Talent Pipeline Training Program Manager ​/ Training Program Developer III

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Talent Pipeline Training Program Manager

Michigan State University Advancement seeks a collaborative, detail-oriented, and innovative professional to serve as Talent Pipeline Training Program Manager and the Advance-U Internship Program.

This position is responsible for the planning, coordination, implementation, and continuous improvement of talent pipeline programs designed to introduce and develop future fundraising professionals. The Training Program Manager will partner with University Advancement leaders, subject matter experts, and participating units to create meaningful learning experiences, coordinate program activities, track participant progress, and evaluate program outcomes.

The Training Program Manager serves as the central coordinator for program operations and participant development, ensuring a high-quality experience that supports recruitment, onboarding, professional growth, and retention of emerging advancement talent.

• Partner with Advancement leaders, subject matter experts, and campus stakeholders to identify and deliver learning opportunities that provide participants with exposure to fundraising, advancement operations, philanthropy, and career development.
• Develop long-range and immediate plans for comprehensive programs to fully develop an institutional pipeline of entry level development professionals and onboarding them, who have the foundational skill set to be successful fundraisers for Michigan State University.
• Develop performance-based metrics and corresponding timelines that are indicators of success for development officers and staff that would point to readiness for increased job responsibility and possible movement into higher roles within 12-18 months. Evaluate staff and development officers to ensure demonstrated success in these metrics.
• Continually improve, envision, and implement new components and assess opportunities to strengthen and expand the onboarding, student internship, and mentoring programs.
• Participate as part of the University Advancement Strategic Talent Management and Operations teams on strategic planning and initiatives, recruitment, budgeting, reporting, and special events.
• Assist in planning and implementing special purpose appeals as necessary and serve as a liaison to constituency-based academic leadership that may be without a primary development officer.
• Attend appropriate workshops and seminars to enhance professional development and suggest similar requirements necessary to bolster the professional skills of our entry level development professionals and the student internship program.
• Maintain awareness of emerging practices in talent development, experiential learning, internship programming, and workforce development.
• Act as a public goodwill ambassador for Michigan State University and all of its units.

• Utilizing research and benchmarking other similar institutions and professional organizations (ie: CASE, ALN, etc) to create and implement first-year onboarding and/or probationary success measures.
• Creating supervisor’s and manager’s training content on how to utilize success metrics and how to ensure new employees meet expectations and embrace a growth mindset.
• Work in collaboration with the HR team to ensure that this work supports and aligns with the goals of University Advancement and also embraces the mission and vision of Michigan State University as a whole.
• Plan and execute a "go-live" of a new employee performance goal setting process under the supervision and approval of the Director of Human Resources
• Supports the HR team with other assignments as…