Manager Undergraduate Student Success Initiatives - Student Success Administration - UTK
About The Position
The Manager of Undergraduate Success Initiatives provides project management, operational leadership and executive coordination for the Senior Associate Vice-Provost of Student Success. This position is responsible for project leadership and execution on divisional priorities that enhance our ability to remove barriers to undergraduate student success, strengthen collaboration within the division and with institutional partners, drive data informed practices and institutionalize effective & efficient processes and procedures. The ideal candidate for this position will independently prioritize and sequence multiple high-stakes initiatives, adjusting timelines and deliverables as conditions change. Reporting to the Senior Associate Vice-Provost for Student Success, the Manager serves as a confidential, strategic partner, overseeing complex projects, managing executive priorities, and ensuring alignment, accountability, and execution within the Division of Student Success [DSS]. This position operates with a high degree of independence, exercising significant discretion and independent judgment in managing executive priorities, resolving complex operational issues, and advancing divisional initiatives. This position has no formal supervisory responsibility but may provide functional guidance to student employees, interns, or project team members as needed.
Requirements
- Project management skills
- Operational leadership skills
- Executive coordination skills
- Ability to remove barriers to undergraduate student success
- Ability to strengthen collaboration within the division and with institutional partners
- Ability to drive data informed practices
- Ability to institutionalize effective & efficient processes and procedures
- Ability to independently prioritize and sequence multiple high-stakes initiatives
- Ability to adjust timelines and deliverables as conditions change
- Ability to operate with a high degree of independence
- Ability to exercise significant discretion and independent judgment
Responsibilities
- Provide project management, operational leadership and executive coordination for the Senior Associate Vice-Provost of Student Success.
- Lead and execute divisional priorities that enhance the ability to remove barriers to undergraduate student success.
- Strengthen collaboration within the division and with institutional partners.
- Drive data-informed practices.
- Institutionalize effective and efficient processes and procedures.
- Independently prioritize and sequence multiple high-stakes initiatives, adjusting timelines and deliverables as conditions change.
- Serve as a confidential, strategic partner.
- Oversee complex projects.
- Manage executive priorities.
- Ensure alignment, accountability, and execution within the Division of Student Success [DSS].
- Exercise significant discretion and independent judgment in managing executive priorities, resolving complex operational issues, and advancing divisional initiatives.
- Provide functional guidance to student employees, interns, or project team members as needed.
Benefits
- Career development and coaching
- Continued education
- Extensive list of development and training possibilities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
