Associate Program Director

Associate Program Director Agency Texas A&M Engineering Department Workforce Development

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College Station, Texas

Staff

Engineering has been part of Texas A&M University since its opening in 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Today, the College of Engineering is the largest college on the College Station campus with more than 25,000 engineering students enrolled in 15 departments. Its mission is to serve Texas, the nation and the global community by providing engineering graduates who are well-founded in engineering fundamentals, instilled with the highest standards of professional and ethical behavior, and prepared to meet the complex technical challenges of society.

As the research arm of Engineering, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) is a state agency within the Texas A&M University System with a mission to improve lives through basic and applied engineering research, workforce development and technology transition. Our collaborations with industry, academia and government provide cutting-edge solutions to global technical challenges. We are deeply committed to recruiting and retaining a talented workforce that embraces our core values of Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Service, by offering competitive salaries, an array of benefits, an extensive support network, and above all, an enriching and highly collaborative working community that is deeply passionate about our vision for higher education, research, and public service.

The Associate Director of Spark! PK-12 Engineering Education Outreach serves as the Director's principal operational deputy and assists in providing leadership, strategic direction, and day-to-day management for initiatives that expand high-quality PK-12 engineering education and workforce pathways throughout Texas. The position helps translate Spark!'s strategic priorities into measurable objectives, implementation plans, staff assignments, partnerships, and sustainable programs. The Associate Director provides leadership across Spark!'s

portfolio while maintaining a special emphasis on developing, implementing, evaluating, and scaling workforce-development opportunities for high school students. The role supports Spark!'s alignment with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station's focus on research, workforce development, and industry and innovation by connecting PK-12 students and educators with Texas A&M Engineering, industry, and research opportunities.

Spark! expands access to high-quality engineering learning and workforce pathways by connecting PK-12 students and educators with Texas A&M Engineering, industry, and research opportunities.

• Strategic Leadership and Operations:
  Serve as the Director's principal operational deputy, providing leadership continuity, exercising delegated decision-making and approval authority, and representing the Director and Spark! with internal and external stakeholders when assigned. Assist in developing and executing short- and long-term strategic priorities by translating organizational goals into measurable objectives, implementation plans, staff assignments, timelines, and performance measures. Coordinate cross-program priorities, resolve operational issues, and recommend improvements that strengthen organizational effectiveness, communication, resource use, and service delivery.
• Provide oversight of PK-12 outreach programs, initiatives, and projects through effective planning, administration, coordination, and evaluation.
• Workforce Development and Program…