PEOPLE Precollege Program Associate Director - Milwaukee

About the role

The Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) is a premier college readiness and college success program sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The PEOPLE Program is seeking an individual for the role of Precollege Program Associate Director - Milwaukee.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative oversight and operations for precollege services located in our Milwaukee precollege administrative office and partnership high school sites.
• Directly oversee staff managing several program areas including: program recruitment and admissions, orientation programming, after-school tutoring sites (Academic Centers for Excellence- ACE), college preparation, advising, academic support, and summer residential programming.
• Support the successful execution and delivery of college readiness services (i.e., college preparation, academic enrichment, summer camp, college advising, and student support services).
• Collaborate with the PEOPLE Program Director to monitor and implement ongoing program assessment to meet targeted key performance indicators.
• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement and education strategies highlighting program services, expectations, policies, procedures, and program philosophy.
• Maintain accurate and relevant program internal information (e.g., handbooks, manuals, policies, program literature) and public facing program communications (e.g. advertising, newsletters, social media).
• Aid in the creation of annual performance reports as requested, chronicling organizational success.
• Identify opportunities for improvement, allocate staff and financial resources based on defined strategic priorities.
• Manage the program-level budget for PEOPLE Precollege Program Milwaukee, including the plan, allocation, forecast, and reconciliation of expenses of mixed funding source budget (state dollars, grants, foundation funds, and donations).
• Ensure compliance with federal and state regulations in addition to campus and UW-system policies and procedures, ensuring expenditures are consistent with the organization's and division's financial priorities and strategies.
• Exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of Administrative Office staff (PEOPLE Precollege Program Milwaukee), MPS ACE Sites, and PEOPLE Summer University staff in Madison.
• Determine assignments to maximize short- and long-term results.
• Create and maintain an environment where high morale, cooperation, and employee satisfaction may be achieved in a dynamic and demanding academic environment, effectively supervising staff to achieve strategic priorities.
• Develop, promote, and facilitate staff training programs to ensure compliance with youth protection, FERPA, Clery Act, and Title IX policies.
• Work closely with program leadership to develop and ensure program policies, procedures, and staffing are in alignment with appropriate federal, state, and institutional laws.
• Build, sustain, and expand partnerships among key constituencies who support academic programming for PEOPLE Precollege Program Milwaukee, including but not limited to: UW-Campus, local school systems, and institutional and private entities who support academic programming.
• Design and implement project campaigns to strengthen alumni and donor engagement.
• Support and mentor staff to directly elevate the profile of the PEOPLE program through strategic communication efforts (e.g., internal/external presentations, publications, social media) aligned with a vision of becoming national leaders supporting student success.
• Serve on institutional, divisional, and university committees.
• Implement and evaluate best practices in recruitment, retention, and engagement of students, leveraging data, assessment, and technology to drive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading, developing and/or facilitating engagement, retention, and/or academic support programs for students and stakeholders in K-16 school system (with high preference for experience with K12 school system), government, or non-profit sectors.
• Demonstrated experiences leading and/or facilitating academic support programs and services, preferably working directly with talented students from backgrounds where hardship and /or disadvantage have impacted their educational opportunities (first-generation, economically disadvantaged).
• Demonstrated skills in planning and implementing overall leadership, vision, and cohesiveness for an office/unit/organization.
• Strong supervisory experience (at least 2 years of direct supervision experience).
• Demonstrated competency in budget management.
• Familiarity with mentoring practices to create a healthy work environment to achieve strategic priorities.
• Demonstrated experience creating and nurturing relationships with program, institutional, and community stakeholder groups.

Preferred Qualifications

• A record of developing and/or executing curricular and co-curricular programming and services supporting students (particularly students transitioning from K12 to post-secondary education).
• Experience coordinating and operating residential programs (e.g. university residential summer programs) with a focus on college preparation, access, and success.
• Familiarity with policies and practices governing youth development and protection.
• Experience supervising and leading a team/unit/office, with a particular focus on setting and assessing strategic priorities.
• Experience and knowledge of quantitative and qualitative measures for program assessment and evaluation.
• A highly motivated, self-starter, and enthusiastic personality with strong prioritization skills.

Education

A Master's Degree is required (preferred concentration in higher education, student services, youth development or related field).