Student Success Project Manager

Student Success Project Manager

Wayne State University is searching for an experienced Student Success Project Manager at its Detroit campus location.

Wayne State is a premier, public, urban research university located in the heart of Detroit, Michigan where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich, high-quality education. Our deep-rooted commitment to excellence, collaboration, integrity, diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational opportunities which prepare students for success in a global society.

Essential functions (job duties):

Job Purpose

The Student Success Project Manager is responsible for the planning, managing, and implementing of projects and initiatives spanning multiple student success units. Architect student progress tracking strategy to collect, analyze, and report student data using university information systems most efficiently. Use predictive data analytics and dashboards developed by the university's institutional research and data analysis team to assess student academic performance needs, specifically for historically underrepresented and niche populations. Work closely with co-lead of Student Success Collaborative as a project manager for multiple working groups. This is a temporary position, as the role is dependent upon grant continuation.

Essential Functions

(Essential functions are the primary duties/major job responsibilities that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation. The essential functions are listed in order of importance.)

• Develop reports for student success outcome measures, KPIs, and other metrics to ensure attainment of student success objectives. 25%
• Lead planning, logistics, and outcome analysis for multiple teams. 25%
• Develop strategies to increase the visibility of learning support services usage to academic departments and school/college leadership. 15%
• Develop repository to archive artifacts associated with completed projects, including project charters, interim status reports, final reports, etc. 15%
• Manage workflow of ad hoc projects supporting multiple student success units. 15%
• Perform other related duties as assigned. 5%

Work Context

Job Reports to: Director

Leadership Accountability: Implements operating plans

Supervisory Accountability: None

Organizational Accountability: Manages work group within a sub-unit of a department

Financial Accountability: None

Customer Accountability: Interfaces with regulatory authorities

Freedom to Act: Subject to general input from supervisor

Unique duties:

Qualifications:

Education Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree in: Education, Instructional Design, Communication or related field or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience required.

Project management certification, preferred.

Experience Intermediate (3 to 4 years job-related experience)

• Minimum 3 years of experience in higher education in relevant areas: student success, student affairs, data analytics, academic advising, or similar education and experience.
• Experience in a project management role, knowledge of business practices and operations.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Clear verbal and written abilities, with effective interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a larger team.
• Ability to compare, contrast and quality check work with a keen attention to detail. Strong analytical skills including critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Proficient with standard office tools (word processing, spreadsheets, presentation creation), research abilities to find relevant materials using online search tools, and database management systems.
• Proficient in using technology to develop, implement, track, and analyze programs designed to maximize outreach efforts using student information systems. Demonstrated ability to aggregate and analyze data to evaluate outcomes towards set performance goals. Experience with database query and table design.

Preferred qualifications:

School/College/Division:

Generic Division

Primary department:

H0107 - Center Teaching & Learning

Employment type:

• Regular Employee
• Job type: Full Time
• Job category: Staff/Administrative

Funding/salary information:

• Compensation type: Annual Salary
• Hourly rate:
• Salary minimum:
• Salary hire maximum: 65000

Working conditions:

Normal office environment with flexible work arrangement options.

Job openings:

• Number of openings: 1
• Reposted position: No
• Reposted reason: None (New Requisition)
• Prior posting/requisition number:

Background check requirements:

University policy requires certain persons who are offered employment to undergo a background check, including a criminal history check, before starting work. If you are offered employment, the university will inform you if a background check is required.