Department Manager

About the role

The Department Manager position oversees all administrative components within the Department of Economics, ensuring continuous operations and policy compliance. This role also involves developing solutions to financial and operational challenges, managing budgets, and supervising support staff.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements departmental policies and procedures
• Manages departmental budget and financial resources
• Supervises administrative support staff and student employees
• Collaborates with the Department Chair and Assistant Dean for Finance & Administration
• Works closely with staff across campus

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 2+ years minimum work-related experience
• Successfully demonstrated ability to supervise, train, and manage support staff and/or student employees
• Demonstrated ability of program management/project coordination skills
• Self-starter, able to work independently as well as participate effectively with teams and/or committees
• Effective oral and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service
• Demonstrated ability to perform very detailed work with a high level of accuracy
• Experience with performing appropriate data analysis, working with complex databases, reporting tools/techniques, and producing reports and/or recommendations

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 years successfully demonstrated ability to supervise, train, and manage support staff and/or student employees
• Minimum 4+ years of experience working in higher education
• Experience managing budgets
• Experience working with Banner, Datamaster/Cognos or similar enterprise systems
• Experience with graphic design software and web CMS
• Intermediate level (or higher) expertise with Excel

Skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Benefits

• 95% premium paid healthcare
• A generous retirement and vacation package
• Reduced tuition rates for employee, spouse or dependent at any of the Oregon University System schools

Pay

Salary is dependent on several factors, and new employees will typically start around the Q1 level to allow for later growth within the salary band. The starting annual salary for this position will be between $58,956 and $62,000, but may be negotiated above this range, dependent upon the factors above, the budget of the hiring department, and approval from HR.

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week, schedule to be determined