Project & Operations Manager
About The Position
Reporting to the Chancellor, the Project & Operations Manager serves as a strategic and operational partner supporting the execution of district-wide priorities, college initiatives, and executive-level operations. This role is responsible for coordinating complex, cross-functional initiatives; managing operational systems and workflows; and advancing projects that involve senior leadership, campus administrators, and external stakeholders. Working collaboratively with the Chancellor’s Senior Leadership Team ( SLT ), campus leadership, and district teams, the Project & Operations Manager ensures alignment, coordination, and effective execution of strategic initiatives across Eastern Iowa Community Colleges. The position provides leadership and through partnerships will help identify continuous quality improvement areas to serve, along with facilitating executive communications, supporting district events and engagements, and maintaining cohesive operations, while upholding a high standard of professionalism, responsiveness, discretion, and organizational effectiveness in a dynamic environment. The Project & Operations Manager also provides operational oversight for special projects, Board of Trustees and committee activities, stakeholder and community engagement efforts, and is a steward in budget coordination; executing these duties with integrity, fiscal responsibility and ethical conduct. This role plays a key part in strengthening relationships across the district and community, while promoting scope completion, ensuring seamless executive support and organizational efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in an executive office environment and/or in an Office Manager role
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common financial reports and legal documents
- Ability to think, reason, and make sound judgments on how responsibilities are completed in compliance with college standards and guidelines
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to work well both independently with little to no supervision as well as part of a team
- Ability to organize and maintain records, reports, and projects
- Excellent judgment and discretion in handling confidential information
- Exceptional time management skills
Nice To Haves
- Formal project management certifications like PMBOK, PMP, or PMI
- Experience utilizing Colleague
- Experience working within a higher education environment
Responsibilities
- Coordinating complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Managing operational systems and workflows
- Advancing projects that involve senior leadership, campus administrators, and external stakeholders
- Ensuring alignment, coordination, and effective execution of strategic initiatives
- Identifying continuous quality improvement areas
- Facilitating executive communications
- Supporting district events and engagements
- Maintaining cohesive operations
- Providing operational oversight for special projects, Board of Trustees and committee activities, stakeholder and community engagement efforts
- Budget coordination
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
