Mellon Program Specialist; Temporary OPS

Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD), reporting to the Division of Student Success, is the university’s centralized career planning and employment assistance service for USF students and alumni. The programs in the CCPD are designed to help students and graduates assess, explore, develop, and implement their career goals, gain employability skills and career-related experiences, prepare for a successful transition into graduate/professional school or the labor market, and connect with employers to obtain part-time jobs, internships, cooperative education, and professional employment.

The CCPD holds the values of community, excellence, integrity, service, and well-being at the core of all they do.

Reporting to the Director for Operations & Marketing, the Fiscal & Business Specialist provides a support for the business and financial transactions associated with the facilitation of the Mellon Humanities Internship Program with the University of South Florida (USF). Responsibilities will include preparing and issuing invoices to employers, processing incoming payments, reconciling accounts, and ensuring financial records for a grant are accurate and up to date.

The Fiscal & Business Specialist will work collaboratively with the Mellon Program Experiential Learning Coordinator and Assistant Director of Internship Development, as well as provide outreach to external employers as needed.

The Fiscal & Business Specialist will assume responsibility for preparing and issuing invoices and ensuring timely processing of payments. Manages and reconciles grant funds and monitors expenditures, works with the Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI, USF Foundation to provide grant budget updates. Communicates professionally to employers and university to resolve billing issues and solicit payment in a timely manner.