Manager, Academic Program Services
About The Position
The Neuroscience Major in the College of Arts and Sciences seeks a Manager, Academic Program Services to support the Neuroscience Undergraduate Program. This role involves evaluating program effectiveness, aiding in program assessment and development, and managing curriculum changes. The Manager will chair the Undergraduate Studies Committee, address academic and curricular needs, and oversee advising services. Responsibilities include managing and training advising and student staff, evaluating petitions, verifying graduation applications, and supervising the Pre-Major program and specializations. The role also involves overseeing transfer credit evaluation and articulation agreements, developing marketing materials, managing the program budget, and directing academic and enrichment programming for students. Additionally, the Manager will supervise orientations, develop student recruitment and retention programs, act as a liaison with professional organizations, develop protocols, track program data, oversee survey course offerings, and serve as an instructor for the undergraduate survey course as needed. Maintaining current information and resources, including curriculum sheets, promotional materials, the program website, and professional and social media, is also a key part of the role.
Requirements
- Master's Level Degree with a Major in Neuroscience, Psychology, or closely related field
- Five years of relevant experience in higher education, including experience in academic program administration, student services, advising, teaching, research administration, or related areas.
- Demonstrated experience supervising, coaching, and evaluating professional staff.
- Experience developing, implementing, and assessing academic programs, student success initiatives, or curricular support services.
- Experience collaborating with faculty, academic leadership, and university stakeholders.
- Demonstrated project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Doctoral Degree with a Major in Neuroscience, Psychology, or closely related field
- Experience managing undergraduate academic programs.
- Experience supervising academic advisors or other student-facing professional staff.
- Knowledge of neuroscience, psychology, or related STEM disciplines.
- Experience with curriculum administration, degree audits, graduation cer
- Experience with student recruitment, retention, and engagement initiatives.
- Experience using student information systems and institutional data to support assessment and decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Evaluates the effectiveness of specified programs and recommends changes as needed.
- Aids in the development, direction, and implementation of program assessment in conjunction with the Program Director.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of curriculum plans and suggests and implements changes as needed.
- Chairs the Undergraduate Studies Committee and serves on relevant college and intra-university committees for curriculum and student success.
- Identifies and addresses the varying academic and curricular needs of the program.
- Provides oversight and develops academic services provided by the advising office.
- Manages, hires, and trains advising and student staff.
- Evaluates curricular and program petitions.
- Verifies graduation applications.
- Provides supervision and implementation of the Pre-Major program and major and minor specializations.
- Oversees transfer credit evaluation and articulation agreements.
- Develops marketing materials and works with the Program Director to manage the program budget.
- Develops and directs comprehensive academic, social enrichment, faculty-student engagement, and alumni-oriented programming for students.
- Supervises and plans orientations.
- Develops and implements student recruitment and retention programs and procedures.
- Acts as a liaison with professional organizations in support of recruitment and retention efforts.
- Develops protocols and tracks program data.
- Oversees survey course offerings and serves as instructor for the Neuroscience undergraduate survey course as needed.
- Maintains current information and resources, including curriculum sheets, promotional materials, the program website, and professional and social media.
Benefits
- The pay range for this job profile is $64,900.00- $84,850.00. The offer for this position will fall within this range based on internal equity, the unit's available budget, and the candidate's qualifications.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
