Program Manager, Scholarships and Events

About the role

The W. P. Carey School of Business Undergraduate Programs Office is seeking an energetic, service-oriented, and self-motivated person to work on its Enrollment and Engagement team as a Program Manager.

Responsibilities

• Organizes, plans and supports scholarship activities, functions and programs associated with the delivery of undergraduate scholarships in accordance with priorities, time limitations, and/or specifications
• Process scholarship awards in various scholarship systems such as PeopleSoft, Scholarship database and Workday including initiating transfer requests for scholarships awards through foundation accounts
• Utilize ASU Scholarship Universe to create scholarship applications and other administrative components to coordinate the selection and award process for established scholarships within the business school
• Budget management and scholarship disbursement for the McCord Scholars Program
• Oversee the recruitment and selection of the W. P. Carey School of Business McCord Scholars Program Scholars including the McCord Mentees Program
• Manages and guides all McCord Scholars Program events and initiatives to support program growth, ensure successful execution, ongoing communication with faculty and staff, and maintain adherence to established policies and procedures
• Provides consistent advising and mentorship to McCord Scholars Program members, fostering their leadership development and engagement
• Requires coordination of high-visibility, large-scale events to support prominent scholarships within the W. P. Carey School of Business
• Develops and maintains strong working relationships with department and university partners, faculty members, ASU Foundation, development office, donors, and community partners
• Tracking progress and results for several projects at once. Assists with report preparation, data entry, word processing, creating and assembling materials
• Develops, plans, and facilitates workshops, meetings, engagement events, and presentations with high impact on the program
• Represents the college/department and serves on various department and university committees
• Responds to student questions and concerns in a timely manner
• Initiates and prepares administrative reports and documents
• Affirms and recommends compliance with department policies and procedures
• Develops work plans in accordance with established unit and department objectives and funding limitations
• Performs duties for the Manager of Engagement in his/her absence and other duties as assigned
• Supervises the scholarship team’s student worker, ensuring effective support for the McCord Scholars Program and related scholarship events, while overseeing the completion of administrative tasks for the team
• Leads and coordinates the full recruitment and selection cycle for the Turken Family Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, including outreach and promotion, application management, and review coordination
• Oversees the event management of the Turken Family Awards Luncheons as well as other scholarship events within the scholarship program

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
• Desired Qualifications: Evidence of a Master's degree in a related field, experience working with students in higher education/university environment, experience advising or working with students or student clubs and organizations, experience in coordinating events, program management, and using assessments to measure the effectiveness of programs and services, experience in project coordinator or project management, experience in building working relationships in a team setting and with internal/external constituents, experience in budget management and scholarship disbursement, experience in effective problem-solving and decision-making skills, demonstrated use of effective verbal and written communication skills, experience in using interpersonal skills with a positive perspective when communicating, experience presenting to groups and individuals, demonstrated ability to work with technology (i.e. PeopleSoft, Salesforce, Microsoft Office applications, Outlook, Canvas), demonstrated knowledge of student development theory and practices, demonstrated knowledge and understanding of diversity/equity/inclusion student issues, ability to clearly communicate verbally, read, write, see and hear to perform essential functions, ability to quickly change priorities that may include and/or are subject to the resolution of conflicts.

Benefits

To be determined based on experience and qualifications.

Pay

$54,600 - $59,000 annually; to commensurate with education and experience.

Schedule

No specific schedule is mentioned.