Program Development Specialist

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Posted: 11-May-24

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Salary: Open

Internal Number: 226996

Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Program Development Specialist for the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) within the School of Engineering. Reporting to the Associate Director and Executive Director of CAIT, this position will provide critical project management, training program development, and communications and marketing development to the Center.
Among the key duties of the position are the following:

• Focuses on research project management and program development for key CAIT clients including NJ Transit, the USDOT, and others.
• Works closely with CAIT affiliated faculty and Principal Investigators to ensure that research projects are successfully delivered on time and within budget.
• Develops and utilizes project tracking tools such as GANTT charts and Microsoft Project, and be responsible for handling project data, managing consultants, and regularly communicating status updates to CAIT clients.
• Be a leader in developing and operating CAIT's workforce training portfolio, such as the North American Regional Training Center program. Communication and marketing are another major component of this position.
• Directs CAIT's marketing and communication strategy, and be responsible for executing all related tasks such as coordinating media interviews, developing press releases, managing CAIT's E-Newsletter, conducting webinars, and enhancing the brand of CAIT and Rutgers University.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Requires a Masters' degree in marketing, public relations, communication, journalism, English, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates general knowledge, skill, and understanding of public relations, marketing, event execution, proofreading, writing, copyediting, print production, promotional advertising, organization, and/or coordination.
• Also requires a minimum of three years of relevant professional research experience, excellent communication skills, and computer literacy.

City: Piscataway

State: NJ

Equipment Utilized:

• Software skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Project and project management software is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc.) and Adobe Acrobat required. Proficiency in WordPress is required.
• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator is required.

Posting Number: 24ST1055

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.
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