Program Manager (Special Programs) - R101060

Location: Belknap Campus

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID: R101060

Minimum Requirements:

Master's degree in a related field and five years of related experience.  Additional experience may be used on a one-to-one basis to offset the educational requirements.

Position Description:

This is a grant funded position . Continuation of this grant -funded position is contingent upon the continued availability of grant funds

Position Description

The Program Manager (Special Programs) supports the vision for university as described in the Cardinal Principles in the following ways:  oversees and supports programs and resources housed within the Digital Transformation Center (DTC) via the Office of the President, including but not limited to professional development trainings, workshops, liaison with technology vendors supporting research, community and education. http://louisville.edu/digital-transformation/learn

The Program Director (Special Programs) is primarily responsible for developing and conducting professional development programs utilizing the Digital Transformation vendors and vendor resources (Adobe, Google, IBM, Microsoft etc.), leading initiatives and projects, and assessing upskill/reskill needs.  This position includes functions like creating training materials, delivering training, and utilizing training websites, maintaining registration/reporting and using learning management systems, recruiting participants, and maintain and developing partnerships.

This position is grant funded to provide upskilling/re-skilling to marginalized communities and relates to Health Equity outcomes in the hopes of better jobs with more workforce technology skills for people. This position is full time and requires grant writing and providing support to coordinate research proposal identification and submissions to the various entities for additional grants and funding. This position is grant funded and employment beyond the grant period is contingent on additional funding.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the Executive Director and Director of Learning of the DTC with professional development programs, seminars, workshops for faculty, staff, students and community.
• Plan, coordinate, schedule, and train activities such as overview of technology badges, certificates, certifications using vendor materials.
• Develop, expand, and nurture partnerships with external resources.
• Conduct mini technology training sessions.
• Prepare and maintain records and reports related to his/her conducted DTC activities.
• Work on special DTC projects.
• Will research and write proposals for future grant funding.
• Perform additional duties, as assigned.

Experience creating and leading professional development activities, conducting training, and/or designing, coordinating technology training initiative's or the like. Microsoft Office Certification and/or other technology vendor certificates/certifications are a plus.

Preferred Competencies

• Training/public speaking.
• Creating and managing systems.
• Marketing and promoting activities.
• Project Management - organized, task oriented, ability to delegate and follow up.
• Proactive - anticipates and plans for problems before they arise.
• Service Excellence - responsive, informs constituents of process, pleasant to work with, educates and provides timely, accurate information.
• Organized - manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized.
• Critical thinking - ability to think through issues and identify appropriate options.
• Work ethic - motivated, diligent, industrious, and persistent in the workplace; stays on tasks to completion; works at a fast pace to ensure optimal efficiency.
• Ability to perform all commonly applicable functions in the Microsoft Office 365 Suite, effectively using it and other software applications to complete duties and responsibilities.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations.
• Dedicated, independent, and innovative team player.
• Ability to work with confidential data.
• Dedication to customer service and seamless interdepartmental workflow, with a record of achieving/exceeding goals.
• Demonstrated ability to celebrate diversity, foster equity, and achieve inclusion.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact the Employment team at [email protected] or 502.852.6258.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone 502-852-6258.