Professional Learning Coordinator

Job Posting Title:

Professional Learning Coordinator

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Hiring Department:

OnRamps

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

OnRamps is an initiative of The University of Texas at Austin that provides advanced academic opportunities to high school students and robust professional development to teachers across the state.

UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes:  

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage  

• Retirement contributions

• Paid vacation and sick time

• Paid holidays

• Eligible for hybrid telework

For more details, please see HR Benefits  and Total Rewards .

Purpose 

The Professional Learning Coordinator plans and executes high-quality, end-to-end professional learning and development experiences for OnRamps Instructors to support student success. This position is critical to ensuring OnRamps Professional Learning Systems, design, and facilitation are executed with quality and excellence.

Responsibilities 

• Coordinates elements required to plan, design, develop, and implement effective professional learning and development experiences using adult learning and design principles to ensure OnRamps Instructors implement OnRamps courses and experiences with fidelity. Maintains the quality and alignment of the high school Instructor experience to promote student learning through college content, innovative pedagogy, technology-enhanced education, and an aligned college experience.

• Executes effective and consistent communication strategies aligned with OnRamps branding and marketing materials to coordinate the delivery of professional learning experiences with internal and external stakeholders. Provides exceptional customer service and cross-team communication with professionalism, positivity, accuracy, tact, and decorum to develop and maintain effective working relationships.

• Completes each phase of the annual professional learning and development cycle, including maintenance of Instructor Professional Learning records using established systems while providing solutions for routine functional processes, cross-team reporting, tracking, and monitoring. Recommends enhancements and opportunities for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of systems and processes

• Applies standard evaluation and data analysis procedures as a part of a continuous improvement process to monitor, evaluate, and document the Instructor user experience and determine needs to meet outcomes that positively impact OnRamps student learning.

• Supports the Professional Learning Manager and Associate Director of Instructional Innovation and Implementation on special projects as assigned that support the mission and strategic direction of OnRamp as an organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• Three or more years teaching experience at a high school

• Passion for professional learning and development

• Proficient in Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) or another LMS

• Experience using spreadsheets and formula skills (such as Excel and Smartsheet) to track work with accuracy

• Exceptional written and verbal skills, customer service skills, with the ability to engage multiple internal and external stakeholders with decorum and tact

• Strong attention to detail and coordinating logistics

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience facilitating professional learning to adults.

• Experience coordinating Professional Learning Events.

• Experience using and analyzing data to inform stakeholder needs.

• Experience providing support or instructional coaching to teachers.

• Proficient in Smartsheet or other Project Management system.

• Ability to communicate technical information to lay audiences using a respectful, client-focused approach.

• Familiarity with basic HTML.

• Experience with virtual or distance learning.

• Experience with instructional design.

• Experience collaborating with subject-matter experts.

Salary

$60,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• Position requires up to 5% travel throughout the state of Texas, ongoing weekend and evening work to support course implementation, including summer, spring, and fall professional learning institutes and annual enrollment.

• May work around standard office conditions

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

• Use of manual dexterity

Required Materials

Please mark "yes" on the application for required materials. Failure to attach all additional materials listed may affect candidates being considered for the position.

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. 

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer , complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031 .

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.