Outreach Program Manager

About the role

The Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) is a scientific center within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. WIPAC research focuses on exploring the high-energy universe, including managing the operations of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. As part of the Education & Outreach (E&O) team, the hired individual will manage education and outreach efforts for WIPAC and IceCube; provide strategic oversight of education and outreach programs and event coordination activities, including relationship building with external organizations, ensuring appropriate staffing for programming, and compliance with UW policies; participate in grant writing and prepare presentations; interface with the IceCube collaboration on E&O and community activities; ensure delivery of broader impacts for grant proposals; and supervise the Outreach Specialist and E&O student assistant(s).

Responsibilities

• Determines outreach program needs and the personnel resource allocation plan (10%)
• May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees (10%)
• Supervises the implementation of outreach-program-focused strategic planning initiatives and objectives (40%)
• Develops and implements operating policies and procedures to promote the outreach program in alignment with the strategic plan (15%)
• Monitors the unit or program budget and approves program expenditures (5%)
• Reviews recommendations for and provides input on the design and development of new outreach programs or services (10%)
• Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members (10%)

Requirements

• Excellent written, oral, and personal communication skills
• Experience developing and presenting outreach programming
• At least 2 years of experience with supervision

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of physics
• Experience presenting to a variety of audiences, including groups of students
• Experience reporting and presenting metrics
• Experience writing grant proposals
• Experience working with the Office of Youth Protection

Education

Bachelor's degree required. Preferably in communications, education, or related field.

Pay

Minimum starting salary $70,000, negotiable based on experience. Position is 80–100% time; salary prorated based on FTE.

Schedule

Occasional weekend and evening hours required. Occasional lifting, pushing, or pulling up to 40 lbs. Valid driver's license required; employment conditional on passing a Pre-hire Driver Authorization Check.