, or agreements
• 5% Manages degree programs and/or certificates, high impact practice programming and events, and curriculum development and implementation
• 5% Assists with Recruitment/Hiring/Appointments for Faculty, Lecturers, Graduates, and Undergrads.
• 5% Manage compilation of tenure and promotion cases
• 10% Support planning of Advisory Board meetings, seminar/workshop/speaker series and other department sponsored events

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Required
H.S. Diploma

Preferred
Bachelor's Degree

Required:
- Professional experience in an office environment (one year minimum)
- Proficient in MS Office Suite

Preferred:
- Experience working with complex systems, software, and processes
- Ability to manage workload in a fast-paced, high traffic area and demanding workplace; ability to multi-task.
- Ability to contribute to building and maintaining an engaged, inclusive, and diverse workplace.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to relate complex information in an understandable fashion to a variety of people with various levels of knowledge on the topic.
- High degree of attention to detail.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Ability to work in close collaboration and cooperation with others.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to exercise adaptability, agility, and flexibility.
- Ability to identify, develop, and implement processes and procedures affecting a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience working in higher education.
- Willingness and ability to acquire knowledge of policies and procedures relating to human resources, payroll, purchasing and accounting services.
- Knowledge of UW Madison purchasing and financial policies and procedures or ability to learn.

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $61,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The employee in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter along with a comprehensive resume.

Our search committee will review all application materials after the posted deadline. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. We will notify all applicants once the search is completed and we have selected a top candidate. As applicants move on to next steps in the process, they will be asked to provide names and contact information (e-mail address, phone number, and mailing address) of at least three references.

Lauren Carter
lmcarter2@wisc.edu
608-263-2975
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Academic Program Manager(AE024)

A12-WISCONSIN SCH OF BUSINESS/ACCOUNTING & INFO SYS

Academic Staff-Renewable

312354-AS