Undergraduate Program Manager

Who We Are

About The Department of Chemistry
The collective values of Michigan Chemistry include:

• Treating others with dignity and respect, without discrimination.
• Welcoming and valuing every person's opinion and contribution.
• Providing every member of our community the opportunity to thrive.
• Listening, learning, assessing, and continually working to improve our community.
• Building an environment that reflects these values requires a concerted effort from all parties involved, including departmental leadership, faculty, staff, postdocs, and students at every level. Together, we make up a team that will advance our common goals. We will ensure a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for our community members.

The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.

The Undergraduate Program Manager acts as the primary contact and coordinator for all aspects of the Undergraduate Program in Chemistry. This includes program management and staff supervision for the Undergraduate Program in Chemistry.

Undergraduate Advising and Advising Coordination:

• Manage overall undergraduate advising process, including staff management, coordination of departmental advisor processes, and holding advising and declaration meetings with students.
• Manage advising outreach activities and events, including representing the department at campus-wide activities.

Develop and maintain a peer-advising program, educate, support and supervise student temporary workers acting in a peer advising capacity.

• Manage the overall enrollment and curricular processes for the Chemistry Department, including processing CARFs and PARFs
• Monitor waitlists, open sections as needed and issue overrides, engaging in substantive campus-wide collaboration to support wide access to Chemistry courses.
• Monitor waitlists and collaborate with the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education on course additions and access needs.

Staff Management:

• Full supervision of Undergraduate Coordinator/ Advisor;
  Introductory Course Coordinator, Undergraduate Assistant and Supervision of Peer Mentor Temps.
• Hire, train and provide ongoing support of Undergraduate Program Staff.

Undergraduate Program Management:

• Provide overall Program Management in coordination with the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education, make suggestions for updates and changes to major and minor offerings, course requirements and support programs.
• Conduct outreach, marketing and represent the Chemistry Undergraduate office for inter-departmental coordination.
• Coordinate Undergraduate Committee and Faculty Support and lead the associated committee administrative affairs for the Advising, Curriculum and Awards Committees.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and higher education experience.
• 3-5 years supervisory experience
• 5 years experience working with students in an academic setting.
• Demonstrated success in interpersonal relations, collaboration, reasoning, and exercising sound judgment.
• Must have high-level proficiency, speed and accuracy with Excel, Word and Google suite.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, efficiently, and productively with a diverse group of students, staff and faculty.
• Superior interpersonal skills
• Must be able to set priorities, exercise initiative, work on multiple projects, and meet/negotiate deadlines.

This position will be eligible for 1-2 days of remote work per week after the initial onboarding plan. This position will require flexibility to manage undergraduate student services team

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes .

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